Re: [Callers] Favorite AABBCC contra dances?

Major Hey is an AABBC dance, or 40-bars, not 48. Just in case that's also include-able: Major Hey 4-face-4 Becket Line up as a four face four, identify your traveling partners (your "hey buddy") then identify your direction of travel -- ones progressing down, twos up. Then in circles of four, circle left one place. Now traveling buddies are facing the "same wall," so identify "your original wall." A1 Circle left 3/4, pass through up and down (direction of travel), and swing the new neighbor end facing in (facing partner) A2 Long lines forward and back (toward partner) (there are four lines, sort of two contras); Men (in lines facing) allemande left 1-1/2 to make waves of 8 -- partner in right (women in center lines that were back to back join left hands) B1 Rory O'More Balances towards and away from partner -- you know, twice B2 Half hey for 8, start passing partner's right shoulder, when you meet your partner the next time C Partner Balance & Swing Note that though I call it AABBC, there are tunes that work fine that are played AABCC, like Little Billy Wilson or Three Thin Dimes. I've had experiences calling this and having it run really smoothly -- with 1 walk through, and times when I've called it to dancers I thought could do it, and couldn't successfully teach it -- even after 3 walk-throughs, thus watched it fall apart with confusion. ~erik hoffman Oakland, CA On 12/2/2013 6:19 AM, Bree Kalb wrote: _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers