Four Poster / Soldier's Joy - Bob Livingston
Bob Livingston, caller, with the Falltown String Band: Jack Arensmeyer, acoustic guitar and mandolin; Jason Burbank, keyboard, fiddle; Jack Nelson, bass; Champ Dickinson, electric guitar, and Linwood Clark, drums. Recorded in Chesterfield, CT, November 16, 2013. The tune is Soldier's Joy.
Heads go Forward, & Back with you – Forward again and Go Right Thru
Lady go Gee (right) Gent go Haw (left) - Swing opposite when you meet...behind the sides
- Step right in make Lines on the Sides –
Forward 8 and Back with you ------
(lines are boy, boy, girl, girl. The active head couples in the middle & side couples stepped apart as the 4 corner posts of the square)
------ Center 2 Go Right Thru
Lady go Right. Gent go Left – Swing when you meet at the Head & Feet
REPEAT ABOVE TO FINISH – DO SIDE COUPLES ACTIVE
DANCE HAS 3 CALLS – INACTIVE COUPLES (THE POSTS) ONLY ONE -
FORWARD & BACK
DIVIDE THE RING
SWING
Subjects: Northern / Singing
Tags: Bob Livingston, Chesterfield, Connecticut, Falltown String Band, singing square
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Heads go Forward, & Back with you – Forward again and Go Right Thru
Lady go Gee (right) Gent go Haw (left) - Swing opposite when you meet...behind the sides
- Step right in make Lines on the Sides –
Forward 8 and Back with you ------
(lines are boy, boy, girl, girl. The active head couples in the middle & side couples stepped apart as the 4 corner posts of the square)
------ Center 2 Go Right Thru
Lady go Right. Gent go Left – Swing when you meet at the Head & Feet
REPEAT ABOVE TO FINISH – DO SIDE COUPLES ACTIVE
DANCE HAS 3 CALLS – INACTIVE COUPLES (THE POSTS) ONLY ONE -
FORWARD & BACK
DIVIDE THE RING
SWING