Mark, There's actually a very nice way to do that transition. After the "reflection" off the other man, the man is backing up and circulating slightly counter-clockwise, as you describe. He is basically changing places with his swing partner, who has just emerged from the hey, and is behind him. If he raises his right arm (way up high, so his elbow is not at eye level) as he backs up, his swing partner can slip in underneath and then he can lower his arm. Try it with 3 others - it is much easier done than described. (This is the part I wished I had demonstrated when I called the dance.)
-John > > > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:19:33 -0400 > From: "Mark Hillegonds" <[email protected]> > To: "'Caller's discussion list'" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance: Betty's night out > Message-ID: <008e01cae02f$ebebe2f0$c3c3a8d0$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Hi all, > > Thanks for the feedback, John. > > I have a question about the hey. (Full disclosure: I haven't called the > dance, so my question is based on running through it mentally. Always a > dicey thing!) > > I'd like to confirm that I'm correctly reading your instructions below that > the ladies start the hey by passing right shoulders. If this is true, then > the loops on the end will pass by left shoulders and will loop > counter-clockwise. > > Based on this, it seems like the dancers will have to change direction quite > significantly when they go from the counter-clockwise loop in the hey to the > clockwise direction of the partner swing. > > Is this not as bad as it seems in my head? Or am I misreading the > instructions? > > Thanks. > > Mark Hillegonds > > Cell: 734-756-8441 > Email: [email protected] > >
