hook: zigzag hey, double progression
by: Dale Rempert
formation: Becket ccw
teach heys by having the dancers identify the people they will trade places with, first on the diagonal then across the hall
| A1 | 4 | gentlespoons allemande left ½
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| 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 8 | ladles start a left diagonal half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends ⁋
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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This dance is really much simpler than it first appears. Dale calls this combination of heys a "zigzag hey". Dale teaches the heys by having the dancers identify the people they will trade places with, first on the diagonal then across the hall. Most dancers catch on pretty quickly that the two heys should be blended into one. (In other words, the ladle never stops between the two 1/2 heys.)
As in all double progression dances an odd number of couples is preferred. The odd couple stands in the gentlespoons' line