I've recently written a longways USA dance in Becket formation, and  
I've tried it out on one small group so far.  Between the Becket  
formation and the Sousa march I chose for the music, I had American  
USA in mind as well as the Playford figures.

Made in USA
[Becket formation    Music:  Washington Post March (Sousa)]
[All figures begin with partners facing]

Fig. 1	With neighbor, in a double & back; set (to partner) & turn  
single.
	        Partners in a double & back; set (to neighbor) & turn single.
Chorus	With neighbor full poussette (begin with men advancing)
		Cross set (pulling by neighbor), turn right & walk two steps along  
line; cross set back
		Partners two-hand turn.

Fig. 2	Partners side right (Sharp); set & turn single.
		Neighbors side left; set & turn single.
Chorus	With neighbor full poussette (begin with men advancing)
		Cross set (pulling by neighbor), turn right & walk two steps along  
line; cross set back
		Partners two-hand turn.

Fig. 3	Partners arm right; set & turn single.
		Neighbors arm left; set & turn single.
Chorus	With neighbor full poussette (begin with men advancing)
		Cross set (pulling by neighbor), turn right & walk two steps along  
line; cross set back
		Partners two-hand turn.

[Note:  When waiting out at ends:  finish the chorus, even though when  
you cross back to your own line you pass no one, and two hand turn.   
Wait out on your old home side, but change places with partner while  
waiting out.  Come back in during the chorus:  when another couple  
crosses back, you cross the set to your new side.]

		Carmen Giunta       (315)632-4992
		giunta@lemoyne.edu
		Syracuse, NY
		http://web.lemoyne.edu/~giunta/dance/

On Jun 29, 2009, at 0:44 AM, Kalia Kliban wrote:

> I sent this message right before the server went kerblooie, so it  
> never
> got out there.  I'm wondering if anyone can think of examples of USA
> dances in a longways duple minor format.  The only one I can come up
> with is Victor Skowroski's O, Susato, which is more properly an ASU  
> dance.
>
> Kalia
>
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