It's a Scottish figure called 'Gay Gorden'. I know it's in other dances but not sure about Contras outside of Handsome Young Maids'. One of my favorites.
On January 16, 2017 5:20:15 PM EST, Tavi Merrill via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: >Dance genealogy question: The figure first appearing in "Dublin Bay" >(aka >"We'll Wed and We'll Bed," its title in Playford) morphed in contra >into a >modified "lines of four down the hall." > >I know a version of it from Sue Rosen's dance "Handsome Young Maids," >where >dancers facing down take four steps forwards, turn alone, and continue >down >the hall with four backward steps, then repeat the figure to return up >the >hall. > >I'm curious how many other contras this figure, or a version of it, >appears >in. Does anyone know of other dances? And any astute dance historians >out >there know what the first contra to use this figure is? > >Tavi > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Callers mailing list >Callers@lists.sharedweight.net >http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.