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Maypole Dancing Guide
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The Ropes

Music - audio/the ropes.mp3

FORMATION        
One circle, partners facing each other.  Ribbons on right hand.        

DANCE - WIND UP        
Partners dance round each other clockwise until the end of the music.

DANCE - UNWIND
Reverse direction of dance to finish facing out and bow.

NOTES
Dancers will not get so giddy if this is danced as a series of dosido . (4 steps forward passing right shoulders; reversing back passing left shoulders 4 steps to place) .
A very Simple dance suitable for younger children.
 

A far more difficult version can be done by having 3 dancers in a line and the middle dancer doing a Figure Eight round the 2 outside dancers (clockwise round the right hand dancer anticlockwise round the left hand dancer) This will give a plaited effect. Outside dancers need to hold their ribbon gently to allow the middle ribbon to pull them together.

An even more sophisticated version can be done with 3 dancers in a line doing a Reel of Three (each dancer weaves up and down the line of three, 2 of the dancers starting by passing right shoulder) This will give a plait. Whichever version is used, the overall effect will be as in the picture.  

Simple version
The Ropes dancers track 1
Figure Eight version
The Ropes dancers track 2
Reel of Three version
The Ropes dancers track 3
The Ropes ribbon pattern
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