Hmm. "Devil's Dervish" (Linda's variation of Al Olson's
"Devil's Duty")
does not fit the 'someone from California' criterion.
And "Major Hey" does not fit the 'improper formation' criterion. (For
anyone who loves "Major Hey, but does not love 40-bar dances, Carol Ormand
has a 32-bar variation!)
However, i did a bit of sleuthing... there's a Chris Page variant of the
same Al Olson dance, called "The Dancer's Duty" - which fits both criteria!
It's on his page 
  Hanny, could. It be devil's dervish by Linda
Leslie?
 All best,
 Kim
 
   Date: Mon, 26
Dec 2011 11:01:53 -0500
 From: Hanny Budnick <kyrmyt(a)cavtel.net>
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 Subject: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
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 I failed to note it down immediately after dancing it... Maybe one of you
 can
 fill in the considerable gaps, please:
 1) The choreography stems from 'someone in California'.
 2) Formation: two improper contra lines, close together for a double 
 dance
     across the whole set
 3) there's a hey for all eight in it
 Your turn....
 Thanks, Hanny
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 Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:14:33 -0500
 From: Chris Page <chriscpage(a)gmail.com>
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 On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Hanny Budnick <kyrmyt(a)cavtel.net> 
  wrote:
  > I failed to note it down immediately after
dancing it... Maybe one of 
 you
   can fill
in the considerable gaps, please:
 1) The choreography stems from 'someone in California'.
 2) Formation: two improper contra lines, close together for a double 
 dance
  ? across the whole set
 3) there's a hey for all eight in it
 Your turn....
 Thanks, Hanny 
 "Major Hey" by Erik Hoffman? It also has Rory o' More slides in it,
 and is 40 bars. Though I think it's a Becket 4-face-4.
 -Chris Page
 San Diego
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 Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:17:05 -0500
 From: "Bree Kalb" <bree(a)mindspring.com>
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 Subject: Re: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
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 Might be Major Hey by Erik Hoffman.  Here's a link to a previous 
  discussion
  and description on this list.
 
http://www.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers/2007-December/001112.html
 Bree Kalb
 -----Original Message-----
 From: Hanny Budnick
 Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 11:01 AM
 To: Callers(a)sharedweight.net
 Subject: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
 I failed to note it down immediately after dancing it... Maybe one of you
 can
 fill in the considerable gaps, please:
 1) The choreography stems from 'someone in California'.
 2) Formation: two improper contra lines, close together for a double 
 dance
 >    across the whole set
 > 3) there's a hey for all eight in it
 > Your turn....
 > Thanks, Hanny
 > _____________________________________