Dear Erik,
That's interesting -- something I used a while ago, but I didn't give it a
name other than "hey to an allemande."
It really is a nice bit. You see your partner in passing, and then, all of
a sudden, you are together again.
This was my use of it. Following the figures, you can see the dance. And
it is one of those dances that I really like that goes well with off-tempo
music -- say 105 bpm. The dance is titled after the name of the first tune
in the set.
Long Hot Shower
Contra, Becket, Clockwise, Ridge Kennedy
A-1 Circle left with current neighbors
1X
(8)
Forward on left diagonal, fall
back
(8)
A-2 Pass thru to Allemande (ladies allemande left to come
back) ((8)
Neighbor
Swing
(8)
B-1 Hey to an
Allemande
(18-20)
Ladies start passing Right
(LR/PL/GR/NL/LR/PL/ Gents Allemande Right
jB-2 Long Swing
(14-12)
Here's what it looks like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQj8loThTag
Anon.
R
Ridge Kennedy [Exit 145]
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On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 12:31 PM Erik Hoffman via Contra Callers <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi All,
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> A few years ago I was playing with what I called a “Slingshot Hey.” The
> effect is almost the same as Ricochet Hey in that it reverses the direction
> of a pair of dancers, but with an allemande instead of a push off. When the
> Ricochet Hey gained popularity, I tabled it until a couple days ago.
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> We choreographers have recognized if you want a Ricochet segue into a
> swing the hey better be passing left in the middle and passing right at the
> edges. Passing left at the edges the ricochet when meeting in the middle
> leading to a swing just doesn’t flow.
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> In the dance I came up with having a half hey with a “reversal” to a swing
> and demanding the ladies/robins start the hey passing right shoulders a
> Ricochet Hey goes:
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> ladies/robins pass right
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> partners pass left
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> gents/larks ricochet into a partner swing
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> —An Ugly Flow, Forget About It!…
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> But having the gents/larks “slingshot”—allemande left—back the their
> partner to swing worked fine.
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> Now we choreographers can create dances using the “Slingshot” version when
> a hey needs to start with dancers passing right in the center.
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> December 24
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> Erik Hoffman
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> Becket but Robin on Left, Lark on Right
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> A1 with Neighbor’s Right Hand: Balance, Box the Gnat
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> Right & Left Thru (A1 is All Across, then Back)
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> A2 Half “Slingshot” Hey
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> (Robins pass Right, Partners pass Left, Lark Allemande Right once to:
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> Neighbor Swing
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> B1 Give & Take—Larks bring Partner to Lark’s side
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> Partner Swing
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> B2 Facing across: Petronella Balance and Spin with an Over Spin to
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> Face Next Neighbors Up and Down (Progression) to:
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> Petronella Balance & Spin, end facing across
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> First danced on Christmas Night and the annual Christmas Night Dance in
> Santa Barbara, 2022
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> Note: the Balance, Box Gnat, Right & Left Thru is borrowed from Square
> Dancing.
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> Erik Hoffman
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> Oakland, CA
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