The Big Swing

Set:	3 couple longways.
Music:	Rochdale Coconut.
Trivia:	Popularly known as "Swing Bin".

	Partners are 1&2, 3&5 and 4&6. A's are 1,4&5; B's are 2,3&6. Note that each figure is twice as long as the figures in most other dances.
Figure 1:	Pivots
	Middles:
	1-2	Cross over passing right shoulders to join line . facing out on other side of set.
	While ends:
	1	Quarter turn to centre of lines-to-be (1&6 right, 2&5 left).
	2	Turn a quarter more in the same direction.
	There should now be two lines back-to-back (but not too close).
	All:
	3	Put hands on shoulders in lines.
	4	Ends salute with free hand.
	5-7	Lines rotate around middle person 180 degrees anticlockwise.
	8	Drop hands.
	Middles:
	9-10	Step into middle of two people on right and face out in lines back-to-back as before.
	While ends:
	9	Step on the spot.
	10	Quarter turn to form lines back-to-back (again 1&6 right, 2&5 left).
	All:
	11-16	As 3-8.
	17-24	As 1-8 (1&6 will end up turning left, 2&5 right).
	25-32	As 9-16, but middles go left (again 1&6 go left, 2&5 right).
A's Chorus
	A's:
	1-8	Star left, but start moving immediately and go round twice (arm movements as normal).
	While B's:
	1-6	Stand still.
	7	Turn to the left to face clockwise round the circle.
	8	Step on the spot, preparing to catch partner!.
	All:
	9-16	Partners arm turn right as many times as there is time, ending as appropriate for the next figure.
Figure 2:	Polka Turn
	Finish chorus facing partner in 3-couple star: Top 1 2 3 4 5 6
	1-8	Using polka step, dance four fast polka turns on the spot. Finish last turn facing clockwise round circle in waist hold.
	9-16	Using single step, star promenade right. On beat 16 drop hands, release waist hold, face partner and fall back from your partner a little.
	17-24	As 1-8, but finish facing anticlockwise (with same person in centre!)
	25-32	Using single step, star promenade left. On beat 16 drop hands, release waist hold and return to original longways set.
B's Chorus
	As A's Chorus, but reversing roles of A's and B's.
Figure 3:	Chains
	Beats 1-28 are done without normal single stepping arm movements.
	Stay standing when not needed.
	1-4	3&4 right arm turn just over once and a half (without saluting) until 3 faces 6 and 4 faces 1 (first corner positions). This is quite fast.
	5-8	3&6 and 4&1 left arm turn once and a half to change places.
	9-12	6&1 right arm turn once and three quarters to face 2 and 5 (second corner positions) respectively.
	13-16	6&2 and 1&5 left arm turn once and a half to change places.
	17-20	2&5 right arm turn once and three quarters to face 4 and 3 (first corner positions) respectively.
	21-24	2&4 and 5&3 left arm turn once and a half to change places.
	25-28	4&3 right arm just over once (don't go too far!) and slot into in the middle of lines of three at the top and bottom of the set: Top 2 4 6 1 3 5
	29-31	Lines of three, 6 heading a line at the top and 1 heading a line at the bottom, single step round the outside of the set one quarter, to home positions, odds facing up and evens facing down. 6 and 1 are facing the wrong direction at the start of this – they need to turn over their right shoulder in no time as they start to move.
	32	Quarter turn to the right to face partners.
A's Chorus
Figure 4:	Teapots
	1-4	Middles go right and line up in the centre of the set: Top 1 2 4 3 5 6 1,2&4 and 3,5&6 star right in 4 steps. Ends finish facing along sides of square: 1&6 facing in towards centre line of set as normal and 2&5 facing out.
	Middles:
	5	Take stomach hold left.
	6-7	Salute and turn round three quarters.
	8	Drop hands.
	While ends:
	5-6	Move round to position for next star, 1&2 facing down and 5&6 facing up (make sure you don't go too far).
	7-8	Step on the spot. Top 5 1 3 4 6 2
	All:
	9-32	Repeat pattern in 1-8 three more times from new orientations. Middles may release stomach hold early during the last time in order to return to place. 2&5 do a back turn on beat 32 to return to normal positions.
B's Chorus
Figure 5:	Pivots
	Same as figure 1, except
	29-32	Lines charge into audience.

Until about 2008, this dance had a different third figure, which managed to be simultaneously impossible to remember and fairly dull to watch. Here it is for posterity.