Ceilidh Dance: Boston Tea Party
- Source:
- Captain's Ceilidh
- Set type:
- Longways 6 couples
- Tune type:
- 32-bar jig/reel/polka
- Difficulty:
- ★★
Instructions
| Section | Duration | Directions |
|---|---|---|
| A1 | 8 | Top couple gallop to bottom and arch over the women |
| A2 | 8 | Arch over the men, then gallop back to the top |
| B1 | 8 | Top couple dip and dive, others cast out after the top has passed them |
| B2 | 8 | Top couple two-handed arch at bottom, others up through and swing partners |
Suggested Tunes
- (7× 32-bar polka)
- Blue dresses (Girl with the blue dress on / Dark girl dressed in blue) (8× 32-bar polka)
- Croft's Jig / The Parson in Boots (10× 32-bar jig)
- Da Pearl Wedding / Miss Gayton's (9× 32-bar reel)
- Four-hand reel / La Bastringue (8× 32-bar reel)
- Fourpence-halfpenny-farthing / The Flight (8× 32-bar jig)
- Geanie and Davina (5× 32-bar jig)
- Half hannekin / The Pantheon cottillon (7× 32-bar jig)
- Jimmy Ward's Fancy / Jojo's Jig (6× 32-bar jig)
- Long Walk Home (6× 32-bar jig)
- Lucerne / Lulu polka (8× 32-bar polka)
- Marten in the bag (6× 32-bar polka)
- (9× 32-bar jig)
- Sarah's jig / Hilda's hard one (9× 32-bar jig)
- (9× 32-bar polka)
- The Champion (10× 32-bar jig)
- The Duke of York's Camp / Lady Elizabeth Cole (11× 32-bar jig)
- The Goose and the Gridiron / The Magic Song (6× 32-bar jig)
- The Lemonville jig / The Quarryman (9× 32-bar jig)
- The Queen of Diamonds / Walnut Whip (10× 32-bar jig)
- Three Tunes (6× 32-bar jig)
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