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GRAPEVINE TWIST - GARDEN VARIETY
Found in "Cowboy Dances," by Lloyd Shaw, in all editions, pp 276-277.
First couple bow and swing
Now grab your lady by her wrist
Out to the right for a grapevine twist
Now grab your lady by the wrist
It's on to the next for the grapevine twist
Now grab your lady by the wrist
It's on to the last for the grapevine twist
First couple bow and swing
Now grab your lady by her wrist
Out to the right for a grapevine twist
- (Through couple two, gent leading his partner, around behind the lady (to the left) and back to the center of the square, then through the couple again, this time around the gent (to the right), and back to the center of the set again)
Now grab your lady by the wrist
It's on to the next for the grapevine twist
- (The same action is followed now by all four (couples one and two) being lead in a line through couple three by man one)
Now grab your lady by the wrist
It's on to the last for the grapevine twist
- (The same action is again followed by six people (couples one, two, and three) being lead in a line through couple four by man one)