book of Shadows
The
Meeting Dance
The Maiden should lead.
A man should place both hands on her waist,
standing behind her,
and alternate men and women do the same, the
Maiden leading and
they dance following her. She at last leads them
into a right-hand spiral.
When the center is reached (and this had
better be marked by
a stone) she suddenly turns round and dances back,
kissing each man as
she comes to him. All men and women turn likewise
and dance back, men
kissing women and women kissing men. All in time
to music, it is a merry
game, but must be practiced to be done well.
Note, the musician
should watch the dancers and make the music fast or
slow as is best. For
the beginners it should be slow, or there will be
confusion. It is most
excellent to get people to know each other at big
gatherings.