Also, Bill, for what it's worth, about five years ago, I attended a wedding and a reception for a couple who were both born in Liberia, West Africa, but who both lived in Pittsbugh, Pennsylvania.

One of the dances that was done in this reception was very much how you describe the Duke Of York dance, except that the dance ended with the end the bride & groom and other males and females who just appened to be partnered up because they were facing each other in the male and female lines, dancing facing each other to the recorded music that was playing. I can't remember what type of music it was, but I think it was R&B or pop.

I think they called this dance "The Grand March", but I'm not sure about that.

I'd never seen this dance performed before at a wedding reception or anywhere else. Most of the people who were there were from Liberia, and they seemed to be very familiar with this dance. I recall asking someone about this dance and that person saying that it is customary for this dance to be performed at Liberian wedding receptions. I wonder if this is an Anglo-American Southern custom that was carried to Africa by free or freed African Americans who emigrated to what became Liberia in the 19th century.

Be that as it may, I really loved that dance. And I wish that we African Americans had that same custom at our weddings or other social gatherings.

Is this a dance that certain populations of White adults do now in the UK at weddings or other social gatherings?