hook: Orbit mixed with ladies chain
by: Chris Page
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 6 | ladles allemande right once around while the gentlespoons orbit counter clockwise ½ around [1]
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| 4 | partners courtesy turn to face across (ID next neighbors on left diagonal) [2]
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| 6 | partners promenade (looping wide left on courtesy turn) [3] ⁋
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| B1 | 8 | star left - hands across - 3 places, ladles drop out on home side [4]
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| B2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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- In tight quarters, it helps if
menfrom other sets intersect by passing each other by left shoulders.- There's a courtesy turn after the orbit. Think of this plus the orbit as a bizarre
ladieschain variant.- The progression happens here. Promenade across, and in the courtesy turn loop a little further counterclockwise around the major set to face N2.
Womendrop out on their original side.It's possible to include a neighbor swing -- just convert the A1 into circle left 3/4, neighbor swing. But then the transition into the
womenallemande/orbit will require finessing --menneed to assist their neighbor into the middle, and use that same assist to shift backwards and to the right.