ab:dance.txt 16jan90



The Meeting Dance


The Maiden should lead. A man should place both hands on her waist,
standing behind her, and alternate men and women do the same, the
Maiden leading and they dance following her. She at last leads them
into a right-hand spiral. When the center is reached (and this had
better be marked by a stone) she suddenly turns round and dances back,
kissing each man as she comes to him. All men and women turn likewise
and dance back, men kissing women and women kissing men. All in time
to music, it is a merry game, but must be practiced to be done well.
Note, the musician should watch the dancers and make the music fast or
slow as is best. For the beginners it should be slow, or there will be
confusion. It is most excellent to get people to know each other at big
gatherings.
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-Published in Janet & Stewart Farrar's "The Witches' Way", from GBG's
BOS (the same version exists in Text B and Text C of his BOS)
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