SPRING THAW Waltz time duple longways 32-bar fairly brisk tempo, key F https://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/~winston/mydances/apw/spring_thaw.pdf "Spring Thaw" by Patti Cobb (104-108 bpm) This tune has a 16-bar A and a 16-bar B so it's played AB; the parts are clear. COMPLICATED CORNER CROSSES A 1-2 : First corners turn single up 3-8: Top 1 crosses between partner and corner to start round corners place keeping eye contact WHILE corner continues turning until the corners are facing same direction (into the set with the #1 below) and can take inside hands. With corner in tow, top travels below neighbor, up the outside, through home place, and dropping corner off in first place continues to corner's place. 9-16 : Second corners the same (All now progressed and improper) B 1-2 : 2s cast down, 1s lead up ... 3-4 1s cast down, 2s lead up 5-8 2s cast down, cross up WHILE 1s cross up, cast down (progressed and proper) [That's cast and lead and lead and cast and double half-figure eight] [Coming out of the half figure eight ...] 9-10: partners take crossed hands to balance toward each other and away 11-12: partners crossed hand turn (6 steps), release left hand and keep R 13-16: 4 changes of rights and lefts, *with hands*, starting partner