CUP OF JOE
By Rick Mohr; December 2013
Contra, Duple Improper, Reverse-progression
Level: Easy/Intermediate


A1: (Men stand back to back in center, facing neighbor)
    Balance neighbor (4)
    3/4 hey (neighbors pass right shoulders to start) (12)

A2: partner (4)
    1/4 hey (partners pass right shoulders to start) (4)
    Swing neighbor (8)

B1: Revolving door (6)
    Swing partner (10)

B2: Slice left (8)
    Men allemande left 1 1/2 (8)


A fun and accessible dance, with a punctuated hey and Ron Buchanan's "Revolving
Door" figure.

In "Revolving Door", couples start a "wrong side" half promenade where women
pass right instead of men passing left. As the women meet they catch right
hands and allemande right once around. The men drop out after crossing the set,
and partners swing as the women come around. It flows easily and feels good. I
usually do a floor demo, both because it's unfamiliar and because it's pretty
cool to watch. Since the promenade only lasts for a beat or two I think the
easiest hold is for neighbors to join left hands, with the man's right arm
briefly behind the woman's back.

"Slice left" is a left-diagonal "long lines forward and back"ādancers join
hands in long lines, walk forward on the left diagonal to meet the next couple,
and retire straight back.

For Joe Rush of Melrose, Florida (via a Pinewoods auction), wholehearted dancer
and community builder, known to drive busfuls of Florida dancers to Pinewoods
American Week.