Hi All,

Years ago I was making up dances with what I was calling a “Sling Shot Hey.”  Then cam the Ricochet Hey. Many of us have noted that a Ricochet Hey starting with robins or larks passing in the center by the right then ricocheting to swing doesn’t work. The Sling Shot Her does:

Coyote Road on Christmas (2022)    Becket   Erik Hoffman

Start facing across: Robin on Left, Lark on Right

A1    W/ Nbr: Balance, Box Gnat; Right & Left Thru

A2    Half Sling-Shot Hey: Robins pass Right, Nbr, Left

        Larks “sling-shot” (allemande Rt) to Neighbor Swing

B1    Give & Take (Larks fetch) Partner Swing

B2    Petronella w/ Overspin to Face New Neighbors

        Petronella w/ New Neighbors to A1 Face Across

This dance got certified approval when local dance caller, choreographer, and organizer asked me for the dance told me that it worked fine.

Although I think I might have come up with this idea independently, if my memory serves, it’s been discussed earlier on this list and has been explored with other choreographers and might have been given another name.

That said, it is a way to choreograph a “pass right in the middle” hey to a right allemande in the middle to “sling shot” into a swing.

Cheers,

~Erik Hoffman