Nine Men's Quadrill
The couples with their back to the musicians and facing the musicians are called the "head", the other 2 couples with their sides to the musicians are called the "sides"
The head couples, join arms and gallop for 8 steps straight across the middle, past the spare man and each other. Then turn and gallop back for 8 steps.
The side couples do the same.
The head couples join hands in a ring, dance 8 to the left, then 8 to the right.
The side couples join hands in a ring, dance 8 to the left, then 8 to the right.
Then, the spare man chooses any of the girls and spins her around for 8 steps. Meanwhile her fellow goes and stands in the middle.
The spare man, then lets go of the first girl, moves around to the left and repeats this for another 8 steps, fellow goes to the middle.
Repeat this until the music stops, at which point all the men must grab a maid! You can stick with the maid you've got or make a mad dash.
Whichever fellow fails to catch a maid becomes the spare man for the middle again.
By the way, for the musicians, it can help to have a loud nice or whistle when the music stops so people can hear it.
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A fun dance and good ice-breaker too. You need 4 couples and a spare man.
