[Callers] Teaching a hey

Teaching a hey. Not having collected my e-mail for a while, I wrote this response first, and then read all the other responses later. How reassuring to see us all, more or less, on the same page on how to teach a hey. I saw Lisa Greenleaf (Hi Lisa) once teach a hey beautifully, simply, by using the lady's chain figure, but I do not remember exactly how. This was in a beginners' workshop, not in a walk through. I do not know, really, how to teach a hey, but one thing I say that may or may not be useful is this: 'A hey is this: you wander around the room, and then you end up exactly where you started. Here is one way that folks here like to do a hey. . . " and then I teach the traditional hey, often by using a foursome at the top of a set in front of me to demonstrate, in slow motion. Thanks for the great question. -P -- Peter Amidon peter(a)amidonmusic.com 20 Willow Street Brattleboro, VT 05301 802-257-1006 cell: 917-922-5462 http://www.amidonmusic.com http://www.dancingmasters.com I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks. -Daniel Boone