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Sun Assembly    Thompson's Compleat Collection vol. 1, 1757, rewritten by Ken Sheffield.   Longways duple

A1:   Circle L half-way; fall back with neighbour.  Twos gate ones up and round.

A2:   Ones half figure 8 up through twos, who wait for 4 beats then cross back to own side.  All set and turn single.

B:   With the next couple, R-hand star.  With your original couple, L-hand star.

C:   Ones lead down between next couple and cast back to place.  All two-hand turn partner.

At the start of B please don't say “the ones look down, the twos look up”.  This is a case or “more is less” - it makes people think about what number they are and which way is down...  “With the next couple” (with an emphasis on “next”) is all you need.