Erik Hoffman has a dance called Major Hey.
Done as Becket 40 Bar
A1 Circle Left 3/4 Pass through up & down
Swing neighbor you meet
A2 long lines forward & back
Men Left AL 1 1/2 end in waves of eight Men
Have Left hands joined - and ALL have Right hand w/
Partner - ladies in center have left with each other
B1 Rory O Moore balances
B2 Half Hey for eight
C1 Partner Balance & Swing
Very clear description of all the unusual moves in his
book Contradictations
--- Chris Page <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12/5/07, Bob Isaacs <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All;
> >
> > I'm looking for the moves and author of a 4 facing
> 4 named Major Hey, which has a 1/2 a hey for 8 in
> it. Any teaching points would also be helpful.
> Thanks, and a Happy Holidays to everyone -
> > Bob
>
> "The Devil's Duty" by Al Olson, hidden in Zesty
> Contras, also has a
> hey for eight. It also has both swings ending in the
> middle of the
> phrase, so this past Friday I tried the following
> clean-up, and it worked
> pretty well:
>
> The Dancer's Duty
> Chris Page variant of an Al Olson dance
> Four-face-four
>
> A1 Lines of four forward and back [1] [2]
> Neighbor (person across from you) allemande right
> 1 & 3/4
> to line of eight
> A2 Half hey for eight, start by pulling past that
> neighbor by right
> B1 Swing same neighbor [3]
> B2 Circle left 1/2 in groups of four [4]
> Swing partner, face next
>
> [1] Stretch out the lines of four a little to make
> room for everyone
> allemanding and swinging in the center.
> [2] At this point, you can tell the dancers to turn
> ninety degrees left.
> Then remember which wall they'll be facing for the
> end of the allemande
> and entry into the hey.
> [3] To shorten the swing length, make it a gypsy and
> swing. Or if you
> want the hey to be an exercise in timing, make it a
> balance and swing.
> [4] You face your partner coming out of the swing.
> There's other
> variants for the circle left 1/2 -- for instance
> balance the ring and
> roll away your neighbor.
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