I wasn't able to find anything like it online (Googling "Ribbon Dance" comes up with traditional Chinese Ribbon dances or rhythmic gymnastics -- it is not anything like either of these)
If anyone knows of another name for our Ribbon dance or a title for our music, please let me know!
(Ms. Brown)
Ribbon Dance
Formation: Double line of 6 couples. Partners stand side-by-side
holding ribbon between them.
Couples in each group of
four should face each other, boy to boy and girl to girl.
Designate couple as #1 and #2.
**Ribbon should be
approximately 1.5 to 2 metres long.
Counts Pattern
Part I
16 “Over
and Under”
Couple #1 forms ribbon-arch, under
which #2 passes with 4 steps. Both
couples face about without releasing ribbons and reverse figure, so that #1
passes under the arch with 4 steps.
Repeat all Part I
Part II
8 “Cast
Off”
All couples turn to the
front. Girls release their end of the
ribbons. Head couple leads the “cast
off” by turning to the outside and skipping to the rear. Boys are waving the ribbons.
Head couple forms an arch.
8 Partners
meet and go under the arch with the girls again holding the ribbons and dance
forward to their new position.
All face
partners, holding ribbons high.
Part III
16 “Slide
down the centre”
Head couple joins hands and slides
for 8 steps down the under the ribbon
and returns to the end of the line as the last couple.
Repeat entire dance
six times
***With remaining
music, couples hold ribbons high and turn under the ribbon on the spot
twice.***