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“Saturday Night” is famous for its characteristic associated dance, which has the unusual feature of looping a pattern of five bar-long steps over an ordinary four-bar cycle of music. The steps are, in order:

  • Both arms bent at 90 degrees, elbows held at waist, both pushing to the right then to the left
  • Left arm stationary, supporting right elbow, right upper arm twiddles. Then reversed.
  • Bend over forwards rolling arms around each other
  • Hands on waist, step forwards then backwards
  • Four jumps, whilst rotating body gradually clockwise by 90 degrees.

The end of the cycle is marked by a clap on the fourth beat, and leaves the body facing 90 degrees clockwise from the beginning.

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