Dancing men dance back on left foot 123, women forward on right foot 123
Repeat with men moving forward on right and women back on left
Couples house around eachother.
Keep close in the centre to avoid taking too long.
Couples dance forward in three steps toward couple on right and hop to turn.
Couples retire backward into opposite place with same steps.
Couples house inside back to place.
Couples dance in with four steps.
Couples dance back out again.
Couples house inside to opposite place
Each figure: Tops, Sides
Top couples swing their own partner at home.
Sides repeat what the tops just did.
Top men cross over to opposite lady and swing with her for eight bars.
The ladies stay in place - do not go into the set.
Top men cross back to own partner and swing with her for eight bars.
The ladies stay in place - do not go into the set.
Sides repeat what the tops just did.
Top couples meet in the middle for a Little Christmas.
On the last beat of the first eight bars, all stamp and keep on swinging.
Sides repeat what the tops just did.
Top men move to the next lady clockwise around the and swing with them.
Sides repeat what the tops just did.
All couples give right hands to their partner and turn around so they are in their partner's place facing the other way around the set (men clockwise, women anticlockwise).
All chain around the set half way to meet partner in opposite place.
Swing partner.
All couples do the Slides.
At the end of the Slides, all couples will be in their opposite place. This is correct.
When the sides repeat it you will get back to place.
Sides repeat what the tops just did.
The reverse chain and swing is done by the sides alone, and then everyone dances the reverse chain and swing and the slides.
At this point everyone will be in their original positions.
All couples house right round.
This dance is usually danced with all five figures done consecutively with no breaks in the music.
All five figures played consecutively.
This is the music most people dance the set to.