26 Feb
2017
26 Feb
'17
6:57 p.m.
From the text below I would have guessed that they meant chassee
past their partners, gents behind, ladies in front, turn the person you
meet on the corner (actually your partner's corner's partner) and then
chassee back to place and turn your partner. Pretty much the same as in
La Russe.
Jonathan
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Jonathan Sivier
Caller of Contra, Square, English and Early American Dances
jsivier AT illinois DOT edu
Dance Page: http://www.sivier.me/dance_leader.html
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Q: How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
A: It depends on what dance you call!
On 2/25/2017 8:23 PM, djeh_b(a)yahoo.com [trad-dance-callers] wrote:
We danced all 6 figures of Le Grand Military Set from Elias Howe's 1858
ballroom dance manual. I call a lot of nineteenth-century dances, so
it's usually pretty easy for me to interpret the manuals. This
particular figure (#3) read as follows:
"Ladies all balance to the right hand gentleman, and turn -- pass on and
balance to the next and turn -- next -- balance and turn partners -- all
chassee across and turn corners -- back and turn partners -- gentlemen
all balance to the left hand lady and turn -- pass on to next -- next --
balance and turn partners -- all promenade."
Another fun feature of this quadrille is that it features a grand square.
Thanks again for your help!
Deborah Hyland
St. Louis