A Clap of Thunder

Choreography:   Sharon Green, Florentina Corbescu, Kit Clarke, Luanne Stiles and Marie-Louise Hendel as part of Scott Higgs' Choreography workshop, English Week, August 2014
Tune: Contre Danze 178, by Johanne de Gruytters, 1746
Formation: Duple minor longways

A1 1-2 Partners dance into line, right-shoulder to right-shoulder
  3-4 Partners cast left to place
A2 1-2 Partners dance into line, left-shoulder to left-shoulder
  3-4 Partners cast right to place
B1 1-2 On the diagonal, Corners meet in 2 steps,
    pause for 1 beat, and clap own hands on beat 4
  3-4 All cast right (4 steps) to place
  5-6 1st Corners change places
  7-8 2nd Corners change places [All face partner]
  9-10 Ones cast up, ending on the ends of a line of 4 facing up while
    Twos 2-hand turn ½-way and face up
   
TOP

W1 M2 W2 M1
B2 1-4 Line of 4 lead up a double, fall back reforming the set
  5-10 Ones cast down and ½ figure 8 up while
    Twos lead up, cast down, and lead up again
With thanks to Margaret and Jeff Bary, Lynn Feinman, and Joe Sykes for joining our demo set on Friday, August 8th.

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