Re: [Callers] need help with Rory O'More

This is one of those moves that is very easy to understand when you see it, and a little harder to describe with words, but I'll try.. I'll break it down into smaller steps, actually just 1 or two footsteps each: 1. Actives begin on the proper side. 2. Active pass partner by R to cross set, (face out) 3. Turn to head down the outside on the opposite side (men on women's side; ladies on the men's side) 4. Pass the inactives heading down; turn to face into the set below the inactives. 5. Men make eye contact with the now opposite inactive man; Women do the same with the opposite inactive woman. 6. Women first, cross the set to that opposite woman and cast off. (active woman's R arm around the inactive woman's waist; inactive woman's L arm around the active woman's waste. then turn as a couple to face in, in progressed position.). Men do the same. (But with the other arms and let the women go first). Note that each active person has walked in a little triangle returning to their starting point by the time the inactive has caught up with them to complete the cast off. Crossing the set is almost like a cross trails, but done from back to front. 7. From this point, actives step into the center to form the long wavy line. This all moves very quickly - and smoothly if done well. You can't be slow and you can't stop to figure out what next. If your dancers have not done this before, it might be a good idea to teach 4 of them how it works beforehand and then have them demo it for the group. There must be a video of this somewhere on the web, but my search of youtube didn't find anything. Rich. crunchymama(a)juno.com remarked on 3/6/2008 11:02 AM: