Star Colonnade

hook: chain & star to colonnade

formation: Becket ccw

Designate ones and twos, then have each set turn 1 quarter to the RIGHT for Becket ccw. Then verify that all the ones are on the same side.
It may help to walk through a colonnade once without arches, to demonstrate the very simple paths. (Or have one set demonstrate.)
Give the twos a chance to practice arching the colonnade during the walkthrough.
Gentlespoons chain may be unfamiliar. Please give careful teaching & note that the courtesy turn is clockwise and that partners end as a standard couple (gentlespoon on the left, ladle on the right).

A1	8	gentlespoons balance & pull by left ⁋
	8	next neighbors swing
A2	8	gentlespoons chain to partner
	8	star right 4 places
B1	16	colonnade - "ones arch, colonnade!" +
B2	16	partners balance & swing

Colonnade: ones lift joined hands to make an arch and hold that arch for the entire figure. Gentlespoons trade positions by right-shoulder pass through with gentlespoon two going under the arch (and the arch moves!). Ladles trade by right shoulders with ladle two going under the arch. Gentlespoons trade back; ladles trade back. Each trade has 4 beats of music, so there's no need to rush.

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