Dance Madison Square 9668
Quadrille · 64 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly)
- Devised by
- Todd McCall (1982)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Reel of four (REEL;R4;)
- Hands round - 8 - half (HR;8P;HALF;)
- Grand Chain for 8 - half (GCHAIN;8P;HALF;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
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- Recommended Music
Madison Square 4S · Q64
- 1-4
- 1s & 3s advance & lead opposite dancer to 2nd/4th place while 2s & 4s dance to corners’ place join hands with ‘new partner’ & advance towards original partner
- 5-8
- 1s & 3s dance round back to original places while 2s & 4s dance out to original places & all turn partner 2H
- 9-16
- Repeat bars 1-8 with 2nd & 4th couples advancing to begin as 1st & 3rd couples dance to corners’ position
- 17-18
- All face in & set NHJ
- 19-22
- All Ladies dance RH across back to original place while all Men dance 1/2 way anti-clockwise
- 23-24
- All turn opposite dancer 2H
- 25-32
- Repeat bars 17-24 with Men dancing back home & all turn partner 2H
- 33-34
- 1s & 3s advance while 2s & 4s dance to corners’ place & join hands with ‘new partner’
- 35-36
- All set with 1s & 3s passing each other LSh to finish back-to-back with opposite.
- 37-40
- All dance 1/2 parallel reels of 4, at the end 1s & 3s, instead of passing LSh with opposite person, meet them & lead out NHJ to 2nd & 4th places, Lady on the left
- 41-48
- Repeat bars 33-40 with 2nd & 4th couples, at end join hands with partner
- 49-52
- All turn partner 2H & set
- 53-56
- All dance 8H round 1/2 way to the left
- 57-60
- All dance 1/2 Grand chain, 1 bar per hand giving RH to partner to start
- 61-64
- All turn partner RH 1.3/4 to end with Ladies back to back in middle
