4 Heel & toe balance twice to partners; balance twice away.
4 One-hand turn forward with partner, around to end four-in-line again.
4 Each head polkas forward to allemande (swing by one hand) with vis-a-vis corners. Center two keep inside hands, to split the side couple. Outside two envelop the other side couple.
4 Heads back to center of set to allemande partners with other hand.
2 Head couples take partners in waltz position, with gents facing out of the set, double heel & toe balance in place.
6 Then polka around to original places.
48 Sides repeat the same.
Second - GEN. WORTH (General William Jenkins Worth)
8 Introduction music.
4 Head couples ladies half-chain. Head ladies advance with 2 polkas, then heel & toe balance in the
center.
4 Continue the half chain turning the opposite man by the left hand.
8 Turn the gents into a half-chain (no heel & toe), turning partner by the left hand one full turn,
in opposite places, so that gents end up in the center, four-in-line, facing partners.
4 Ladies balance right heel & toe then polka to the right, with arms folded in front. Left heel & toe then polka to the left.
4 Gents balance in the same way, beginning right.
8 "All hey, or straight right and left” four-in-line: With arms folded in front, left heel & toe partner and pass toward the left, then right, then to the left, to approach vis-a-vis (3 polkas). Right heel & toe then pass to the right, then to the left, to home places.
Note: There are two ways to interpret straight right and left, passing right shoulders, as in grand right and left chain, or passing to the right diagonal. The illustration shows passing right shoulders.
32 Sides repeat the same figure.
Third - GEN. TWIGGS (General David Emmanual Twiggs)
4 Introduction music. Note: Durang doesn't specify how many bars of music to wait for this figure, and the tune chosen for this figure happens to have a four-bar intro.
2 Head couples polka forward, taking inside hands, beginning right feet (optional).
2 Give right hand to vis-a-vis and turn halfway around, facing back to home place at the end.
2 Give left hand and turn halfway back, then let go of hand, still facing toward home.
2 Partners take inside hands, lady on the left, and head forward toward home, gent taking the
nearest corner lady by her left hand to form three-in-line facing out.
2 Close hands-three to form a circle.
2 Ladies arch while the gent goes forward under, all three facing out.
2 All three heel & toe balance right and left.
2 The gent backs under to circle-three formation.
4 Gent raises right arm and leads his partner under the arch and around to place (he turns to follow her, under his own arch).
4 Gent raises his left arm and leads the corner lady under and around, ending three-in-line facing out.
4 All chasse to the right (3 side and close), and back to the left.
4 Corner lady returns home (assisted by her partner), and head couple turns to place. Wheel around turning halfway clockwise, then the gent passes his partner to his right-hand side.
8 4 ladies advance to the center with 2 polkas R&L, solo
balance R&L, retire L&R polkas, double balance partner, who balances in reply.
8 Gents advance to the center with polkas L&R, balance L&R, turn right halfway to approach partner with 2 polkas, balance partner, taking waltz position.
4 All 8 polka a quarter circle around to the right of the set (circling line-of-dance).
4 Continue with pursuit (lady backs) to the opposite side of the set.
8 Continue with the Coquette, lady leading, chasing home to partners.
48 Repeat, with the side couples beginning the figure.
Fourth - CAPT. BRAGG (Captain Braxton Bragg)
8 Introduction music.
6 Head couple polka around the center of the set, traveling once and a quarter, to end facing their right-side corner couple, opening out side-by-side at the end.
2 Taking hands-4, double heel & toe balance.
8 Head gent then polkas with the corner lady, to the opposite head couple and repeats.
8 Head gent then polkas with the opposite lady, to the last side couple and repeats.
8 Head gent then polkas with that side lady, to his home place.
4 Wait four measures, as gents walk into the set, face partners, to take them in waltz position.
16 All promenade around the set with the Polka Bremen step.
However Durang never described that step, so you may subsitute your favorite 1 840s polka variation.
It's better if it looks like his illustration:
32 The third (right side) gent executes the same figure.
20 All wait 4 bars, then promenade around the set as before.
32 The second (opposite head) gent executes the same figure.
20 All wait 4 bars, then promenade around the set as before.
32 The fourth (left side) gent executes the same figure.
20 All wait 4 bars, then promenade around the set as before.
Fifth - COL. MAY (Colonel Charles Augustus May)
8 Introduction music.
1st)
4 Begin le grand Quarre: Heads forward with 2 polkas to meet vis-a-vis and heel & toe balance to them taking hands-4. Meanwhile, sides chasse to corners of the square with 3 slides and a close, then heel & toe balance toward vis-a-vis, standing opposite.
4 Heads take vis-a-vis by 2 hands and chasse 3 slides to side's places, then and heel & toe balance. Meanwhile, sides polka forward to the head's original places, and heel & toe balance to vis-a-vis, facing into the set. Arms are akimbo when dancing solo.
8 Sides do what the heads did, and vice-versa, to home places.
2nd)
8 All couples take high right hands with partners, heel and toe and chasse, 4 times, around in place, perhaps with the lady turning under the gent's raised arm. Let go of hands at the end.
3rd)
4 Ladies enter center of set to form a right-hand star, as
gents turn solo to the right to offer left hand to partner's left hand, to form the grand cross. Then ladies double heel & toe balance R, then balance partners.
