Title: Major Hey Author: Erik Hoffman Formation: 4-face-4, becket A1: Circle Left 3/4, pass through; New Neighbor Swing A2: Long Lines; Men allemande Left 1 1/2 (to a line of people across both, sets, partners facing, men back-to-back) B1: Balance, slide right (a la Rory O'More); balance left, slide left (a la Rory O'More) B2: face partner, use right hand to start 1/2 hey for 8 (16)** C1: partner balance and swing
David (G), you are correct. The only difference between what Tom and Gaye called are the B1 - the Rory O'More. In teaching this dance, people need to remember that when they start they hey they are passing their partner by the right and going opposite directions from their partner -- though the next-to-the-outside two people will immediately 'bounce' off the ends and effectively follow their partners. If you end up having two major sets (lines) of four-face-four, you need to keep them widely separately. People have a tendency to keep hey-ing across 16 people. Fun, but not necessarily this dance. Seth Tepfer Director of Administrative Computing Oxford College of Emory University [email protected] 770-784-8487 > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:callers- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of David Giusti > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 9:31 AM > To: Caller's discussion list > Subject: Re: [Callers] Major Hey > > I have a 1/2-hey for 8 dance, but without a title, that I got from Tom > Hinds' calling. > > Double Contra > Becket > A1. Circle Left 3/4, pass through > New Neighbor Swing > A2. Long Lines > Men allemande Left 1 1/2 (to a line of people across both sets, > partners facing, men back-to-back) > B1. Half hey for 8 (pass Partner by right) > B2. P B+S (The swing will always be on the same side of the set, but in > the other line.) > > Gaye Fifer called a similar dance at the Gypsy Meltdown last year -- it > was essentially the same, except that an extra wavy-lines section > extended it to 40 bars. Perhaps that one was actually Major Hey; I have > no idea how this one is related to it. > -David > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] (David Millstone) > Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2007 8:54 am > Subject: Re: [Callers] Major Hey > To: [email protected] > > > The dance was written by Erik Hoffman and requires 40 bar tunes. > > > > David > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
