Bransle in the Barn 
4/4 (100), AABB, D dorian 
improper duple-minor longways
Melanie Axel-Lute, 2015.
Melanie Axel-Lute, Twice As Nice, 2016.
Music: Michael Praetorius, "Bransle de la Torche", Terpsichore, 1612.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1D0-5BCvqk

A1 1-4 Neighbors face. Partners take hands. 
       Partners side-step: right, right, left, left.

     5 Balance back.

    6-8 Neighbors pass by the right. 
        Cloverleaf turn single (men left, women right).

A2 1-4 Partners face. Neighbors take hands. 
       Neighbors side-step: right, right, left, left.

     5 Balance back.

   6-8 Partners pass by the right. 
       Cloverleaf turn single (men left, women right).

B1 1-4 Women (on the first diagonal) change by the right.
       Men (on the second diagonal) change by the right.

   5-8 Circle left once around.

B2 1-4 Women through the center for a double Mad-Robin.
   5-8 Partners poussette clockwise (women push to start) halfway.


Written for the Buhrmaster Barn in Colonie, New York, where it was first
called.

Dances from Barnes Three // Assembled by Robert Messer, April 20, 2018

difficulty: 2
energy level: 3