THE OLD MILL or THE MERRY SALOPIANS (tune is "Old Mill" by Brian Jenkins) Barnes, 3/2, G, three-couple longways, all proper Playford Ball 2023 version A1 1s CHASE WITH FIRST LONG CORNER TURN First corner top (leader) casts down between the 2 people on own side and turns right hand with corner WHILE partner balances back and follows the same track, overtaking the lead. Now in the lead, partner goes out between the two people on the other side, up the outside, and across the top, with the old lead following, so each comes to partner's place; new lead turns down to face back and 1s turn LH half to finish at home. A2 As above with the 1s roles reversed, 2nd corners turn LH, lead turns down, is turn RH half, keep the hand, and face down. B 1s lead down to middle place then turn left a quarter to face the same line side by side; Morris hey ACROSS the set, finishing by turning right hand three-quarters to finish improper in second place. ("Morris Hey" is a mirror hey where the pairs are close in the middle and cast out at the ends; in this one, same-side neighbors are like partners in most such heys.) 1s cross right shoulder, go up outside to first place, turn single DOWN, then lead down the center, with 2s and 3s coming up the sides to follow them down. 1s, reaching third place, cast to second; 2s reaching third place stay there, 3s reaching first place stay there to start the dance again as 1s. ==== Detailed break down of the B. (In my view, the Germantown dancers in the video are a whole measure ahead until the turn at the end - they have to delay getting to the turn by extending their track in the hey so that they're shoulder to shoulder before taking hands.) 1-2 : 1s lead down the middle and as a couple turn left a quarter to face the same line side by side. [T WHILE 2s move up individually to widen the gap between neighbors so there will be room for the 1s to pass through 3-6 The hey. Everybody is already where they need to be to enter the hey; no cast to start on either end, but each couple does cast when the hey brings them to the other end, so the 1s cast twice. (This means six changes happen in four bars of triple time music, so don't try to map changes to bars. It's doable if you don't dawdle.) At the end of bar 6 the 1s have cast up from the bottom and are approaching each other in the middle; the bottom person has a slightly awkward turn to offer right hand while it's easy for the top person.) 7: 1s turn right hand 3/4 (well, really 5/8 so they're facing their improper spots 8: 1s go to improper spots and face partner (probably 2 beats to travel and 1 to face 9-10: 1s cross right shoulder and go up the outside above the 2s 11-12: 1s turn single down 13-14: 1s lead down as others up the outside 15-16: 1s cast to middle place as previous 2s continue down to bottom.