ST.  BERNARD   WALTZ

                   © 2008    Larry E.Taylor

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        This is a non-progressive, two-hand, 16-bar pattern danced to old-time waltz music.
        Couples take positions around the perimeter of the dance floor with gents having their
                       backs toward the center; the
line of dance is anticlockwise.
        The pattern is also danced free; that is, dance in the available space as other dancers dance
                       either the same or another waltz pattern.
        Except during the lady-turn of line ten below, dance in waltz hold.
        Bar counts for dance patterns are shown in bold. 
        Documentation is based upon the pattern having been danced at North Olmsted,
                       Ohio USA.
  Other versions are danced.
        Edition of December 25, 2008 Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com  

   
    WALTZES (VARIABLE BARS)
Slide Forward/Tap : ball-red-shiney.gif (110 bytes) slide three times (1-2, 1-2, 1-2) in the line of dance (that is, gents
           dance left and ladies dance right) then lightly tap (never stomp)
           both heels twice at the same time (that is, up on the toes,
           down on the heels)4;
Slide Back : slide two times (1-2, 1-2) against the line of dance2;
To Center : gents dance backward and ladies dance forward perpendicularly
           to the line-of-dance (toward the center) (1-2, 1-2)2;
To Outside : gents dance forward and ladies dance backward perpendicularly
           to the line-of-dance (toward the outside) (1-2, 1-2)2;
Turn Lady Under : form and arch with the gent’s left hand and the ladies right hand; the lady
           dances clockwise under the arch while the gent dances in-place2;
Waltz On : house forward in the line-of-dance making one clockwise revolution4;
Repeat : repeat from   ball-red-shiney.gif (110 bytes)    as desired.

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