Berries and Cream

by: Nicholas Rockstroh

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors gyre once
8
ladles allemande left 1½
A2 8
partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center - ladles ricochet
8
neighbors swing
B1 4
ladles give & take partners
12
partners swing
B2 8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - gentlespoons ricochet
8
mad robin, ladles in front ⁋

Inspired by Crystal Melton and Elijah Jamie's dance "Peaches and Cream" (not posted online yet). This reverses the directions of the Mad Ladle and neighbor gyre in that dance, changes the roles in the allemande and first hey, and puts a second pushback hey in for symmetry. I'm mildly disappointed that I couldn't find a good way to pair the pushback hey into swing transition so both neighbors and partners could enjoy it. However, this is is a better dance the way I have it now than any of the possibilities I came up with to do that would have been.

Named for a very silly yet very memorable Starburst ad that Cherylyn Geers showed me. As soon as I heard the title of Crystal and Elijah's dance, I knew I had to write this.

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