Dirty Minds Think Alike   
(duple improper)
David "Tavi" Merrill

Figs: NB&ST,LL;SlidingDoors;H4.75;PG&SW;CL.75,DSD1.5


A1. Neighbors: with inside hands balance, and star through
 Long lines go forward and back
A2. Gents lead a mad robin; gents pass L shoulders to start a 
 3/4 hey across the set 
B1. Partners gypsy and swing
B2. Circle L 3/4 
 do-si-do once and a half to meet new neighbors

Tavi writes:

This dance was written for maximum flirtation. Opportunities to tease your
partner with eye contact begin with the long lines forward and back, and
continue through the mad robin (a.k.a. "sliding door"); if you dare, bump into
each other on the long lines. A mirror hey allows you to keep eyes all the way
through to the gypsy. You could also change the gypsy to what i call a "Butter
balance": approaching your partner sidewise at the end of the hey, bump inside
thighs and rebound (catching hands on the same side of your body) to pull into
a swing. This move began as an accident during the classic becket "Butter".

 "Dirty Minds" owes its genesis to Mike Moody and his thorough enjoyment of
flirtatious contras, not to mention the dancers of Orono, Maine, who test-drove
the dance on 14 February 2009. I've called this dance with "Kitchen Girl", a
tune whose smooth B part spins nicely through the do-si-do to a resounding
balance at the top of A1.