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Cotillion
Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 11th September 1890

16 bars	FIRST CHANGE: Dance whole circle right - and back again
8 bars	The head couples contrems forward and back and then dos-a-dos with the person opposite
8 bars	The head couples balance to partners then two hand turn
4 bars	The head couples advance and pass their opposites then turn to face each other with a rigadon step, the figure ends with everybody in two lines across the set
4 bars	The head couples retire away from each other then advance again, the figure ends with everybody in two lines across the set
8 bars	The head couples rigadon, then contremps forward past their opposite, then contretems again to return home, then rigadon while turning back into the set
8 bars	The side couples contrems forward and back and then dos-a-dos with the person opposite
8 bars	The side couples balance to partners then two hand turn
4 bars	The side couples advance and pass their opposites then turn to face each other with a rigadon step, the figure ends with everybody in two lines across the set
4 bars	The side couples retire away from each other then advance again, the figure ends with everybody in two lines across the set
8 bars	The side couples rigadon, then contremps forward past their opposite, then contretems again to return home, then rigadon while turning back into the set
Continue with 2nd change, main figure, third change and so on

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