Twelth Street Rag (U S A)
Formation
Hold inside hands with your partner. Lady is on the right of the man. Face in an anticlockwise direction round the circle, with men on the inside of the circle, ladies on the outside of the circle.
Instructions
- Walk 4 steps forward starting on the right foot. Point left with your right foot. Point right with your right foot. Point behind with your right foot. Step back onto right foot and close with your left foot. Step forward onto right foot.
- Repeat 1 but with opposit feet.
- Repeat 1 and 2.
- Place hands out in front of you, fingers together,and pointing up and palms away from you. Move your hands in an anticlockwise direction one complete turn as if you were washing windows, and take a side step toward the middle. (4x)
- Repeat 4, but side step out of the circle and your hands move in a clockwise direction.
- Take 2 steps forward and 2 steps back (2x) using the Charleston if known.
- Face your partner. Men wave their hands in the air from side to side. Ladies stand with feet apart with hands on knees. Move your knees together, let your hands swap knees, and move your knees apart and repeat.
- Ladies wave their hands in the air from side to side. Men stand with feet apart with hands on knees. Move your knees together, let your hands swap knees, and move your knees apart and repeat.
- Spin to your right and clap your partners hands right with left and left with right.
- Start the dance again.
