Fig. 6.
15. Break circles, retreat to rear, wreaths position.
16. Repeat No. 8.
17. Repeat No. 10, except that as numbers 1 and 5 reach the rear, they stand facing each other and hold their wreaths high to form an arch between them. Nos. 3 and 7 dance behind them, pass under the arch, then stop to either side and make an arch with their wreaths.
So, in turn, do the others. Then 1 and 5 lower their wreaths, dance under the arch, and again stand and help form the arch, until the front of the stage is reached. Here the dancers pass to right and left and dance back to the exit, and out, swaying wreaths overhead.
DIRECTIONS.
Let the alternate numbers represent holly and mistletoe. All wear dresses of soft material (cheesecloth or silkaline), falling full from a yoke to the ankles. Bare neck and arms are prettiest with this costume, but if not desired have plain sleeves to the elbow, finished with a six-inch frill of the same, and the neck finished without a collar.
The holly girls should be brunettes and wear dresses of bright green, as near the color of the holly leaf as can be had, with a sash of scarlet ribbon about three inches wide tied and fastened there, high under the arms, “empire” style, with long loops and ends tied in front. A narrow scarlet ribbon should be tied with loops and short ends around the sleeve just above the elbow. A wreath of holly leaves and the bright berries on the head and around the neck of the dress. These should not be heavy. Stockings and slippers scarlet.
The mistletoe girls must be blond and dress in the same style as the holly girls; but their dresses are white, their ribbons and slippers pale green, and the wreaths are of mistletoe with its white berries.
Each girl carries a half wreath (the half of a barrel hoop is right for size) covered with holly or mistletoe to match her dress.