Re: [Callers] New Dance: Betty's night out

Hi all, Thanks for the feedback, John. I have a question about the hey. (Full disclosure: I haven't called the dance, so my question is based on running through it mentally. Always a dicey thing!) I'd like to confirm that I'm correctly reading your instructions below that the ladies start the hey by passing right shoulders. If this is true, then the loops on the end will pass by left shoulders and will loop counter-clockwise. Based on this, it seems like the dancers will have to change direction quite significantly when they go from the counter-clockwise loop in the hey to the clockwise direction of the partner swing. Is this not as bad as it seems in my head? Or am I misreading the instructions? Thanks. Mark Hillegonds Cell: 734-756-8441 Email: mhillegonds(a)comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: callers-bounces(a)sharedweight.net [mailto:callers-bounces@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of joda_rogers Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 4:58 PM To: callers(a)sharedweight.net Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance: Betty's night out I called the dance last night, and it worked very well - it's a keeper. There was a little tendency for the dancers to finish early, and therefore begin the Dos-a-do early. I traced this back to the fact that the figure before the zig zag is a circle left 3/4. The dancers were accomplishing that is 6 steps and starting (and finishing) the zig zag early. The music was quite zesty, and the dancers were stepping This wasn't a big problem, and I was able to fix it by timing my calls differently. (gents backing up, 4 counts) next N, zig left to couple #3