Sari's Switcheroo
duple, inactives crossed over
by David Kirchner

A1
Actives start right shoulder hey; end facing fown the hall with the actives on the outside (8)

A2
Down hall four-in-line; turn as couples (8)
Return; bend line (8)

B1
Circle left 3/4 (8)
Swing partner; end facing across with gents on right, ladies on left

B2
Gents do a ladies chain across (8)
Long lines forward and back (8)

Notes: An experiment which I've only called once. The idea here is to have dancers dance figures normally encountered by the other gender. The only way to dance the transitions into and out of the swing sensibly is for the lady to use a gent's swing hold and the gent to use a lady's. Named for Sari Radin, a close friend who introduced me to contra dancing in the late 1980s. Comments? Send me e-mail.

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