THE ZITHER BEAUS
Barnes3 "Zither Man" 2/2 (110), (AABB)5, G minor five-couple longways, mixer
Colin Wallace, November 12, 2015.
Music: Ian Jones, "The Zither Man", Cumbriana Jones and the Theatre of Doom, 2000.

A1 1-4 Right diagonals half-poussette clockwise,
       (middles and long first corners push to begin).
   5-8 Left diagonals half-poussette counterclockwise,
       (middles and long second corners push to begin).

A2 1-4 Right diagonals half-poussette clockwise,
      (middles and long first corners push to begin).
   5-8 Left diagonals half-poussette counterclockwise,
      (middles and long second corners push to begin). 
       End: W5 W3 W4 W1 W2
            M4 M5 M2 M3 M1

B1 1-2 New partners two-hand turn halfway. Top four face down; others face up.
    3-8 End neighbors act as units. Top units down the middle for a mirror hey-for-three
       (unit leaders remain in the lead), four changes.
        End with the original top unit in the middle: M1 M3 M5 M4 M2
                                                      W2 W1 W3 W5 W4


B2 1-4 Units mirror back-to-back (top units down the middle to begin).
       Middles fall back to the bottom while bottoms cast up to middle place.
       Units facing clockwise (middle unit of men and top unit of women) turn right as they
       fall back to face counterclockwise. End: M1 M3 M2 M5 M4
                                                W2 W1 W4 W3 W5

5-8 Single-file circle left halfway. End: W5 W3 W4 W1 W2
                                          M4 M5 M2 M3 M1

- The dance begins with four half-poussettes on the diagonals. Long corners and middles push
to begin each time.

- This is a five-couple version of "The Zither Man". Notice that the last word of the title has
five letters.

- The tempo for the original dance is 120 bpm.


Dances from Barnes Three
Assembled by Robert Messer, January 22, 2020

difficulty: 5
energy level: 4