James, I very much agree with your main point. However I have seen attentive beginners confused by the "alternating shoulders" instruction, when, for example, they pass right in the center, left on the outside, turn and try to pass *right* as they re-enter the hey.
Richard
On Feb 20, 2012, at 6:50 PM, James Saxe wrote:
> So I think we callers should try to help dancers--or help
> them to help each other--to think about heys in terms that
> apply to heys generally ("pass alternating shoulders";
