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Title: Madm. Buonaparte's Waltz
Description: Longways Country Dance, duple minor

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2:0:Introduction and Honours (2 bars)^3:8:First and second couples move in (2 steps), four hands across (4 steps), fall back to place (2 steps) and repeat back again^23:4:First couple cast down one place while second couple move up and turn on the spot outwards. Four hands round left^35:4:First couple slow right hand turn (8 steps)^44:8:First couple pousette with the second couple, with a two-hand turn at each outer end^60:0:Repeat whole dance from progressed position^61:0:Note: Danced in 6/8 time - that is, two steps per bar^

 

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Further Information:

Source: Twenty Four Country Dances for the year 1803
Authority: Preston, Thomas
Year: 1803
Tune: Madm. Buonaparte's Waltz
Notes: Danced in 6/8 time - that is, two steps per bar. With thanks to the Duke of Wellington's Dancers for working on it with me.
 
 
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