Cheat Lake Twirl
Perry Shafran
Dec 2006


A1 In Ocean Wave, balance, spin to right as in Rory O'More
     Balance wave, spin back to left
A2 Balance & Swing Neighbor
B1 Form ring, balance, spin to right as in Petronella
     Swing partner
B2  Circle L 3/4
      Pass thru
      Do-si-do next neighbor into ocean wave

Alternate:

B1 Form ring, balance
     Pull partner into a swing

B2  On left diagonal, circle L 3/4 with the NEXT couple
    Do-si-do neighbor into ocean wave


Perry sez:

This was my first contra dance ever written, in December 2006 at Contradancer's
Delight Holiday near Morgantown, WV, on the Cheat Lake.  I had the pleasure of
calling it at CDH the next year, when the scheduled caller, Beth Molaro, lost
her voice and I was asked to call half a session.  After I called the dance, I
noticed Beth and Nils Fredland immediately taking out their notebooks and
writing the dance down.  I felt honored.  That is probably how the dance got
around!  

Note:  Nils has offered up a different B1 and B2, but he has credited it to me. 
The credit SHOULD go to Nils for the variation, which goes like this: