Newport Quadrille ~ Ford

Chase the Goose ~ Kentucky Square Dances The Wild Goose Chase ~ The Running Set Newport Quadrille ~ Ford Grapevine Twist ~ Standard

Note that by 1925 this quadrille only has three figures rather than the five that quadrilles from the 1820s had. Also that in the first figure the women progress to a new partner, while in earlier quadrilles everyone stuck with their original partner.

Lovett writes:

Figure 1

Address partners, address corners	8 bars
Head couples right and left	8 bars
Side couples right and left	8 bars
All balance corners, swing, and promenade with corners (In this call the lady progresses to the right, meeting a new partner at each station)	16 bars
Head couples balance four	8 bars
Side couples balance four	8 bars
All balance corners, swing, and promenade with corners	16 bars
Head couples ladies chain	8 bars
Side couples ladies chain	8 bars
All balance corners, swing, and promenade with corners	16 bars
Head couples half promenade, half right and left	8 bars
Side couples half promenade, half right and left	8 bars
All balance corners, swing, and promenade with corners	16 bars
All join hands, forward and back, swing partners	8 bars
All promenade around the set	8 bars

Figure 2

Head couple leads to the right and around that lady with the Grapevine Twist (Head gentleman takes partner's left hand in his right and leads her between the side couple and around the lady to the center of set, still retaining hands he takes a few steps backward, waits until his partner has passed between him and the side couple, and again leads her between same couple and around the gentleman. Both couples then take hands.)	12 bars
Circle four hands around	4 bars
Leads to the next couple and around that lady with the Grapevine twist (Same two couples, still joining hands, lead between the next couple and repeat the movement.)	14 bars
Circle six hands around	6 bars
Leads to the next couple and around that lady with the Grapevine twist (Repeat the movementm six persons passing between the last couple.)	28 bars
Circle eight hands around	8 bars
Turn the left hand lady with the left hand around and right to your partner (Merely give right hand to partner and pass by.)	4 bars
Turn right hand lady with the left hand round	4 bars
And promenade with partner (all promenade around the set.)	8 bars

Continue until each couple has completed movement.

Figure 3

All join hands, forward and back	4 bars
Forward again, ladies turn facing partners (Forward and ladies turn in the center facing partners.)	4 bars
All chassé half around (Ladies and gentlemen chassé in a circle half around, each moving in the left.)	4 bars
Dos-à-dos (Dos-à-dos with partner)	4 bars
All chassé half around (Chassé to the left.)	4 bars
Dos-à-dos (Dos-à-dos with partner)	4 bars
Balance and swing partners (Swing partner to places.)	4 bars
Allemande left and grand right and left half around (When gentlemen meet partners they link arms and promenade back to places.)	8 bars

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Lovett's glossary says that right and left is done without taking right hands, only left

RIGHT AND LEFT—(8) Executed by two opposite couples. Couples cross over (ladies passing between), join left hands, and turn half around so that each couple stands in the other's place. Repeat back to places, ending with both couples in original positions.

The swing appears to be a modern swing, not a hand turn.

TURN PARTNERS—(4) Lady and gentlemen join both hands (shoulder high) and turn once around. To swing partner in waltz position, weight of body should rest on half of right foot, turning with toe of left foot.

Lovett has three different definitions for "balance" the one which I think is most likely to apply before a swing is BALANCE PARTNERS (4) Partners face each other and execute a swing step (gentleman steps to the left and swings right foot then steps to right and swings left foot, lady steps with right foot to side and swings left foot, and so on.)

While the balance four figure is:

BALANCE FOUR—(8) Face partner, join hands, slide seven steps to opposite side of set, and slide seven steps back to places, all without turning.

The Ladies chain is similar to a modern ladies chain, except that instead of a courtesy turn people simply did a left hand turn.

LADIES CHAIN—(8) Ladies cross to opposite places by giving right hands as they pass each other and then left hands to opposite gentleman, and turning half around. Give right hands back, left hands to partners, and turn to places.

I had assumed the half promonade figure would be outside the set (as it in modern squares), but it is inside.

HALF PROMENADE HALF RIGHT AND LEFT—(8) cross hands with partners and walk four steps to the opposite side of the set, still retaining hands. Turn half round to left (facing opposite direction), drop hands, right and left back to places.

Lovett calls Figure II: "Grapevine Twist," but Cecil Sharp in The Country Dance Book (Part 5) calls this figure in The Wild Goose Chase, while Lloyd Shaw also uses Grapevine Twist.

Figure III is very similar to Ladies in the Center.

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