hook: oops! all balances
by: Jack Laurel
formation: Becket
In the A part, cue which hand early and often: i.e. "ladles right hand balance", "new neighbor left to left" etc.
For the gentlespoons balance & pull by, you may want to remind them that it's with NEW neighbor gentlespoons. It may also help to tell them not to switch their neighbor ladle to their right hand after the swap the flea, i.e. by telling them not to let go with their left hand before they reach across with the right.
"Swap the flea" isn't a typo, I just like it better.
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles balance & pull by right, face a new neighbor (gentlespoons look left) ⁋
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| A2 | 8 | neighbor left hand balance & swap the flea
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| 8 | gentlespoons balance & pull by right, turn back in
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| B1 | 16 | balance & petronella x2
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Written because Julie Bennett was playing with Natterjack and I wanted to fucking bounce.
More specifically, written because I went looking for a beginner-friendly dance with B1 petronellas and B2 partner long swing that didn't involve a right and left through, a promenade, or Abject Fuckery, and then I had such a hard time finding one that I tried to write it myself, and then I went completely fucking insane because it turns out it is harder to fit B1 petronellas into a dance than it has absolutely any right to be. And then the next day I had given up and was trying to find something else to call and this dance fell fully formed into my head.