2024-11-30 BUT

Trip to Versailles

formation: four face four

Inspired by a French court dance from Versailles.
In A1, try a shuffle step

A1	16	as couples, mad ladle clockwise (think: 8 count sliding door, twice)
A2	0	Center four dancers: star right, star left
	16	meanwhile, at ends: neighbors allemande left once, allemande right once.
B1	6	partners do si do once
	10	Grand right and left halfway around
B2	16	partners meltdown swing, end facing new neighbors ⁋

formation: improper

A1	16	neighbors balance & swing
A2	8	circle left 3 places
	8	partners swing
B1	8	right left through
	8	long lines forward & back
B2	4	Gentlespoons walk, Ladles dodge, forming long wavy lines +
	4	balance the wave
	8	balance & Rory O'More right ⁋

Walk & Dodge: Gentlespoons walk across the set, Ladles step left one place to be behind their partner.

formation: improper

A1	8	ladles two-hand turn, once around
	8	neighbors swing
A2	8	gentlespoons chain
	4	neighbors balance right hand,
	4	square through three - neighbors pull by right, then partners pull by left, then neighbors pull by right
B1	16	partners meltdown swing
B2	8	gentlespoons chain
	8	gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - gentlespoons ricochet, ladles ricochet ⁋
	8	gentlespoons two-hand turn, once around
	8	neighbors swing
	8	ladles chain
	4	neighbors balance right hand
	4	square through three - neighbors pull by right, then partners pull by left, then neighbors pull by right
	16	partners meltdown swing
	8	ladles chain
	8	ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - ladles ricochet, gentlespoons ricochet ⁋

*Balance & Square Through Three: just one balance, and the third hand will be in the B1, but meltdown swing is elastic.

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