by: Rick Mohr
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
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| 4 | neighbors gyre ½ ⁋
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| 10 | next neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | ladles chain (identify shadow as other person next to you who isn't partner)
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| B1 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 3 places
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| B2 | 6 | shadows allemande right once
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| 10 | partners swing
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Rick's notes:
"While this is technically a Becket dance with the progression in A1 it's simpler to teach it as duple improper starting with the neighbor swing, and to call it that way the first time through.
After the ladles chain in A2 everyone is next to their shadow. Introducing shadows at this point in the walk-through will help them find each other in the B2.
The progression is like 1/4 of a hey, but don't tell the dancers. Instead, have the gentlespoons cross and stop in the center facing neighbors. All look right to identify the next neighbor, then gypsy the current neighbor 1/2 and progress to swing the next.
In honor of fine times with my friends Joseph Pimentel and Fred Todt of Columbus Ohio, warm talented fun lads, at whose dining room table this dance was written. I was preparing for a session billed to lure the local gentlespoons with fabulous dances and then help them to be less rough with the ladles. I had no fabulous dance with both neighbor and partner courtesy turns, and this was my attempt to provide one. So a secondary nod is to all the lads of Ohio, on their path to becoming everyone's favorite dance partner. (A spot firmly held by Joseph and Fred, I might add.)"