THE POLKA SKIP
We now come to a little step which is quite new, very effective, and very easy. The gentleman, for the sake of argument, we will say, is Castle walking forward and the lady backward. What happens is this: take a little polka skip, one, two, three to one side, and one, two, three to the other; directly after that continue to walk. It is led into by the gentleman, who gives the lady a slight lift, just before doing the step, which he begins with his left foot, like this:
1 2 3 1 2 3
Left, right, left; and right, left, right.
These steps are naturally taken to Polka time, which is double time to the ordinary walk. And skip the 1, 2, 3. Do not walk it.
THE WIND-UP
This step, while very simple, is hard to explain. The lady backs away from the man a few steps until her right and his left arm are outstretched at arm's-length in front of them. The gentleman "turns to left" in the same spot while the lady walks around him at the left side until she comes
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