Projectile Possums

hook: Ricochets into waves and swings

by: Nicholas Rockstroh

formation: Becket

Identify shadow on other side of partner

A1 8
slice left and straight back ⁋
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - gentlespoons ricochet
A2 4
form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by right hands and neighbors by left hands
4
walk forward and ricochet with next neighbors or prev neighbors
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet
4
form an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by left hands and partners by right hands
2
gentlespoons allemande left ½
2
neighbors allemande right ½
B2 2
ladles allemande left ½
2
partners allemande right ½
4
walk forward and ricochet with shadows
8
partners swing

Written at Summer CDH 2018 for the band Toss the Possum. Not a dance for beginners because of the constant ricochets and reorientations. The allemande sequence at the end is kind of like a double swing through but not quite because it starts with an allemande left rather than an allemande right.

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