THE HAPPY RETURN Gary Roodman, "Prime Calculated Figures" Tune: Casady Jig (NIB), meter: 6/8, key: Am, BPM: 112 Duple minor longways IMPROPER A1: 1-4: 1s (IMPROPER!) half figure 8 down through 2s. 5-8: Neighbors face for a mirror-image back-to-back, 1s splitting the 2s. A2: 1-8: As above, with 2s figuring and splitting. [SEE NOTE below] B1: 1-4: NEIGHBORS right-hand turn into ... 5-8: APPROXIMATE SEMI-HALF HEY: MEN do a real half-hey - pass L in the middle, pass R on the outside, and then loop R, WHILE WOMEN loop R on the outside, go into the middle (passing partner R as they go), and loop L AROUND EACH OTHER in the middle to face back to Partner (like a fish hook) (You can also think of the woman's track as a 3/4 gypsy.) B2: 1-4: With partner, half poussette, men moving forward first. 5-8: Circle L halfway; partners two-hand turn halfway. NOTE: Consider reducing the astonishment of the hey into poussette by getting people into the pousette position so they know where the heck they're going. That's progressed and with the original degree of properness (1s improper below, 2s proper above). Useful to point out which way you're facing at the end of turn (women out, men in), and that you start going the way you're facing. Walking through ka-chunk, ka-chunk, rather than big picture, seems to help.