ANDREA'S WALTZ (Five couple longways, play 5AB) Dance: Tom Cook (1991), Tune: Bob Pasquarello (1986) NIB - (suggest for Vol 2); in Waltz Book 1 and Legacy. 3/4, Key Em. A 1-4: 1s and 3s half poussette with 2s and 4s, men forward to start. 5-8: 1s and 2s half poussette (still going down) with 4s and 5s , finishing 2-4-1-5-3 9-16: As above, from the top, finishing 4-5-2-3-1. Note: You could also say "Top two pairs, half-poussette; bottom two pairs, half-poussette." B 1-2: In a continuous sweeping movement, all face up in three steps; taking inside hands, men turn their partners under their arm to face down improper, as they move forward, clockwise, into their partner's place. All end improper, facing down, and retaining inside hands. 3: All move three steps (1 waltz step) down the set. 4-6: All cast up to place (still improper). 7-8: Partners take both hands and, spreading arms wide apart, balance forward and back. [*] 9-16: Repeat 1-8, except facing down, moving up,casting down. Finish proper, 4-5-2-3-1. [*] Tom Cook said the B part of the dance and the tune offers the opportunity for the dancers "to express their mutual affection in a way which John Playford's dancers would have approved, and here [in England] sympathetic musicians have been known to prolong that opportunity, in bars 7 and 15." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------