| The Bath | ||
| for a line of as many couples as will | ||
| Reconstructed by Dafydd Cyhoeddwr. | ||
| This dance requires the normal formula of (n-1)x3 repeats for each progressive figure, plus 2 repeats for each verse. 3 couples requires 24 repeats, 4 = 33, 5 = 42. | ||
| Music: | none | |
| Part 1 | ||
| Verse 1, Part A | ||
| 1: | Lead up a double | |
| 2: | Fall back a double, face your partner. | |
| 3&4: | Set and turn single, left. | |
| Verse 1, Part B | ||
| 1&2: | Up a double and back, face your partner. | |
| 3&4: | Set and turn single, right. | |
| Progressive Figure 1: | ||
| 1: | Couple 1 back a double. | |
| 2: | Couple 1 slip into couple 2's place "on the outside" (couple 2 slides up into couple 1's place at the same time. | |
| 3&4: | The switch has been accomplished, so they just mark time by taking hands in a circle and going all the way around to their (new) places in two doubles. | |
| R: | Continue down the line, waiting out at the bottom and top, coming back in as the opposite, until everyone is back where they started, when part 2 can begin. | |
| Part 2 | ||
| Verse 2, Part A | ||
| 1&2: | Partners side left (walk a double forward to the left to line up right shoulders) | |
| 3&4: | Set and turn single, left. | |
| Verse 2, Part B | ||
| 1&2: | Partners side right (walk a double forward to the right to line up left shoulders) | |
| 3&4: | Set and turn single, right. | |
| Progressive Figure 2: | ||
| 1: | Men 1 and 2, women 1 and 2, double toward each other to meet. | |
| 2: | Continue forward a double so you end up on the other side of the set. | |
| 3&4: | Circle halfway around to the right so that the couples have switched places and everyone is back on the correct side of the set. | |
| R: | Continue down the line, waiting out at the bottom and top, coming back in as the opposite, until everyone is back where they started, when part 3 can begin. | |
| Part 3 | ||
| Verse 3, Part A | ||
| 1&2: | Partners arm left (take right arms and walk two doubles in a circle to the left). | |
| 3&4: | Set and turn single, left. | |
| Verse 3, Part B | ||
| 1&2: | Partners arm right (take left arms and walk two doubles in a circle to the right). | |
| 3&4: | Set and turn single, right. | |
| Progressive Figure 3: | ||
| 1: | Man 1 and man 2 switch places with one double, each faces his partner. | |
| 2: | Woman 1 and woman 2 switch places with one double, each faces her partner. | |
| 3: | Couple 2 slips down a double while couple 1 slips up (between them). | |
| 4: | Couple 1 slips down a double while couple 2 slips up (between them). | |
| R: | Continue down the line, waiting out at the bottom and top, coming back in as the opposite. When everyone is back where they started, the dance is finished. | |