Duluth Stomp

Square dance figure originally created by Lloyd Yesberger (Duluth, MN) and published in Sets in Order, March, 1953. Caller Jim Saxe took the dance and modified it, keeping the key figure, the series of four different waves. This clip shows the figure being danced twice for the side couples, and yes, there are some dancer mistakes. The original calls by Yesberger (see Related Item) include wording that today's traditional square dancers -- and, for that matter, modern square dancers-- might have trouble following.

Recorded January 13, 2018, at the Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend, Durham, NH, with Lisa Greenleaf calling; music by the Sugar River Band (Jane Orzechowski, fiddle; Russell Orzechowski, piano; Sarah Bauhan, flute).

Duluth Stomp by Lloyd Yesberger as modified by Jim Saxe

    A. Head[side] couples forward and back. (8 beats)
       Head[side] ladies allemande right 1/2, then allemande
           left 1x with opposite gent. (8)
    B. Same ladies allemande right 1 1/2, keep hold of each other and give L hands to partners to make a wave of four. (8)
       Heads[sides] balance the wave and allemande left with partners 3/4 as side[head] dancers step apart from partners and give R hands to corners to form waves of four along the heads[sides]. (8)
    C. All balance waves and allemande R 3/4 with corners to form waves at the sides[heads] with gents in the middle of each wave. (8)
        All balance waves and gents allemande L 3/4 to form a wave of four gents in the middle of the square. (8)
    D. Gents balance in their wave and step straight ahead to swing the lady they meet (corner, who becomes new partner). (16)
    E. Promenade to gent's home place. (16)