Country Bumpkin

By Michael Barraclough; 1979

Longways, 4-6 couples

A1:

Long lines forward and back (8)

(Line on right side raise joined hands to make arches)

Trade places with partner (left side people going under the arches) (8)

A2:

Top couple gallop down and back (16)

(Top couple face across; others face up)

B1/B2:

Horseshoe Grand Chain (32):

    Top couple start a grand chain, pulling in others one by one.

    Top couple meet at the bottom and make a two-handed arch.

    Others continue grand chain to meet below the arch,

        come through the arch, and continue up to re-form the set.

Very satisfying when the Horseshoe Grand Chain is taught carefully. For a visual, someone from England suggested "Up one trouser leg and down the other."