Black Nag

Music - set tune

Music - audio/ black nag,mp3

Formation - 3 couple longways set
A1     All lead up 3 steps (holding inside hands) and           reverse baxk 3 steps to place           REPEAT		all lead up
B1     Top couple join both hands and galop up 3 steps                     Middle couple same                      Bottom couple same                     All turn individually,in own place, to the right		tops galop up	middles galop up		bottoms galop
B2     Bottom couple galop down 3 steps to original place           Middle couple same           Top couple same           All turn individually in own place, to the rightt		bottoms galop	middles galop		tops galop
A2     Partners dosido, passing right shoulder to start           Partner dosido, passing left shoulders to start		dosido R		dosido L
B3     Top boy and bottom girl change places by travelling            sideways, back to back with right shoulder leading           Top girl and bottom boy same           Middle boy and middle girl same           All turn individually in own place to the right		1st crnrs change	2nd crnrs change		3rd crnrs change
B4     REPEAT B3 until all in           original places		1st crnrs back	2nd crnrs back		3rd crnrs     back
A5     Partners arm right (RH turn, but with elbow hold)           Partners arm left  (LH turn, but with elbow hold)		arm R		arm L
B5     Boys hey (reel of 3) Top boy faces down, others up           Top boy (passing right shoulder to start) weaves the           line down to the bottom,and back to the top. Other           boys join in the weaving movement  as all 3 boys           weave the line together to finish in original places           All turn individually to right in own place		boys hey
B6     Girls hey (reel of 3) Top girl faces down others up           Top girl (passing right shoudler to start) weaves the           line down to the bottom and abck to the top. Other           girls join in the weaving movement as all 3 girls           weave the line together to finish in original places           All turn individually to right in own place		girls hey
NOTES            In B5 & B6 if it is too difficult to do the heys, then an alternative is for a boys circle 3 to left & right            followed by a girls circle 3 left & right           This is a 17th century dance, puiblished by John Playford in1655 and would have been danced by           the gentry in the ballrooms of the big houses