The idea, when dancing it, is to be as stately and elegant as possible, as though you were auditioning to be an extra in a costume drama. Hold hands in a circle of eight people. Sway into the middle and out again. Everyone should end up on the opposite side of the set to that on which they began. Let go hands.
Ladies roll once more, and so do the gentlemen.
Everyone should end up back at home. Everyone takes their partner in ballroom hold, and waltzes once around the set anti-clockwise, getting back to their own place ready to begin the dance again. See Pete Lockwood's Page for the background to the name of the tune. Hold hands in a circle, balance into the middle and out again. Let go hands and spin round one place to your right, and clap you hands twice as you arrive.