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Alan says: >Tell me about Kiss Your Granny and Favors the Rose.

Doubtful Shepherd                            1771

Three couple longways

A1   Women join hands and skip around men.
          (Figure eight)
A2   Men join hands and skip around women.
          (Figure eight)
B1   Right allemande with partner
     1st couple cast to 3rd place
B2   Circle left (walking or slipping)
     Circle right
Var 1:
 B1 Top couple lead down, return, cast to foot
B2 Partner swing

The Doubtful Shepard or Kiss Your Granny
               Traditional from the Otsego mss. 1808

Triple proper

A1   Three women single file around the three men while they balance and circle
3 hands once around

A2   Men single file while the women balance & circle

B1   Top couple down the center
     Return, cast off one couple

B2   Circle six to the left once around

NOTE: The Single File and Balance Movements are made Toward the TOP of the
Hall. e.g. Men start balance l.r.l.r. While the Ladies balance first to their
RIGHT
(Karen's note: Who cares?!?)

These are best done to a set of three tunes played 3x each. Jigs are cool. For
my regular band, Golden Griffon, I just hold up 6 fingers (3 on each hand).
[That early college basketball refereeing class pays off.]

Favors the Rose (aka The Fan Dance)
Formation: Line of gents on one side of hall, line of ladies on the other.

Your honored person (costume contest winner? the President? the host?) is
placed at the top of the set in the middle, and presented with the favor. (Fake
roses work well, and are more durable than a fan. This weekend we'll be using a
plastic pumpkin.) Two people of the complimentary gender leave their line and
stand on either side of the victi--I mean, the first whatever. S/he assesses
the two others, makes a decision, and hands the favor to the first runner-up.
The selected one and the selector dance down the set, and join their respective
lines. The FRU steps to the center of the set, and the process is repeated for
the other gender.
   The CW people go nuts over this. It's the only dance some of the younger &
shyer ones will do. I usually tell them that under no circumstances may they
toss the favor to the third person in line and then take the top four people,
so this puts the idea in their heads. Sometimes there is pantomined pleading,
down on one knee, sweeping hat gestures, outrageous flirting (fanning, ankle
displays). A couple weeks ago a woman took a look at the guy on the left, then
the one on the right. She tossed the flower up in the air and ran away from
them down the set! Yours truly has been known to abscond with a handsome
soldier, or the favor-holder.
   This can be a work-out for the band, but it's a nice break from calling and
instructing and teaching. N.B. do not bring out three chairs for them to sit
in. They get too comfy and it takes too long.
--Karen M.
in Ann Arbor