hook: Ladles star promenade to a swing
by: Adam Carlson
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | star right - hands across - 4 places - gentlespoons drop out at home, ladles switch to an allemande grip
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| 8 | ladles allemande right once
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| A2 | 4 | ladles star promenade right ½ - ladles pick up your partner with arm above the gentlespoon's
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| 12 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | star left - hands across - 4 places ⁋
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There are some subtle transitions. In A1, the ladles need to switch from a hands-across star grip to an allemande grip. In A2, the ladles pick up their partner, but the gentlespoon is also sort of picking up their partner. The ladle has their arm up on the gentlespoons shoulder, and the gentlespoon's arm should be slightly below to ease the transition into a swing.
Also, since it's usually gentlespoons doing a star promenade, I teach the need for the ladles to really give weight in the allemande and push off at the end.