The title is "Wring Out The Dishrag". Most of us learnt it from Hugh Rippon. Having just consulted Hugh's book, he learnt it in 1958 in Derby from Ron Smedley. Hugh's instructions are:- A1 Circle left and right; A2 Clockwise couple duck under opposite arching couple and back, anticlockwise couple do the same (all this still holding hands in four); B2 Clockwise couple duck through, push their joined hands up and over the other couple, follow the hands to return to place, the arching couple just follow the movement and turn under their own arch at the last moment; repeat this move with the other couple ducking or diving through the arch; B2 Break the circle; couples advance, retire and move on, or swing and change to progress. These instructions can be found in "The Willow Tree" by Hugh Rippon and Dave Mallinson. Enjoy! Will _____ From: Paul Weir [mailto:paul@paulweir.co.uk] Sent: 17 August 2010 18:49 To: eceilidh@netservs.com Subject: Re: [eceilidh] Looking for a name Hi Chris It's "wring out the dishcloth", written, I think, by Hugh Rippon. Paul On 17 August 2010 18:46, Chris Ronald wrote: Hello eceilidh list! I've just joined this list, and after reading all the words of warning, I'm not even sure it's relevant to my areas of interest. Anyway, here goes with my query. A month or so ago I did a dance where couple face couple around a room, lady on man's right. The notable feature of the dance (which I had never seen before) is that the four dancers kept hands joined (as in a circle) for 28 out of 32 bars of the dance. The "choreography" was: 1-4 1st couple dance forward under an arch made by second couple and back out again. 5-8 1st couple repeats the above BUT they go right through the arch and everyone twists around till they are back in their starting places, without releasing hands. (A little like one might do in Rapper or Sword dances.) 9-16 2nd couple repeats. 17-24. Circle round and back 25-28 Advance and retire 29-32 1st couple make an arch and both couples progress one place. Two questions: what name/s are there for this dance, and have others seen the same choreography, or something a bit different? Thanks for any help, Chris Ronald (in New York, but I did the dance in England). Problems with ECeilidh? Visit http://www.netservs.com/ec/faq.html -- Paul Weir Public Relations Office 01242 231896 Mobile 07795 565669 Fax 01242 650069 paul@paulweir.co.uk www.paulweir.co.uk Problems with ECeilidh? Visit http://www.netservs.com/ec/faq.html Problems with ECeilidh? Visit http://www.netservs.com/ec/faq.html