hook: Chevron to poussette transition
by: Isaac Banner
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places (single-file, optionally)
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 4 | pass through across the set and turn alone
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 8 | ladles chevron into neighbors place—ladles pass right shoulder to trade places, then fall back straight across the set while gentlespoons cast up or down into their neighbors’ place
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| B1 | 6 | half poussette - ladles pull partners back then left
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| 10 | ladles start a hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - until partners meet the second time (RL, PR, LL, NR, RL)
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| B2 | 14 | partners meltdown swing
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| 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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Based on Companions (Skowronski, 2003), adapted for contra dancers who get twitchy if they don’t get their two swings. The A1 circle three is optionally single-file, to match the movement in the original.
On the pass through across it helps to turn towards your partners, grabbing outside hands to form the ring of four.