ANNA MARIA Fallibroome? longways duple Meter: 3/2 Key: Bb Barnes [Easy figure, but triple-time makes it challenging. Can you make it stately yet keep it from dying? Set tempo by B2 figure.] A1 12 First couple lead through second and cast to place. A2 12 Second couple lead through first and cast to place. B1 12 Hands four half-way, fall slightly back with neighbor,partners change places. B2 12 Double figure-eight (first couple start up, second couple casting down). A1 1s lead down through the 2s and cast back up to places. A2 2d lead up through the 1s and cast back down to places. [These leads and casts are slow--12 beats! and dancers should be encouraged to use all the time. Originally perhaps courante steps or slow bouree steps] B1 1s and 2s circle half-way; partners change places, passing right shoulders: all end facing up. B2 Double figures-of-eight, 2s casting and 1s crossing to begin [much brisker movements!]. "The Anna Maria" that appears in Fallibroome 5 is an entirely different dance: it comes from the Thomas Budd collection of 1781. ---------------- Anna Maria Source: Playford 1721 Tune: Barnes 1 Meter: 3/2 Format: Longways duple minor for as many as will A1: 1s meet, lead through 2s and cast home. A2: 2s the same. B1: Circle 1/2 and fall back. Pass partner by R, 1s ending close together facing up and 2s farther apart, facing out. B2: Double whole figure 8, 1s crossing up to start.