Peeler and The Goat

Category: Irish Two-Hand
Description:

Dancers form a circle around the room, gents on the inside. Partners take crossed hands to begin.
This can be danced to a polka or a jig.

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Figure 1: Repeating (Jig)

32 Bars + 8 bar lead-in

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1 Everyone
Slide Left Slide to the gents' left: gents step L, together, L-R-L. Ladies step R, together, R-L-R.
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2 Reverse Same to the gents right, opposite feet. 2
3 Repeat 1 and 2 4
4 Link Right Arms Link R arms at elbows; turn CW around each other to home. 4
5 Link Left Arms Link L arms and turn CCW to home. 4
6 Turn the lady Turn lady CW, holding crossed hands.
An alternate way to dance this movement is for the lady and gent to change places as the lady is turning.
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7 Turn the gent Turn gent CCW
If you changed places in the last movement, change back in this one.
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8 Repeat 6 and 7 4
9 House In waltz hold, house in place or around the circle 8
Added on 2011-06-04 18:45:40.
Modified on 2015-12-10 21:53:31.
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