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A waltz by Jerry and Charlie Tuffield.
Music: "Daddy's Little Girl"
Record: LS 257
Position: Open, facing LOD, inside hands joined.
Footwork: Opposite throughout. Instructions for man.
Introduction: WAIT; WAIT; APART, POINT, ; TOGETHER,
TOUCH, ; Wait for two measures, in open position, inside hands
joined; step to side on L foot, facing partner, point R foot twd
partner and hold 1 count; step twd partner on R foot, touch L to R,
assuming open position, facing LOD, and hold 1 count.
Measures
1-4 WALTZ AWAY, 2, 3; WALTZ FWD (to banjo), 2, 3;
WALTZ FWD, 2, 3; TURN TO SIDECAR, 2, 3
Waltz away from each other with inside hands joined (L, R,
L); man waltz fwd while woman turns L-face to banjo in 3
steps; man does one waltz fwd (woman waltzes bwd); both
turn R-face to sidecar pos in 3 steps, man facing RLOD
(woman LOD)
5-8 WALTZ BWD, 2, 3; MANEUVER, 2, 3; L-FACE
WALTZ, 2, 3; 4, 5, 6
In sidecar pos, man waltzes bwd 1 meas, while woman
waltzes fwd; both L-face turn to closed pos, man facing
LOD (woman facing RLOD); dance two L-face turning
waltzes, ending with both facing LOD.
9-12 WALTZ FWD, 2, 3 (woman twirl); WALTZ FWD, 2, 3
(woman twirl); WHEEL, 2, 3; 4, 5, 6
Joining L hands only, man waltzes fwd for two meas, while
woman does 2 twirls in front of man in 2 meas; end
momentarily both facing LOD in skaters' pos (R hands
joined at woman's R waist) wheel clockwise (man fwd,
woman bwd) in 6 counts, end both facing LOD in skaters'
pos.
13-16 WALTZ FWD, 2, 3; WALTZ FWD 2, 3; STEP, SWING,
; STEP, TOUCH,
Man waltzes fwd while woman rolls out by dropping L
hands and retaining R hands, making 1 full turn in 1 meas,
ending in open pos, with inside hands joined; both waltz
fwd; step L, swing R; woman turns « L-face turn to face
partner and touch, to end in loose closed (or butterfly)
sidecar, man facing LOD.
17-20 TWINKLE OUT; TWINKLE IN; TWINKLE OUT;
TWINKLE IN (woman twirls)
Starting man's L do 2 traveling waltz twinkles, progressing
LOD, man cross in front (woman in back), ending first
twinkle in banjo, and the 2nd in sidecar; repeat; on the 4th
twinkle woman makes 1 full R-face twirl under joined
man's L and woman's R hands.
21-24 TWINKLE OUT; TWINKLE IN; TWINKLE OUT;
MANEUVER TOUCH;
Repeat 3 twinkles; in meas 24, man turns 1/4 R (woman 1/4
R), ending in loose closed position, man facing wall, and
face, touch.
25-28 SIDE, BEHIND, SIDE; FRONT, FLARE, ; BEHIND,
SIDE, FRONT; FACE, TOUCH
In loose closed pos, start man's L step swd in LOD on L,
cross R in back of L, (woman cross in back), to step to side
on L; step R in front of L (woman cross in front), bring L
fwd twd LOD and flare out and around twd RLOD; step L
cross in back of R (woman cross in back), step swd in
RLOD on R, step L cross in front of R (woman cross in
front); step sideward in RLOD on R, touch L to R and hold 1
count.
29-32 BALANCE BACK; MANEUVER WALTZ; WALTZ
TURN (R-face); TWIRL
In closed pos, man's back to COH, balance bwd on L;
maneuver in 3 steps ending with man's back twd LOD;
man does 1 R-face turning waltz; then one fwd waltz while
woman turns 1 R-face twirl down LOD ending in open pos.
Dance the sequence through 3 times. On meas 32, the woman
twirls one R-face twirl and acknowledge partner.
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