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====== Mr. Dolly ======

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===== Detailed Description =====

==== Chorus ====

This dance can be done with one stick or two sticks in parallel.

bar 1: tap the ground to the left of your partner (G<sub>L</sub>), then the ground to the right of your partner (G<sub>R</sub>).
bar 2: clash forehand 3x with your partner (P<sup>F</sup>-P<sup>F</sup>-P<sup>F</sup>).  (Red Herring clashes low; most sides in the Eastern US and Canada clash high)
bar 3: clash backhand with the person diagonally to your right (R<sup>B</sup>), then forehand with the person diagonally to your left (L<sup>F</sup>)
bar 4: clash backhand 3x with your partner (P<sup>B</sup>-P<sup>B</sup>-P<sup>B</sup>).

Repeat.

==== Figures ====

In this dance (//only//), all figures start with a "hitch-back" (hop back onto right foot, but keeping weight forward).

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Rounds are "with sounds": on beat 2, all sticks point into the middle and dancers make the Star Trek: TOS sound that the doors of the USS Enterprise make when they open or shut.

When dancers start dancing off, dancers take turns moving the stick to their shoulder as they leave the set; the first dancer lifts the stick on beat 9, the second on beat 10, and so on.

Note that most sides in the Eastern US and Canada omit this figure and end with the chorus after Dragon's Bane.

===== Tune =====

{{ :dances:border:george_greens_college_hornpipe.mp3 |George Green's College Hornpipe (MP3 played by Jeff Bigler)}}

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