hook: roll away to mad ladle
by: Rick Mohr
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay on the way back
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| A2 | 2 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
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| 14 | partners meltdown swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 8 | neighbors swing ⁋
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Source with videos: https://rickmohr.net/Contra/Dances/SteelAnniversaryReel
Rick's Notes:
"The "Mad Ladle" figure, borrowed from the English country dance of the same name, has shown up in a number of contra dances; I think it fits particularly nicely in this sequence. Dancers walk the path of a neighbor dosido but face their partner across the set throughout, keeping eye contact. Since the figure is unfamiliar to many dancers it can help to first walk a neighbor dosido and then repeat the same track keeping partner eye contact.
While backing up in long lines in A1, gentlespoons roll their new neighbor from left to right. Then neighbors pull sideways into the Mad Ladle, with gentlespoons passing in front of their neighbor but keeping eye contact with their partner across the set. After one revolution, gentlespoons cross the set passing left shoulders to gypsy and swing partner.
For David and Cynthia Simonoff on their 11th anniversary, commissioned by our mutual friend Karen Geer in a Pinewoods auction."