Linda's Light
Longways Duple 4/4 G Modal Michael Wood 2022
Contemplative!

A1 1-2 Partners Swirly Siding L and back R,
     3 Partners 1/2 Right hand turn (and bring joined hands in to ...)
     4 Star R halfway, easing out to face neighbor on the side

A2 1-2 Neighbors (up and down) Swirly siding R and back Lt,
     3 Neighbors 1/2 Left hand turn (and bring joined hands in to)
      4 Star L halfway (All end progressed and on opposite sides)

B 1-4 Pousette Hey:
      1s lead up and then join both hands and retain pousette position, dancing
      toward the (men's/larks/L-file) side to begin the hey. 2s cast into the 
      hey to begin. All end, again, progressed and on opposite sides  
  5-6 Double 1/2 figure of eight, 1s cross, 2ss cast
  7-8 1s lead down the center, turn to face up and fall back down the center.
 9-10 1s lead up, turn to face down and fall back up the center to end facing
      NEW neighbors
11-12 Circle Left once round with NEW neighbors
13-14 Partners two-hand turn once round ending out on the sides

Tune: Linda's Light by Dave Wiesler, 2022

TEACHING NOTES
The dance is in 4/4 and danced 4 steps per bar

B 1-4: In the hey, 1's keep hands as if they were dancing a pousette. The hey
feels very much like a figure of eight for the 1s with measured movement. 
2s can make a wide cast down into the hey and not just immediately move down 
the side of the dance.

B 4-5: At the end of the hey, 1s can keep inner hands briefly as they face up
       and cross up in the the half double figure of 8; 2s can continue their 
       motion from the hey to cast down into the double 1/2 figure of 8.

B 7-10: The 1s track down the center and back is the same as in Ron Coxallâs
        Turn of the Tide (though in 4 not in 6).

-Dancers should note the transition and change of direction between the
two-hand turn at the end of the dance and the L-shoulder siding at the 
beginning of the dance.

-Neutral couples waiting out at the top should join the dance in B, 7-8 when
 the 1s lead down the center.

- Neutral couples at the bottom should be ready to jin the circle in B, 11-12.