hook: wicked smooth
by: Don Veino
formation: progressed improper
From improper, have dancers swing their neighbors briefly to put the ones below the twos – this is their home position.
| A1 | 6 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front (clockwise)
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| 2 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders to cross
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| 8 | partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| A2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles chain (to neighbors)
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| 8 | star left 4 places - progress to next neighbors ⁋
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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There’s been a dance “seed” on my whiteboard for some time, which germinated today into what I think is a wonderfully smooth dance (what we New Englanders might describe as “wicked (very) smooth).” Depending upon programming needs, it can be run as a Duple Improper or Becket – it seems to fit tunes well either way.
Becket version first called by me at CDSS Family Week 2017 at Ogontz Camp on 8/10/2017. Received well with a very mixed crowd – two caller colleagues present asked for the choreography. Finally got a chance to dance it myself when Nils Fredland called it with a really gorgeous tune by Elixir at the Concord Scout House Challenging Contras series on 10/6/17.
My wife really likes this one — she thinks it’s one of my best — so there’s a recommendation to give it a try!