CIRCASSIAN CIRCLE Hillgrove, 1865, "Scholar's companion and Ball-Room Vade Mecum") Goes to a lot of trouble to describe Sicilian Circle formation, then says, interestingly, that the music should be played just as for a a quadrille. Ten separate parts, seems nuts. "Modern Circassian circle" is pretty much figure 1 of this. 32-bar jigs. I. 1-8: RIGHT AND LEFT 9-16: ALL CHASSEZ (or balance to partners and turn) 17-24: LADIES CHAIN (over and back, clearly) 25-32: ALL FORWARD AND BACK, forward again, and pass through into the next set II. 1-8: LADIES CHAIN (over and back) 9-12: TWO LADIES FORWARD AND BACK 13-16: and DOS-A-DOS 17-20: TWO GENTLEMEN FORWARD AND BACK 21-24: and DOS-A-DOS 25-32: ALL FORWARD AND BACK, forward again, and pass through into the next set III. 1-16: FORWARD TWO (full figure) [don't know what this means] 17-24: SET AND TURN PARTNERS 25-32: ALL FORWARD AND BACK, forward again, and pass through into the next set IV. 1-8: RIGHT HAND ACROSS 9-16: BALANCE, AND HALF PROMENADE 17-20: TWO LADIES FORWARD AND BACK 21-24: TWO GENTLEMEN FORWARD AND BACK 25-28: HALF PROMENADE 29-32: HALF RIGHT AND LEFT, and finish facing the next couple V. 1-8: ALL FORWARD AND BACK, forward again, and change partners (women change) 9-16: LADIES CHAIN (over and back) 17-24: ALL FORWARD AND BACK, forward and turn partners to places 25-32: ALL FORWARD AND BACK, forward and pass into the next set VI. 1-4: ALL FORWARD AND BACK 5-8: (all) DOS-A-DOS (opposite) 9-12: TWO LADIES CROSS TO OPPOSITE PLACES 13-16: TWO GENTLEMEN THE SAME 17-24: ALL BALANCE TO PARTNERS, and turn 25-28: HALF PROMENADE ... 4 bars 29-32: HALF RIGHT AND LEFT, and pass into the next set VII 1-8: ALL CHASSEZ, and turn 9-12: TWO LADIES FORWARD AND BACK 13-16: TWO GENTLEMEN FORWARD 17-24: THE FOUR CROSS RIGHT HANDS ROUND and back to places (star r&l) 25-32: ALL FORWARD AND BACK, forward again, and pass into the next set VIII 1-4: ALL FORWARD AND BACK 5-8: (all) DOS-A-DOS (opposite) 9-16: LADIES CHAIN (over and back) 17-24: ALL CHASSEZ, and turn 25-32: ALL FORWARD AND BACK, forward again, and pass into the next set IX 1-4: TWO LADIES FORWARD AND BACK 5-8: TWO GENTLEMEN THE SAME 9-12: FORWARD FOUR AND BACK 13-16: FOUR HANDS ROUND TO PLACES (circle four once round) 17-24: CROSS RIGHT HAND ROUND AND BACK (star r&l) 25-32: ALL FORWARD AND BACK, forward again, and pass into the next set X 1-8: ALL CHASSEZ 9-16: CROSS RIGHT HAND ROUND AND BACK (star r & l) 17-20: FORWARD FOUR AND BACK 21-24: (all) DOS-A-DOS (opposite) 25-32: ALL FORWARD & BACK, forward again, and pass into the next set * All repeated ... ad libitum.