hook: traveling eye contact during Mary Cay progression
by: Isaac Banner
formation: improper
Starts with ladles back-to-back in the center, facing their neighbors
| A1 | 8 | neighbors start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front (cw)
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| B1 | 4 | gentlespoons allemande left ¾
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| 4 | gentlespoons allemande right ¾ with new gentlespoons ⁋
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| 8 | partners meltdown swing
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| B2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 8 | pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
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| 4 | ladles allemande left ½
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Between the extra time from the mad ladle and the rapid-fire nature of the allemandes, there should be more than eight counts for the partner swing, but it's still a short gyre.
During the first walk-through, have the dancers do a ladles allemande left once around to get into position.