This post was migrated from a collection of contra dances I wrote. The post date is mostly accurate, but the post time is not.

Difficulty: extreme
Comment: Every progression the women move two and the men move one, so assuming you’re not at the end of the major set, you end up in a completely new set of four every time. Also, this dance has a backwards petronella, so it’s not for the faint of heart. Note: something can be a balance and half gypsy, balance and half do-si-do, balance and roll away with a half sashay, california twirl and double same-person pull-by, balance and half allemande, swing, or improv; the dancers choose.
Position: improper
Progression: mixed single and double

Choreography

A1

8 beats: swing neighbor

4 beats: California twirl partner

4 beats: petronella

8 beats: something partner

8 beats: ½ hey, starting with men passing left shoulders

4 beats: men roll away woman on left with a half sashay NB: this woman and the man who rolls her are now partners

8 beats: do-si-do partner

4 beats: backwards petronella

4 beats: balance ring

8 beats: swing partner, ending facing up or down

4 beats: pass through up or down