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BLUFF KING HAL (HANDKERCHIEF DANCE.)
Once to
None. yourself
Front.
A.
Bars 1 to 4
Advance slowly, until files are face to face. On half-bar of bar 4, partners nod to one another (see instructions, 57).
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Bars 5 to 8
Retire to original position.
Front
B.
Bars 1 to 4
Mark time.
"
Bars 5 to 8
Advance and nod as before.
"
C.
Bars 1 to 4
Retire.
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Bars 5 to 8
Mark time. Files link arms in last bar, and remain linked until told to loose arms.
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A.
Bars 1 to 4
Advance as before, nod.
"
Bars 5 to 8
Retire.
"
B.
Bars 1 to 4
Mark time.
"
Bars 5 to 8
Advance as before, nod.
"
C.
Bars 1 to 4
Retire.
"
Loose arms. Files turn very slowly about until they are Bars 5 to 8
reversed.
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A.
Bars 1 to 4
Retire, until partners' backs are all but touching.
"
Bars 5 to 8
Advance to original position.
"
B.
Bars 1 to 4
Mark time.
"
Bars 5 to 8
Retire as before.
"
C.
Bars 1 to 4
Advance as before.
Front.
Bars 5 to 8
Mark time. Link arms in last bar, and remain linked until told to loose arms.
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A. B.
Go through same movements, linked, as in preceding A and B. Loose arms at end of B.
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C.
Files extend into single line, facing music. To do this, Nos. 1 and 2 advance; Nos. 3 and 5 follow No. 1; Nos. 4 and 6 follow No. 2. When all are in line, with Nos. 1 and 2 at wings, Nos. 5
Line.