by: Jeffrey Spero
formation: improper
Form a line of four facing down with ones in the center (second ladle - first gentlespoon - first ladle - second gentlespoon)
| A1 | 8 | down the hall and centers (ones) turn as a couple WHILE ends (twos) turn alone (ending second ladle - first ladle - first gentlespoon - second gentlespoon from the caller's perspective)
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | gentlespoons half figure 8 above, first gentlespoon leading
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| B1 | 8 | ones right-hand chain to same-role neighbors
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| 8 | ones start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - until ones meet the second time
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| B2 | 16 | ones meltdown swing WHILE twos move up the outsides slowly to progress ⁋
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https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=10412
http://www.quiteapair.us/calling/acdol/dance/acd_49.html
Composed May 25, 1992; last revised March, 1993
Author's Notes:
This dance was written following a wonderful experience at the 1992 Santa Barbara Sprung Floor Weekend. I was dancing down the hall with a good friend from Berkeley, and when we turned around to dance back up the hall (NOT crossed over, naturally!), I experienced the joy of chaining into a hey from the
ladiesperspective. It's a beautiful thing, a joy thatgentsrarely get a chance to appreciate. This dance was written to allowgentsto experience that pleasure.
Although this appears to be a difficult dance, I have found that it works well with a beginner to intermediate crowd, while pleasing the experienced dancers with its quirkiness.
The March, 1993 revision was by James Hutson