hook: Three quick swings
formation: improper
Ones step between twos to form short lines facing down
| A1 | 8 | down the hall and turn alone
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| 8 | up the hall, ones back to back in the center, face neighbors
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors start a full hey - lefts on ends, rights in center
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| B1 | 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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| 8 | twos swing
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| B2 | 8 | neighbors swing
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| 8 | ones swing ⁋
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Rick Mohr notes: the sequence of swings can be a thrill, especially if dancers end each of them with their back to the person they're going to swing next and then continue momentum to whirl 180° to the right and immediately into the next swing. (The gentlespoon in particular need extra encouragement to turn right out of each swing.)
Here's how I do that part of the walk-through: 2's—finish your swing facing each other in the center, with your back to your neighbor. 1's be ready to catch them! 2's whirl right, right into a swing with your neighbor. End that swing facing your neighbor, with the 1's back-to-back in the center. 1's—whirl right, right into a swing with your partner.
The neighbor swing in B2 ends in the middle of the phrase, something I usually avoid because dancers are so used to swinging until the end of the phrase. But this dance has always worked well, maybe because the series of short swings is a clear focus.
Thanks to co-author Bob Isaacs for greatly improving the sequence of surrounding figures for the string of swings.
Original at http://rickmohr.net/Contra/DancesBest.asp#StringOfSwings