Right Hand to Partner.—Each lady gives disengaged hand (the right one) to her partner. They retain the opposite lady’s left at the same time, and thus a star is formed.
Balance.—All drop left hands, but still keeping in the form of a star, balance two steps to the right, then return to the left and repeat.
Turn Partners to Place.—Here the star is broken by the ladies relinquishing left hands. Gentlemen then turn partners to place with right hands.
Repeat three times. On the first repetition, the figure is danced the same as before; but on the subsequent repetitions the gentlemen go to the center and cross right hands, the ladies forming the outer points of the star.
THE CHEAT FIGURE.
The calls for the Cheat Figure are:
| Measures. | |
| First couple balance to the right | 8 |
| Balance to second couple | 8 |
| Balance to fourth couple | 8 |
| Balance to partners | 8 |
This is repeated in turn by the second, third and fourth couples in succession, each balancing to the couple on the right.
At the beginning of this figure the first couple turn toward the right and take four steps forward, balance to the third couple, and retiring four steps. Simultaneously the third couple moves forward to the first couple, and retires. Then the two couples advance again, and each dancer turns opposite partner with both hands.