hook: long separation from partner, complicated reunion
by: Ken Bonner
formation: Becket
double progression
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles start a left diagonal half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| A2 | 6 | partners allemande left once
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| 2 | gentlespoons pass by right shoulders (same gentlespoons from the hey)
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| 8 | neighbors swing (gentlespoons at home with other ladles from hey)
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| B1 | 8 | right diagonal ladles chain to 1st 1st shadows
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | 1st shadows pass by right shoulders ⁋
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| 2 | 2nd shadows pass by right shoulders ⁋
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| 6 | partners swing
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The end of the dance is slightly mushy. If the dancers have it in them, keep the courtesy turn in the second chain tight so the circle can start slightly early for an eight count partner swing.