Re: [Callers] Heys Where Partners Meet

In Chris's extensive list, I noted Ted Sannella's dance "Bonny Jean." Named for Ted's wife, Jean, the dance was composed in 1975, and Ted said that as far as he knew it was the first modern contra dance to incorporate a hey for four. In my experience, heys didn't start to enter the contra repertoire very much until the 1980s, when it could take a very long time indeed to teach the unfamilar figure to dancers. Similarly, Ted's "Fiddleheads" incorporated a Petronella twirl decades before others started to explore that possibility. I'd recommend to any callers on the list who are not familiar with his two collections-- "Balance and Swing" and "Swing the Next"--that they obtain copies. They're available from CDSS and are very useful additions to any caller's library. David Millstone Lebanon, NH