Re: [Callers] celtic hey

On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Tom Hinds <twhinds(a)earthlink.net> wrote: There's maybe only two or three dances with this figure. Best known is one by Kathy Anderson -- I think it's "The Tropical Gentleman." Only one on the web I know of is the since-deprecated "Knit the Knot": http://web.archive.org/web/20080226231928/http://www.richgoss.com/rgdanceco… Conceptual version of it is a hey on two axes, or two spin the tops without hands. In detail, starting in a wave of four, gypsy right half way on the side. Then centers gypsy left 3/4 while others orbit clockwise 1/4. Then in the middle all gypsy right half original person. New centers gypsy left 3/4 while new ends orbit clockwise 1/4. And that's how the contra dancer gets to the other side, in about twelve+ beats. (Less or more.) Sometimes the first gypsy is replaced by a pull by. I presume there's also a mirror image version of it. It's not a move I care for, personally. (Complexity-wise and space-wise.) But there are others who do. -Chris Page San Diego