Singing Games

Traditional Folk Dances & songs, mainly for children with sheet music.

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	THE HATTER
	FORMATION: Four couples, quadrille position.
	(:l-8:) I. (a) Big circle, hands joined; burs steps clockwise once around. (:9-16:) (b) Partners face each other and stamp three times, begin­ning with left foot; clap three times; repeat Women half turn clockwise, men half turn counter-clockwise (all make half turn toward center of circle); facing new partner, stamp three times, clap three times; repeat (: 17-24:) (c) Right hand to partner, grand right and left, hop steps, once around to place. Repeat (b) and (c) in all the following^ excepting VIIL II.        Partners, shoulder-hip position; buzz steps clockwise in place. III.         Women form circle in basket formation (head couples join hands first; side couples pass under arches, job hands and pass over heads of head couples); buzz step® clockwise. IV.         Men the same. V. Couples I and II, couples III and IV, basket formation; buzz steps clockwise. VI. Women, right hands crossed, buzz steps clockwise. VII Big circle, basket formation; buzz steps clockwise, twice around to place. VIIL Partners, shoulder-hip position; buzz steps clockwise in place. Dance ends with this figure.