BLACKHAWK  WALTZ
                   © 2008    Larry E.Taylor

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        This is a non-progressive, two-hand, 16-bar pattern danced to waltz music.
        Couples take waltz hold around the perimeter of the dance floor with gents having
                       their left sides toward the center; the line of dance is anticlockwise.
        The pattern is also danced free — that is, dance in the available space as others
                       dance either the same or another Irish waltz rhythm pattern.
        Gents dance first on the left foot and ladies dance initially on the right foot.
        Bar counts (quantities of measures) for dance patterns are shown in bold. 
        Edition of January 10, 2007 — Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com  
   
    WALTZES (VARIABLE BARS)
BALANCES THEN   HALF-TURN ball-red-shiney.gif (110 bytes) in waltz hold, with the gent facing forward and the lady
           facing backward in the lod, balance up (step then
           bring the trail foot near the leading foot
           with a touch toe/pause — that is, STEP ONE,
           STEP/PAUSE TWO-THREE1;
balance backward against the lod (step on the paused foot
           then bring the second foot near the other1;
still in waltz hold, dance one half-turn (change places dancing
           DOWN-2-3 in-place on the lod)2;
REPEAT repeat the balance up/back then half-turn — start the
           balance up/back against the lod; take uncrossed
           hands near shoulder height (butterfly*, spread-eagle)
           at the end of the pattern4;
     
CROSSOVER STEPS in butterfly hold, pivot on the toe of the trailing foot and swing
           the leading foot (gent's left, lady's right) across the body
           away from the center (to gent's right) and down;
           close-2-3 beginning with the trailing foot1;
           crossover toward the center1;
           crossover away from the center1;
           step slightly to the side, touch the other toe to the rear then
           close with the same foot touched to the rear as the feet are
           brought together1 — that is, CROSS, CROSS, CROSS,
           DOWN, TOUCH-BEHIND, CLOSE-FRONT;
REPEAT repeat the crossover steps above except leading with the other foot
               (gent's right, lady's left); take waltz hold as the pattern ends4;
     
REPEAT repeat from   ball-red-shiney.gif (110 bytes)    as desired16.
 
   * Use of the butterfly instead of the waltz hold allows more space
          for knee movements by partners as they dance the crossover
          steps.  At some sites, however, the waltz hold is danced
          throughout the sixteen-bar pattern.

 
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