The Culver City Collection
Truly Yours
A 32-bar Jig for 4 couples
Devised by Oberdan Otto
The dance begins with third and fourth couples having changed sides of the set
with their partners.
- 1-4:
- First and fourth couples turn with right hands.
- 5-8:
- First couple turns with the left hands 1-1/2 times to end between second
couple, hands joined in a line across the dance. At the same time, fourth couple
does the same to end hands joined with third couple (end with all men facing away
from the middle of the set, all ladies facing toward the middle of the set).
- 9-12:
- All balance in line.
- 13-16:
- First and fourth couples turn their corner person with the right hand
about once around to end in a star formation with first and fourth couples left
hands forming the hub of the star (middle people facing anti-clockwise, outside
people facing clockwise).
- 17-20:
- Balance In Star: all set twice.
- 21-24:
- First and fourth couples dance left hands across, ending facing the ends
of the set, left hands joined.
- 25-32:
- Crossing Hearts: First and fourth couples dance out the ends of the set,
cast away from partner into a figure of eight on the sides of the set around
the standing corners (join nearer hands with partners when passing through the
end couples) to end in the original starting positions of third and second
couples respectively. The couple arrangement at the end is 2,4,1,3.
Repeat three times from new positions.
This dance was devised for Valentine's Day, February 14, 1979.
Suggested music: Mairrit Man's Favourite, Dance to Bobby Crowe's Band, BSLP67
© Copyright, 1981, by Oberdan Otto
184 Estaban Drive, Camarillo, CA 93010-1611, U.S.A.
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