American dancing master, and ball-room prompter: containing about five hundred
dances ... By Elias Howe .. 1862

POLKA COTILLION.
(polkas, obviously; four couple sets in diamond orientation).
(64 bar for one time through; maybe do twice or three times?)
Make the sets pretty darn big.

The sets are to arrange themselves in the diamond figure. The top gentleman
takes his partner's left hand, and polka to the bottom couple's place, bottom
couple polka outside couple on their right to top couple's place, and stop;
side ladies cross, giving right hands, and turn opposite, first with left, and
stop; side gentlemen dance, and turn their partners; top and bottom couples polka to couples on the right,
and change places, and so on to places; four ladies give their right hands
across in centre, with left hand, and stop opposite their partners, giving
right hands; gentlemen polka round outside at same time, and back; balance and
swing to places; grand Polka valse round.

                          TT
                     LL         RR
                          BB


A1: 1-8: Tops open polka to bottom place while bottoms polka outside 
         right-hand couple to top lace; all face in.
    

A2: 1-4: Side ladies cross giving right hands, and
    5-8: turn opposite by left hand

B1: 1-4: side men cross by right hands
    5-8: and turn their partners by left hand in opposite place.

B2: 1-4: top and bottom closed polka to change places (home)
    5-8: sides the same


A1: 1-8: Four ladies right hand star and left hands back 
              WHILE:
         Four men polka round outside back to home.

A2: 1-8: partners take right hands, balance, and siwng to home.

B1&2: All turning polka around the diamond (APW: possibly finishing in 
      new places).