Title: Major Hey
Author: Erik Hoffman
Formation: 4-face-4, becket
40 BAR TUNE

Figs:CL3/4:PT>NNS>LLF&B:MAL1.5:ROM:ROM:HH8:PB&S:


A1: Circle Left 3/4, pass through; New Neighbor Swing

A2: Long Lines; Men allemande Left 1 1/2 (to a line of people across
    both, sets, partners facing, men back-to-back)

B1: Balance, slide right (a la Rory O'More); 
   balance left, slide left (a la Rory O'More)

B2: face partner, use right hand to start 1/2 hey for 8 (16)**

C1: partner balance and swing


SETH TEPFER SEZ:

In teaching this dance, people need to remember that when they start
they hey they are passing their partner by the right and going opposite
directions from their partner -- though the next-to-the-outside two
people will immediately 'bounce' off the ends and effectively follow
their partners.

If you end up having two major sets (lines) of four-face-four, you need
to keep them widely separately. People have a tendency to keep hey-ing
across 16 people. Fun, but not necessarily this dance.

HI Chris,
Nils Fredland called "Major Hey" for us at a Rochester dance and it was a 
blast!
Needs some experienced dancers to keep it together:

Double Becket, 40 Bar
A1: Circle 3/4, Pass thru and Swing the one you meet
A2: Lines F&B
        Gents Allemande Left 1+1/2 to waves of 8 (partner in right hand)
B1: Balance R, L, Slide R
       Balance L, R, Slide L, face partner (looking along lines of 8 across 
hall)
B2: Hey for 8 (Partner by right, ...)
C:    Balance and Swing Partner

There's a shadow couple in the hey, and if the hall is crowded, have people
"tag" at the end of the hey, so the next person knows not to continue into 
the
next set!

Bob Fabinski
Rochester, NY

>Hey,
>
>A band I'm working with would like to play their favorite 40 bar jig
>(AA=8+8 plus BB=12+12) at a dance sometime. I was wondering if anyone
>had dances for this format and what their experience was calling them.
>
>Thanks,
>Chris Weiler
>Goffstown, NH


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