HIT THE HAY Tune: March of St. Timothy Alan Winston, Jan 6 2013 / heavily revised Jan 8 2013 Longways duple minor https://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/~winston/mydances/apw/march_of_st_timothy.pdf Key G: Meter: Cut time (If done proper it's an unforcedly gender-free dance, but if you made it improper you could refer to gents and ladies rather than first corner and 2nd corner.) A1: 1-4: Circle left 1x 5-8: Neighbors turn two hands 1x (not progressive!) and open up facing partner, retaining one hand. A2: 1-2: With neighbor (not long lines) fall back setting 3-4: Come forward turning single 5-8: Partners back to back B1: 1-4: Partners two hand turn 1.5 5-8: CURRENT SECOND DIAGONALS pass very wide LEFT shoulder and loop in toward their sideline spot 7-8: CURRENT FIRST DIAGONALS cross RIGHT into their spot ready to fall back into B2: COUNTERclockwise whole poussette, which flows into circle left with next couple. [second diagonals forward] NOTE on the corner cross: After the turn 1.5 open facing in and keep hold of near hand. First diagonals can pull a little on that hand to help second diagonals cross by LEFT shoulder. (Thanks to John-Michael Seng-Wheeler for tuning suggestions on B2.) --------------