LA YUCCA (Watsonville) From "Dances of Early California", music in that book Closed couple dance 4/4 time: twice through the tune is once through the dance. FIGURE I: Side Steps A: 1-2: The man starting left, woman right, move sidways with step-close, step-close, step-close, step hold. (3 chassees and a close.) 3-4: Same thing going back on the other foot. FIGURE II: Two-step, turning and Progressing forward. B1: 1-4: Take eight turning two steps (no hop) in line of direction, turning to the right on the first four (man left foot forward, woman right foot back), then reversing (man left foot back, woman right foot forward) for the next four. B2: 1-2: Four more turning two steps in LOD, man left foot forward, woman right foot back. 3: on first feet, three slides and a step-hold; 4: two the other way, and step-hold. LA YUCCA (Pacific Grove and King City) FIGURE I: Side Step and Slides A: 1-2: On first foot, step sideward (1), close (2), repeat (3,4), repeat (1,2) , step sideward (1), and hold (2). 3-4: On second foot, take six little slides and a step hold. That's four slides to A3, two slides and a hold to A4. FIGURE II: Two-step turning right B1&2: 1-4: Partners two-step moving freely around the room (8 two-steps) 1-4: six more two-steps, then slide, slide, step hold. (If the musicians repeat the A, repeat the action of the A).