That's very similar to the approach I mentioned of having the ladies do "a ladies chain without hands" Yes, it does seem to work well.
Dale On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 6:49 PM, Michael Fuerst <[email protected]>wrote: > I once attended a dance where Erna-Lynne Bogue demonstrated a most > effective way to teach a hey. (The following assumes partners are on the > same side of the set, facing across, and the women will start passing right > shoulders, but it can be revised for other starting configurations.) > Erna-Lynne had the men stay put, while she instructed the women to (a) > Cross set passing right shoulders. (b) Pass left shoulders > with neighbor and walk around and behind him to face back into center. (c) > Again pass right shoulders with other woman. (d) Pass partner by left > shoulder and walk around and behind him and stop when at where they > started. Erna-Lynne then had the women repeat walking this same pattern, > but with the men following the women. It seemed a bit magical, but > everyone completed the hey successfully. > > Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 > 217-239-5844See my art work in the store window of 133 W Main, Urbana, two > doors east of Race on the south side of Main. Links to photos of many of > my drawings and paintings are at www.ArtComesFuerst.com > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > -- *So if you knew what was broken...how long would it take you to fix it?*
