hook: 5 dancer solution
by: Allison Jonjak
formation: 5 dancers
5 dancers in a circle of 5
| A1 | 8 | circle left 5 places
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| 8 | star left 5 places
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B1 | 16 | 1 dancer strip the willow (left allemande someone, right allemande someone else, continue til all allemanded)
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| B2 | 14 | birdie in the cage (other dancers circle left around the 1))
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| 2 | slide back into place ⁋
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unless there was also a star right. If one throws that in, then the strip-the-willow move ends up crossing the phrase, being split between B1 and B2, but you can probably get away with a shorter birdie in the cage. Would have to dance it with an additional star in there to see if it feels rushed.
Designate a "first person" to strip the willow. They can follow any comfortable pattern, but going vaguely "across" (like tightening lug nuts) tends to be easier than following the line of the circle.
The dancer finds their way back to their original place after the birdie in the cage, and the dancer to their left will be the next willow-stripper.