MILITARY  TWO  STEP
       © 2008    Larry E.Taylor

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    Often a four-bar introduction of music is played.
    This non-progressive 32-bar two hand dance may be danced anticlockwise around the
              perimeter of the dance area (the line of dance) or danced free that is, be danced
              in the available space while others dance this or another march rhythm dance.
    Gents dance forward on the left foot and ladies dance forward on the right foot.
    Bar counts (quantities of measures) for patterns are shown in bold.
    Documentation is based upon a video workshop led by Pat Murphy.  Other
              versions are danced.
    Edition of January 5, 2007 Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com 
 
  SET FORMATION   MARCH (Variable BARS)
All couples: begin side-by-side (gent on the left) facing forward in the line of dance (lod)
          in waltz hold;
TOE TAPS, HEEL REPEAT "MARKER" with weight on the inside feet, lift the outside foot (as above, gent's left, lady's
          right) and toe tap it across in-front, toe tap to the outside, toe tap again
          across then touch down heel with the same foot then place weight on the
          heel foot and dance in the lod 2-3-turn; (partners turn into one another
          to face against the lod and place inside hands at one another's waist
          behind)4;
TOE TAPS, HEEL repeat the toe/heel tapping and dancing forward against the lod and take
          waltz hold, facing the lod4;
SLIDE slide sideways in the lod2 then against the lod (step-close, step-close;
          step-close, step-close that is, 1-2, 1-2; 1-2, 1-2)4;
DANCE AT HOME still in waltz hold, dance one clockwise revolution in-place4;
FIVE-STEP still in waltz hold, rock-step in-place (changing weight up then back) in the lod
          (gents forward, ladies backward)2;
dance 3-4-5 moving in the lod2;
rock-step in-place (changing weight up then back) against the lod (gents
          backward, ladies forward)2;
dance 3-4-5 moving against the lod2;
repeat the rock-step/dance on in the lod except dance the final 3-4-5
          in-place4;
DANCE AT HOME still in waltz hold, dance one clockwise revolution in-place4;
REPEAT repeat from   REPEAT "MARKER"  as desired.

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