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====== The Circle Dance ======

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==== Detailed Description ====

=== Chorus ===

Clashing.

#1 and #4 (first corners) are clashing on the "outside".  The pattern for #1 and #4 is:

Beat 1: partner (backhand)
Beat 2: neighbor (forehand)
Beat 3: corner, low (forehand)
Beat 4: corner, low (forehand) again
Beat 5: neighbor (forehand)
Beat 6: partner (backhand)
Beat 7: corner, high (backhand)
Beat 8: corner, high (backhand) again
Beat 9: partner (backhand)
Beat 10: neighbor (forehand)
Beat 11: corner, low (forehand)
Beat 12: corner, low (forehand) again
Beat 13: neighbor (forehand)
Beat 14: partner (backhand)
Beat 15: corner, high (backhand)
Beat 16: pause

Repeat sequence.

#2 and #3 (second corners) are clashing on the "inside".  The pattern for #2 and #3 is:

Beat 1: partner (backhand)
Beat 2: neighbor (forehand)
Beat 3: corner, high (backhand)
Beat 4: corner, high (backhand) again
Beat 5: neighbor (forehand)
Beat 6: partner (backhand)
Beat 7: corner, low (forehand)
Beat 8: corner, low (forehand) again
Beat 9: partner (backhand)
Beat 10: neighbor (forehand)
Beat 11: corner, high (backhand)
Beat 12: corner, high (backhand) again
Beat 13: neighbor (forehand)
Beat 14: partner (backhand)
Beat 15: corner, low (forehand)
Beat 16: pause

Repeat sequence.

The final chorus (after Bombast) is done twice, once at regular speed and once faster (called "double time", though it's not actually twice as fast).

=== Figures ===

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==== Tune ====

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Red Herring sometimes uses a medley of several tunes, including (but not limited to) the following:

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