The Magic Roundabout (Freemantle)

  1-6   All dance ¾ of a snowball form of rights and lefts:

  1-2   1s cross by the right, finishing facing down;

  3-4   1L2M 1M2L cross by the left on the sides;

  5-6   2s 1s cross by the right, finishing facing in, 1s in 2nd place, 2s in 1st place on opposite sides;

  7-8   2L1M  2M1L take hands on the sides and set;

  9-14 2s1s dance the first 6 bars of the circulating knot for 2 couples:
2s dance bars 1-6 of the inverted knot for 2 couples as the leading couple (from top place) WHILE 1s dance the knot for 2 couples as the leading couple (from bottom place), partners finishing with left hands joined, 1s in 1st position on opposite sides of the centreline, 2s in 2nd position on own sides;

15-16 retaining hold, 1s 2s turn by the left into allemande hold on the centreline, 1s facing down, 2s up;

17-24 1s2s dance the circulating allemande for 2 couples:
1s dance the inverted allemande for 2 couples as the following couple (from top place) WHILE 2s dance the allemande for 2 couples as the following couple (from bottom place), finishing 2s in 1st place, 1s in 2nd place on opposite sides;

25-26 taking hands on the sides, all set facing partners;

27-30 giving right hands, 1s cross up into half figures of 8 across;

31-32 taking hands on the sides, all set facing partners.

  9-16 In the circulating knot for 2 couples, the top couple dance the inverted knot for 2 couples WHILE the bottom couple dance the knot for 2 couples, both as from the leading place. They dance anticlockwise around each other, normally finishing having exchanged places but here with a modification of the final 2 bars to suit the succeeding figure:

  9-10 2s 1s turn by the right into allemande hold, finishing back-to-back on the centreline, 2s facing up, 1s down;

11-11 retaining allemande hold, both couples make a quarter turn anticlockwise and dance out to the sideline;

12-12 retaining allemande hold, both couples make a quarter turn anticlockwise and dance one place along the sideline, 2s down the Mn's, 1s up the Ls';

13-13 releasing allemande hold but retaining left hand hold, both couples make a quarter turn anticlockwise to finish in the sidelines;

14-14 retaining left hand hold, both couples make a quarter turn anticlockwise, moving inwards to finish across the centreline;

15-16 this is the modification to prepare for the circulating allemande which follows.

17-24 In the circulating allemande for 2 couples, the top couple dance the inverted allemande for 2 couples WHILE the bottom couple dance the allemande for 2 couples, both as from the following place. They dance anticlockwise around each other, normally finishing in the sidelines having exchanged places as here:

17-17 1s 2s, already in allemande hold, dance diagonally to the right, finishing in a line across, 1s facing down, 2s up;

18-18 retaining allemande hold, both couples advance half a place (note that this is slightly different from allemande/inverted allemande where they would dance a whole place);

19-19 retaining allemande hold, both couples make a quarter turn anticlockwise and dance halfway across the set;

20-20 retaining allemande hold, both couples continue across the set to the sidelines and make a quarter turn anticlockwise to finish 1s facing down on the Mn's side, 2s up the Ls' (note that this is slightly different from allemande/inverted allemande where they would also dance half a place along the sidelines);

21-21 retaining allemande hold, both couples make a quarter turn anticlockwise to finish in the sidelines;

22-22 retaining allemande hold, both couples advance, make a quarter turn anticlockwise and unwind the hold to finish with arms crossed, facing partner across the centreline;

23-24 releasing hands, all dance backwards with small steps to the sidelines.