hook: Intermediate diamond formation
by: Rick Mohr
formation: Becket
Form full hands fours to avoid end effects.
| A1 | 8 | ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| 4 | ladles Rory O'More right and one quarter more - form a diamond, not with partners; ladles in center and gentlespoons at the sides
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| 4 | balance the diamond
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| A2 | 4 | petronella - gentlespoons turn 1/4 more
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| 4 | gentlespoons form a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| 4 | gentlespoons Rory O'More right and 1/4 more - form a diamond, with partner; gentlespoons in center and ladles at the sides
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| 4 | balance the diamond
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| B1 | 4 | gentlespoons allemande left ¾
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| 12 | neighbors start a hey - rights on ends, lefts in center - until partners meet the second time (neighbors, ladles, partners, gentlespoons, neighbors, ladles)
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| B2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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http://rickmohr.net/Contra/Dances.asp#GoodyOneShoe:
Micah Smukler invented the cool "waves to diamonds" sequence for his dance Goody Two Shoes; I hope this somewhat simpler dance gives it wider circulation. With a couple relaxed walkthroughs most dancers get it well.
I encourage dancers to form sets with a full circle at the bottom, eliminating end effects throughout this double-progression dance.
You could do a balance and swing in B2 instead of the
gypsyand swing, but I thought the dance might have enough balances already.Video: George Marshall & Wild Asparagus at a 2011 Guiding Star Grange contra, Greenfield MA