| Mill-field (the Playford version) | ||||||||||
| for a circle of as many couples as will. | ||||||||||
| This dance is progressive, following one of the normal circle progressive patterns. It will take 2 repeats of the music for each man/couple participating, even though man 1 doesn't follow the whole pattern. | ||||||||||
| Thus, 3 couples = 6 repeats, 4 couples = 8 repeats, etc | ||||||||||
| Reconstructed and reshaped by Dafydd Cyhoeddwr. | ||||||||||
| Music: | Lads & Lasses by City Waites. Not enough repeats (2x AABB). | |||||||||
| Son of Doctored Dance Stuff. Spliced Lads & Lasses version (7x AABB). | ||||||||||
| Part 1 - the Introduction | ||||||||||
| Verse 1 | ||||||||||
| 1&2: | Take hands around the circle and do two doubles (or 8 slips) to the left. | |||||||||
| 3&4: | Do two doubles (or 8 slips) to the right. Drop hands and face your partner. | |||||||||
| Chorus 1 | ||||||||||
| 1&2: | Set and turn single, left. | |||||||||
| 3&4: | Set and turn single, right. | |||||||||
| Part 2 - Man 1's abbreviated turn to lead | ||||||||||
| Verse 2 | ||||||||||
| 1: | Man 1 takes his partner and leads a double to the man on his right, who ends up passing between them by the end of the double | |||||||||
| 2: | That extra man circles to place while the couple turns each other quickly to place. | |||||||||
| 3&4: | Repeat all of that | |||||||||
| Chorus 2 | ||||||||||
| 1-4: | These three peole set and turn left, then right to each other | |||||||||
| Part 3 - The main repeat figure part 1, using man 2 as the example | ||||||||||
| Verse 3 | ||||||||||
| 1: | Man 2 doubles toward woman 1, picking up man 1 on the way so that they are now the "couple" doubling toward the "single", with the "single" passing through by the end of the double | |||||||||
| 2: | The "single" (woman 1) circles back to place, and man 2 and man 1 arm in place | |||||||||
| 3&4: | The couple (man 2 and man 1) double toward the single (woman 1), who passes between them by the end, then the single circles back to place while the couple arms. | |||||||||
| Chorus 3 | ||||||||||
| 1-4: | The couple and the single all set and turn left, then right, to each other. | |||||||||
| Part 4 - the second part of the main repeat, still using man 2 as the example | ||||||||||
| Verse 4 - the second part of the main figure, still using man 2 as the example | ||||||||||
| A new couple forms, being man 2 and woman 1 in this case (the man who's turn it is, and the single he doubled toward before. There is also a new single - the man who was part of the couple before. | ||||||||||
| 1: | The new couple doubles toward the new single, with the single passing through the couple by the end of the double | |||||||||
| 2: | The single circles to place while the couple turns each other. | |||||||||
| 3&4: | Repeat all of that | |||||||||
| Chorus 4 | ||||||||||
| 1-4: | These three set and turn to each other left, then right, and at the end, the lead man scoots back to his place. | |||||||||
| Repeat: | ||||||||||
| The dance continues until each man has had his chance to lead two repeats of the dance. Man 3 will dance with couple 2, first partnering with man 2, then with woman 2, and so on around the circle. | ||||||||||