This is dance #116 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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The Big Whoop

by Bill Olson

Permission: full

FormationBase: Circle Mixer
Progression: Single
Direction: C1
Mixer?: Yes

Figures:

A1

(4) P1 partner balance

(12) P1 partner swing

A2

(16) P1 partner promenade counterclockwise; face center

B1

(1-8) Women go forward and back

(5-12) Men go forward and back

(9-16) Women go forward; turn alone; return; form long wave

B2

(4) Balance long wave (P1R,P2L, men face in)

(4) Balance long wave (P1R,P2L, men face in)

(4) P1 partner box the gnat

(4) P1 partner pull by right

Appearances: website Olson
Videos: 1 2