Halsway Manners
Mary Devlin (Summer 2000)
Three couple longways
Tune: âHalsway Manor Jigâ © 2001 by Liz Donaldson 
A 
1­4  Lines of three dance forward a double and fall back 
5­8  End couples back to back while middles right shoulder gypsy once &
a bit more 
(end with the middle woman ready to head up the set toward 1 st man,
followed 
closely by her partner)
B1 
1­8  Dolphin hey for three on the menâs side of the set (middle woman
pass right 
shoulder with 1 st man); end with middles heading up the set toward
the 1 st woman 
toâ¦Â 
B2 
1­8  Dolphin hey for three on the womenâs side (middle woman pass left
shoulder with 
1 st woman); end with middles heading up the set proper
toward the top couple 
toâ¦Â 
C
1­4  Middles split the top couple with a handy hand turn
1 1/2 sending the top couple 
dancing down the set toâ¦Â  5­8  Top couple split bottom couple with
a handy hand turn 1 1/2 (to change places)
End in 2­3­1 order 
Notes: 
Middle couple (the 2s) is the active couple. 
The dolphin heys and handy hand turns are best taught with
a demonstration.
Dolphin hey â Actives (in the middle) end their gypsy with woman
facing up toward 1 st 
man ready to start a right shoulder hey. Her partner is just behind her.
Dancing as a 
couple, the actives dance a hey for three with the men. Each
time the actives âround the 
cornerâ at the ends of the hey, the person in the lead dances wide &
the person following 
takes over the lead. Repeat the dolphin hey starting left shoulder on
the womenâs side.
The active woman initiates each hey. The 1s & 3s participating in each hey
simply do a 
complete hey for three up & down the set, treating the active couple as
the third entity in 
their hey.
The dolphin heys are done with a skip change step.  The handy
hand turns may also be 
done with a skip change; itâs best to keep the momentum
during the handy hand turns.
Actives should time their dancing so as to arrive at the top of the set
ready to do the 
handy hand turns exactly at the beginning of the C music.
Not all dancers are familiar with handy hand turns. Point out that itâs
very helpful for the 
top couple to face down & leave room between them so itâs clear
where the active couple 
heads for the turn. (Same for the bottom couple with them facing up.)
First handy hand 
turn is right hand for woman, left for men. Second turn is left hand for
women, right for
men. Itâs useful to point this out during teaching.
Emphasize that the turns are once & a half. People can forget this
and then wonder why 
they didnât progress. Written while traveling by bus in England on a Ken
McFarland trip and first danced at 
Halsway Manor.
The tune is recorded on English Echoes and is published in
Liz Donaldsonâs tune book,
Rain in the Desert and Other Tunes, and in Barnes v