ATONEMENT REEL
circle mixer 
by Bill Olson 10/11/97
       
Start in circular wave, right hand to partner, men facing out

A1: Balance the wave (4) 
    Allem R 1/2 to new wave (men facing in) (4)
    Balance the wave (4) 
    Allem L x1 (4)

A2: Partners Balance and Swing (face in, join hands) (16)

B1: All Forward and back (8) 
    All forward, women back, men turn to face partner (8)

B2: Allemand L partner x 1, 
    Partners Promenade CCW (16) 
   (at end of promenade, drop right hands 
    men reach back women forward to form wave, new partner is on R hand.)

Notes:

(1) Alan likes bouncy jigs for this even if there's "REEL" in the title.

(2) People seemed to enjoy it 6/6/07 in Berkeley.

(3) There was a general readiness to start promenading at the top of B1, and
people needed to get over it to actually do the dance.


BILL OLSON SEZ:
             
      Notes: Written on October 11, 1997 on the way to the North Yarmouth
dance. I announced that the dance had no name yet, whereupon David Handwerker
reminded me it was the Yom Kippur, "The Day of Atonement".  This dance borrows
the promenade into circular wave balance from "Ted's Mixer" by Ted Sannella.  I
wanted the progression to be at the end so there was at least ONE balance and
swing with the original partner.
