The First of December
The First of December is an English Country Dance. It was published by John Rutherford in 1772 in Twelve Selected Country Dances for the Year 1772, London. It was interpreted by George Williams in 2022. It is a proper Triple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 32 bars.
Rutherford writes:
Set across and turn the Second Lady the Lady do the same to the 2d. Man cross over one Cu. lead up & cast off hands round four at bottom right and left at top
The animation plays at 120 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance will often be slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily. Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color, however the border of each dancer indicates what role they currently play so the border color may change each time through the minor set.
The dances of George Williams (including interpretations like this one) are licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA license.
| A1 | 1-4 | M1 set twice to partner |
| 5-8 | 1st corners two hand turn | |
| A2 | 1-4 | W1 set twice to partner |
| 5-8 | 2nd corners two hand turn | |
| B1 | 1-4 | 1s cross, go below 2s and cross again |
| 5-8 | 1s lead up and cast down as 2s lead up | |
| B2 | 1-4 | 1s+3s circle left |
| 5-8 | 1s+2s four changes of a circular hey |
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