If you want it, here it is: Spaghetti Junction Formation: 4 couple square Written and first danced at Towersey 2003 A1& A2: First couple arch over 2's, 3's, 4's. Second couple follow the first couple as soon as first couple have arched over them, (arching over 3's, 4's,1's) Third couple follow the 2's (arching over 4's, 1's, 2's). Fourth couple follow the 3's (arching over 1's, 2's, 3's) B1: First couple cross the set, split the 3's, cross with partner and weave back to place, crossing back with partner when home B2: Everyone do-si-do corner, then do-si-do partner A3&4: Four handed ladies chain with the ladies going three quarters round whilst the men move one quarter round to their right (hence it is your own partner that you take out of the chain). Repeat ladies chain 3 more times with men moving round one place each time. Everyone should end back where they started. B3: Join hands and circle left B4: Promenade home. Repeat with each couple leading. Its actually quite a forgiving dance, which means that all abilities can do it - and it goes down equally well at weddings and 'proper' ceilidhs. The arching at the beginning is easy enough, until someone falls asleep. The four handed ladies chain is quite easy to do with beginners because they are always taking their own partner out of the star - more problem comes with more experienced dancers because the men forget to move round. Its quite tight to fit all the ladies chains in the time allotted, but since after every chain you have your partner, it doesn't matter if some sets are slow and only manage 2 or 3 of the chains - it all gets fixed on the circle and promenade. The only variation that I do is on B1&2 where sometimes I don't have the active couple crossing with their partner as they split the opposites. In which case B2 flows better if you do-si-do your partner first, then your corner. On a couple of occasions, for beginners, I have tried simplifying the star ladies chain by not moving the men. However beginners seem to find that more difficult rather than easier. The comfort factor of having your own partner each time outweighs everything else. -----Original Message----- From: Roger Watson [mailto:roger@tradarts.org] Sent: 09 February 2007 09:23 To: eceilidh@netservs.com Subject: Re: [eceilidh] La Russe Any chance of your sharing it with us, Richard? Maybe we should look at pooling our resources and publishing a collection of Road Dances, in preparation for their collection by some academic geek in 60 years' time .... RW ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Mason To: eceilidh@netservs.com Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 6:43 PM Subject: RE: [eceilidh] La Russe I have already written a dance called Spaghetti Junction, which I call quite a bit now. By pure coincidence its another 64 bar square dance! -----Original Message----- From: BillindaPound@aol.com [mailto:BillindaPound@aol.com] Sent: 08 February 2007 15:04 To: eceilidh@netservs.com Subject: Re: [eceilidh] La Russe I'll remember that the next time I'm lost on Spaghetti Junction! Bill P. Problems with ECeilidh? Visit http://www.netservs.com/ec/faq.html Problems with ECeilidh? Visit http://www.netservs.com/ec/faq.html Problems with ECeilidh? Visit http://www.netservs.com/ec/faq.html Problems with ECeilidh? Visit http://www.netservs.com/ec/faq.html