APAT-APAT Filipino
PRONUNCIATION:	AH-paht AH-paht
TRANSLATION:	Four-by-four
SOURCE:	Dick Oakes learned this dance from Francisca Reyes Aquino who introduced Apat-Apat to folk dancers in the United States at the 1961 Santa Barbara Folk Dance Conference. Detailed instructions are found in her Handbook of Phillipine Folk Dances.
BACKGROUND:	Dr. Aquino, the most prominent dance researcher in the Philippines, choreographed this dance using authentic Philippine music after noting the popularity of progressive dances in the United States.
MUSIC:	Mico (45rpm) Mx 120 "Planting Rice;" Folk Dancer (45rpm) MH 2031 Mico (45rpm) 120
FORMATION:	Cpls in a cir facing R in LOD, W to R of M with inside hands joined and held at shldr height in ''W'' pos, free hands at sides.
METER/RHYTHM:	2/4
STEPS/STYLE:	Style is easy and flowing with no jerky or abrupt movements.
MEAS	MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION
	INTRODUCTION
1-7	No action.
	THE DANCE
1-2	Beg R for both M and W, walk 4 steps CCW around dance area;
3-4	Releasing hands, turn individually 1/2 CW and, joining other hands at shldr height with elbows bent in ''W'' pos , walk 4 steps CW around the dance area;
5-6	Releasing hands and turning to face ptr, walk 4 steps bwd away from each other;
7-8	Walk 4 steps fwd twd ptr;
9-10	Facing R so that L shldr is adjacent with ptr, walk 4 steps fwd (M CW and W CCW) around the dance area;
11-12	Without turning, each dancer walk 4 steps bwd to end next to ptr with L shldrs adjacent again;
13-14	Facing ptr and joining R hands at shldr height with elbows bent, walk 4 steps CW once around ptr;
15-16	Releasing R hands, W walk 4 steps, turning CW in place, as M walk 4 steps CCW around dance area to next W.
	Repeat entire dance from beg.
Source : Dick Oakes