Re: [Callers] Callers Digest, Vol 42, Issue 8 Ricochet heys - Contra Callers

8 Feb 2008

The first one of these I ever did was a dance called Huntsville's  
Queen Bee Hey, and I loved it. Because of that, I guess I've always  
called these "Queen Bee" heys, it brings up the image of the bees  
doing their little dance while looking for new hives.

By the way,  Chris Page wrote an AWESOME ricochet half-hey dance -  
don't have time to find it now -
Chris? Care to share?

Anyway, I was inspired and wrote a few:

King Bee Hey     Duple improper         February 21, 2004

A1         Do-si-do neighbor

          Allemande right neighbor 1 ½

A2         "King Bee Hey" (men pass left shoulder, women push off)*

B1         Men pass left one more time, swing partner

B2         Men allemande left 1 ½ ^

          Women join in behind partner for a hands across star left 1X

*The men dance the full hey, passing left shoulders in the middle.  
The women start the hey passing right with their partner, but then  
the women meet in the middle and push off, backing up to the right  
and then back to where they started, repeat. This effectively makes  
little clockwise circles on the floor for the women.

^ On the men allemande left, the women have to let the men get around  
once and then as their partner passes they move in behind him to join  
the left hand star. A bit of a moving start on the part of the women  
helps.

This next one is a little tricky at the end where the 2s swing and  
end facing up - but if the 1s get ready for them it works quite well,  
and I like it because it is both 1s and 2s get their day in the sun.

Worker Bee Hey #1

Duple improper         September 24, 2006

A1         Down the set four in line (1s inside)

          Turn as couples and return*, face in^

A2         “Worker bee” hey@, 2s start passing right shoulder

B1         2s gypsy and swing, end swing facing up!

B2         Handy-hand allemande ~1 ½ times (2s step inside)

          1s swing and face down

* A little odd as the men are on the right of the women for the turn.

^ The line is not bent, all just turn to face center, 2s facing each  
other, 1s behind.

@ I thought it would be nice to do the push off of a “queen bee” hey  
with one’s own partner. In this case, the #2 couple does a full hey,  
passing right shoulders to start, while the #1 couple meets at the  
center and pushes off backwards in little counterclockwise circles.

This next is an easier version of the above, but it is unequal and  
therefore better with shorter lines.

Worker Bee Hey #2

Duple Improper         September 24, 2006

A1         Do-si-do neighbor

          Swing neighbor

A2         Four in line down the set

          Turn as couples, come back up

B1         Face in, “Worker Bee” hey, 1s start^

B2         1s gypsy and swing

^ Worker bee hey is as described above.

I like version 1 because both 1s and 2s get a partner swing.

And here is Huntsville's Queen Bee Hey, I believe by Jane Ewing

A1 See-saw neighbor (left shoulder do-si-do

Allemande left neighbor 1 1/2

A2 Queen Bee Hey, starting right shoulders women in center

B1 Women pull by the right, swing partner (I use pass by the right)

B2 Women chain across

Star left

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    1. Re: Waiting for Lefty (mavis mcgaugh)
    2. Re: Contra Corners with Diagonal Wavy (Jerome Grisanti)
    3. ricochet or push-back heys (jean francis)

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 Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:33:07 -0800 (PST)
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 --- "Chris Weiler (home)"
 &lt;chris.weiler(a)weirdtable.org&gt; wrote:

  I was left-hand dominant until age 5, when my
 parents discovered that I
 was right-eye dominant. So, with the cooperation of
 my first grade
 teacher, they made me switch. Now I only eat my
 meals lefty. 8^)

 Maybe I call left-handed, too? 9^)

 Chris Weiler
 Goffstown, NH

 Joyce Miller wrote:
  I called at an event recently where I was one of
 three callers. We
  discovered that all three of us are left-handed.
I  am curious to know
  how many people on this list are left-hand 
dominant.
  Joyce Miller
 Grass Valley, California
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 I started to choreograph a dance like this a few years ago, then I  
 found
 that Seth Tepfer had already done so, and his worked better than  
 what I had
 written.... But perhaps I will revisit it....
 --jerome
 Perforated Corners

 By Seth Tepfer

 Formation: improper contra

 Level: Med

 Composed: 3/20/2003

 A1: (4) Down the Hall 4 in line, 1s in the center; (4) 1s turn as a  
 couple,
 2s turn alone; (4) up the hall 4 in line, (4) cast off with same  
 gender

 A2: 1s allemande Right .75, give LH to 1s corner to form diagonal  
 wave (4);
 balance (4); allemande L 1st corner 1x, 1s give right to partner to  
 form
 diagonal wave (4); balance (4)

 B1: 1s allemande Right .75, give LH to 2s corner to form diagonal  
 wave (4);
 balance (4); allemande L 2st corner 1x, 1s give right to partner to  
 form
 diagonal wave (4); balance (4)

 B2: 1s swing

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 Jack  wrote:

   Anyone know of a dance already like that that I should be aware of?

 -- 
 Jerome Grisanti
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 Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:40:17 -0800 (PST)
 From: jean francis &lt;catherineaura(a)yahoo.com&gt;
 Subject: [Callers] ricochet or push-back heys
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 I am looking for some dances with push-back or ricochet heys. I  
 have only found one, by Adam Carlson: A1 N B+S; A2 Ricochet hey  
 B1wave balance, partner swing B2 Circle 3/4 pass thru, new N DSD

   Heard of another called Tapsalterrie, but can't find. Also would  
 appreciate instructions or web site for Levi Jackson Rose.

   Many Thanks!

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