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SIMON SAYS

ONE PLAYER IS SELECTED AS THE LEADER. HE STANDS IN
THE FRONT OF THE ROOM AND THE OTHER PLAYERS STAND IN
THE AISLES FACING THE LEADER. THE LEADER GIVES
COMMANDS, SOME OF WHICH ARE PREFACED BY "SIMON SAYS."
AND SOME OF WHICH ARE NOT. THE PLAYERS MUST DO
EVERYTHING THAT BEGINS WITH "SIMON SAYS," BUT HAVE
AN OPTION ON THE OTHERS. ANY PLAYER WHO MAKES A
MISTAKE, IF CAUGHT BY THE LEADER, MUST BE SEATED.
AFTER THE LEADER HAS CAUGHT THREE ERRORS BY PLAYERS
ANOTHER LEADER IS SELECTED AND GAME CONTINUES WITH
THOSE SEATED REJOINING.

Submitter comment: KATHY DOES NOT REMEMBER SOURCE. PROBABLY IN HER
NEIGHBORHOOD.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime

Date learned: 11-01-1967

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