THE BIG WHOOP
circle mixer 
by Bill Olson 5/18/1998
old-timey tunes encouraged; Durang's Hornpipe is good.

Start in single circle of couples facing in, women on right

A1: Partners Balance and Swing (16) (end in promenade position facing ccw)

A2: All promenade (16) (face in)

B1: Women walk forward (4) [and whoop!]
    Men walk forward as women return (4)  [and whoop!] 
    Women walk forward as men return (4)  [and whoop!]
    Women turn to face out, 
    walk back to wave, right hand to partner, left to neighbor (4)

B2: Balance the wave  x 2 (8) 
    With partner box the gnat to change places,
    pull by by right hand (the one you've got!) to meet  (new partner) (8) 

BILL SEZ

      Notes: In B1 dancers are encouraged to "whoop" during the forward and
back sequences! (Hence the name!) The alternating pattern in B1 requires music
that is well phrased in the B parts or the men especially won't hear the right
time to go forward. We always like old timey tunes for circle mixers. The last
time out we used a medley of Durang's Hornpipe (D), Dinah (A), and Forked Deer
(D), a set that worked REALLY well. The dance was written on the interstate en
route to the May 18, 1998, Scrod Pudding dance at Bowdoinham town hall.