Carcassonne big set, #1
Title
Carcassonne big set, #1
Subject
Southern / Appalachian / Big sets
Description
This is an excellent example of traditional southern Appalachian big set square dance, recorded by John Ramsay in Carcassonne, Kentucky, September 19, 1991. The tune is Liza Jane. We do not yet know the identity of the caller and would appreciate information about him.
With relatively few examples on our site of this style of dancing, we have included the dance in its entirety to illustrate the changing figures as the dance goes along. Among them:
Lady round the lady, gent also
Lady round the gent, gent don't go
dosido, with the "mountaineer loop" style where the gents pass their partner behind their back
right hands across and how do you do?
left hand back, fine, thank you
you swing mine and I'll swing yours
make a basket
lady round the lady, gent around the gent
turn partner by right hand, then
lady round the gent, gent around the lady
take a little peek
With relatively few examples on our site of this style of dancing, we have included the dance in its entirety to illustrate the changing figures as the dance goes along. Among them:
Lady round the lady, gent also
Lady round the gent, gent don't go
dosido, with the "mountaineer loop" style where the gents pass their partner behind their back
right hands across and how do you do?
left hand back, fine, thank you
you swing mine and I'll swing yours
make a basket
lady round the lady, gent around the gent
turn partner by right hand, then
lady round the gent, gent around the lady
take a little peek
Date Created
September 19, 1991
Contributor
John Ramsay
Spatial Coverage
USA, Kentucky, Carcassonne
Temporal Coverage
1990s
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