THE DETOUR, or, Round and Round dance and tune: Sharon Mckinley, Jan 2007 http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/~winston/mydances/detour.pdf "Almost walking speed, but uptempo!" "Jaunty" "Start slower than you think and speed up if the crowd can do it." Meter: 2/2 Key: G modal Formation longways duple proper. 1s face down, 2s up. A1: 1-4: Neighbors RH turn halfway LH turn next neighbor 1x 5-8: RH turn (original) neighbor halfway LH turn other next heighbor 1x [all back to place] A2: 1-4: Original foursome RH * 1x 5-8: (1s up, 2s down to find next neighbors), LH * 1x [all back to place] B1: 1-2: Original 1st corners change 3-4: 2nd corners change 5-6: Circle L halfway 7-8: Turn single R B2: 1-4: 1s cross and cast below while 2s meet and lead up 5-8: 1s half-figure 8 up while 2s cast down and lead back up. TIPS: If you're out at the top or bottom, you're not really out; face in and be prepared to turn or star with somebody. When you reach the end of the set, you can turn the person across the set (your partner).