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Madm. Buonaparte's Waltz

 
Longways Country Dance, duple minor
24 Country Dances for the year 1803, by Thomas Preston
 
 
 
Introduction and Honours (2 bars)
8 barsFirst and second couples move in (2 steps), four hands across (4 steps), fall back to place (2 steps) and repeat back again
4 barsFirst couple cast down one place while second couple move up and turn on the spot outwards. Four hands round left
4 barsFirst couple slow right hand turn (8 steps)
8 barsFirst couple pousette with the second couple, with a two-hand turn at each outer end
Repeat whole dance from progressed position
Note: Danced in 6/8 time - that is, two steps per bar
 

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