OPENER - CLOSER Basic - SSD Week 4
Sides face grand square (or *tea party promenade)
They call me good time Charlie, but Charlie's not my name
But I'm gonna have a good time, a good time just the same
If you think these teardrops have clouded up my sky
You're wrong, I've just got Summer in my eye (hi corner)
Left allemande and then, weave that old ring
When you meet your baby, promenade I sing
I'm not crying, I'll tell you why
I've just got Summer in my eye
FIGURE Mainstream - SSD Week 10, corner progression
4 little ladies chain go straight across the ring
Head two square thru and you count me 4 I sing
When you're there slide thru, then square thru you go
4 hands, go walking around the floor, trade by
Get to the corner, swing and whirl the girl, go round
Left allemande then, promenade the one you've found
I'm not crying, I'll tell you why
I've just got Summer in my eye
MIDDLE BREAK
Sides face grand square
I guess I'll read the funnies, or maybe climb a tree
Cause lonesome and his silly old friends have got a hold on me
So if you see me crying, the third week in July
You'll know the world's got Summer in its eye (hi corner)
Left allemande and then, weave that old ring
When you meet your baby, promenade I sing
I'm not crying, I'll tell you why
I've just got Summer in my eye
Tea Party Promenade: use same as grand square. Takes 32 beats. From a squared up position, on call to Tea Party Promenade the head ladies chain 3/4 while everybody else promenades to the right 1/4 (sides as a couple, the head men alone). Sides upon reaching the head position wheel around 3/4 right face to face in and chain their ladies 3/4. Head men courtesy turn their original partners at the side position and roll promenade 1/4 to the right to the head position across from home, they then wheel around 3/4 right face to face in and chain their ladies 3/4 etc. Meanwhile the side couples (at the head position) have put their ladies in for a 3/4 chain, everybody else promenades 1/4 to the right. The side men courtesty turn their original partners at the side position across from home and roll promenade, etc. This continuous action is repeated until all are at home. Each couple works with their original partner only throughout.