| Cast A Bell | |
| for a line of as many couples as will. | |
| Reconstructed by Dafydd Cyhoeddwr | |
| This dance uses the normal formula for the progressive parts,with the added twist that both the verse and each progressive figure takes 2 repeats of the music to complete. | |
| Calculating repeats using this formula: ((((n-1)x3)x2)+2)x3 gives: 3 couples = 42 repeats, 4 = 60, 5 = 78. | |
| Music: | New New Nothing by Shulamit Kleinerman - not enough repeats, of course |
| iTunes building block playlist using the above music | |
| 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 |
| 3&4: | Set and turn single, right |
| First Progressive Figure, Part A | |
| 1&2: | Couple 1 change places in two doubles (Either go very slow, or man 1 could double over to woman 1, perhaps salute (or whatever) her, then woman 1 doubles over to man 1's place) |
| 3&4: | Couple 1 sets and turns, left |
| FPF, Part B | |
| 1: | First man takes woman 1 and woman 2 and leads them forward (toward man 2) (taunting him, perhaps?) |
| 2: | Those three fall back a double |
| 3: | First man puts woman 2 under couple 1's arms into woman 1's place |
| 4: | Couple 1 turns half way around into couple 2's proper positions (man 2 just slips up) |
| R: | Continue this change, sitting out at the bottom and top and changing type when you come back in, until everyone is back to their starting places, when part 2 can begin. |
| Part 2 | |
| Verse 2, Part A | |
| 1&2: | Side left with your partner (walk a small double forward to line up right shoulders) |
| 3&4: | Set and turn single, left |
| Verse 2, Part B | |
| 1&2: | Side right with your partner (walk a small double forward to line up left shoulders) |
| 3&4: | Set and turn single, right |
| Second Progressive Figure, Part A | |
| 1&2: | Couple 1 change places in two doubles (as in the first progressive figure) |
| 3&4: | Couple 1 sets and turns, left |
| SPF, Part B | |
| 1: | Couple 1 and couple 2 face each other and double toward each other |
| 2: | Take each others' partner by the inside hand, face out of the set, and double forward |
| 3: | Turn while still holding hands (i.e. switch places), and double back towards each other (Note: this switch is not in the instructions, but neither is any other switching instruction …) |
| 4: | Couple 1 turn each other halfway around into their proper places. |
| R: | Continue this change, sitting out at the bottom and top and changing type when you come back in, until everyone is back to their starting places, when part 3 can begin. |
| Part 3 | |
| Verse 3, Part A | |
| 1&2: | Arm left with your partner (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: | Arm right with your partner (take left arms and walk two doubles in a circle to the right) |
| 3&4: | Set and turn single, right |
| Third Progressive Figure, Part A | |
| 1: | Man 1 and woman 1 meet and take both hands |
| 2: | Couple 1 slips down between couple 2 |
| 3: | Couple 1 turns halfway around so they are on the opposite side of the set |
| 4: | Man 1 takes woman 2 by the right hand, woman 1 takes man 2 by the right hand, and turn them halfway around |
| TPF, Part B | |
| 1&2: | Continue turning the person you were by the right hand all the way around (1 1/2 times total) |
| 3: | Man 1 and woman 1 change places in a double |
| 4: | Man 1 and woman 1 double around behind couple 2 and end up in couple 2's place (couple 2 has slipped up in the mean time) |
| R: | Continue this change, sitting out at the bottom and top and changing type when you come back in. When everyone is back to their starting places, the dance is finished. |