hook: First dance ever written with an Allen Ortep shift
by: Michael Fuerst
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | star left - wrist grip - 4 places
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| 8 | right diagonal right left through (pull by 2nd neighbors and finish facing 3rd neighbors)
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward and on the way back ladles roll in front of gentlespoons with a half sashe. (Gentlespoons now to right of their partners.)
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| 8 | circle right 3 places and pass neighbor 3 by left to face neighbor 2
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| B1 | 16 | balance and swing (with neighbor 2)
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| B2 | 8 | Allen Ortep shift (balance in a circle, left foot first, then individually shift or spin left one place in the circle)
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| 8 | partners swing
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Those unfamiliar with the famous dance composer Allen Ortep,
should spell his name backwards
Alternatives for B2 are
Gentlespoons allemande left 1 1/2, partners swing, or
Star left 3/4, gentlespoons turn back, partners swing
(Composed February 1998)