The Menagerie

hook: Untested

by: Dane Wallinga

formation: Becket ccw

A three part dance, so make sure you arrange with the band to play three part tunes

A1 8
ladles chain
8
mad robin, ladles in front
A2 8
ladles allemande right 1½
4
star promenade right ½
4
butterfly whirl
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B2 4
balance the ring
4
#2s split #1s for mirror shoulder rounds once around - turn to next neighbor, and take single hands, 1s using outside hands, 2s using inside ⁋
4
neighbors box the gnat / swat the flea as appropriate
4
neighbors allemande ____ ¾ with connected hands, putting 1s in middle of the set
16
dolphin hey - start with ones passing second gentlespoon by right shoulders, finishing on home side with partner +
8
partners gyre once
8
partners swing
  • #1 ladle leading right shoulder around #2 gentlespoon, finishing on home side with partner

A three part dance, so make sure you arrange with the band to play three part tunes.

I've unfortunately yet to find a setting where I can actually give a dance this complicated a proper test. It's the sort of thing that would really only fly at a dance weekend, and as a caller, I'm nowhere near at that level yet.

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