LOVELY LADY MIXER

Arranged from "Weave Waltz Mixer," by Homer Howell of
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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Music: "Lovely Lady"

Record: LS 250-45

Formation: Couples facing LOD in open pos, instructions for man,
woman opposite.

Introduction: Wait 2 meas, bal away, bal together.

Measures
     1-4 WALTZ AWAY; WALTZ TOGETHER; WALTZ AWAY;
     WALTZ TOGETHER
     Starting man's L, waltz diag fwd and away from each other
     (at arms' length); starting man's R, waltz diag fwd and twd
     each other; repeat meas 1; man maneuver his back to LOD,
     stepping R, L, R (woman step L, R, L) almost in place, and
     take closed pos.
     5-8 WALTZ (RF); WALTZ; WALTZ; TWIRL WOMAN TO
     OPEN POS
     In closed pos, man step back in LOD on L and dance 3 RF
     turning waltzes, to end facing LOD; on meas 8, man steps
     in place (R, L, R) while woman twirls RF (L, R, L) into
     open pos.
     9-12 Repeat meas 5-8.
          13-16     WALTZ (RF); WALTZ; WALTZ; TWIRL WOMAN TO
          FACE MAN
     Repeat meas 13-15; on meas 16, man, facing LOD, twirls
     woman RF under her R and man's L hands, ending with
     partners facing, both hands joined, man facing LOD.
          17-20     BAL TOGETHER; BAL APART; BAL TOGETHER;
          BAL APART
     Man facing LOD, woman facing RLOD, both hands joined,
     bal together   step twd each other on man's L, touch R
     (woman opp); step apart on man's R, touch L; step fwd on
     L, touch R; step back on R, touch L.
          21-24     WEAVE-WALTZ; WEAVE-WALTZ; WEAVE-WALTZ;
          WEAVE-WALTZ
     Starting on man's L (woman's R) and moving in a "weave
     the ring" figure (man moving LOD, woman RLOD), pass R
     shoulders with partner in 3 steps; pass L shoulders with the
     second person; pass R shoulders with the third person; pass
     L shoulders with the fourth person and face the fifth.
          25-28     BAL TOGETHER; BAL APART; BAL TOGETHER;
          BAL APART
     Joining both hands with the fifth person, repeat meas 17-20
     with this new partner.
          29-32     Repeat meas 21-24. Repeat the weave waltzes. As
woman
          passes L shoulders with the fourth man, she does a half RF
          turn to come into open pos with the fifth man (solo turn),
          and start the dance again with him.

Sequence: The entire dance is done three times. At the end of the
third time through there is an 8 meas tag. Repeat meas 1-8, bowing
on meas 8.