Proper Pleasantries

Proper
Double progression

A1 1st Corners DsD
      2nd Corners Allemande R 1-1/2 to face partner
        (1st corners adjust so that they are directrly across from each other
             in line with the 2nd corners)

A2 1/2 Hey Partners pass L shoulders
      Partners Swing

B1 Ladies Chain - after Courtesy turn, turn away from this neighbor and
      Swing new neighbor

B2 LL F&B
      1's balance and box-the-gnat

1st called Grange, Greensboro, NC June 7, 2003.

Proper Antics

Proper

A1 2’s ½ Figure 8 Up between 1’s
      1’s Balance and Swing
      end facing down the hall

A2 He-He-She-She lines of 4 down the hall
      Men turn alone, Women as a couple
      Come back

B1 Circle ½ (so men are on the men’s side, women on their side)
      2’s Swing
      End swing as if to face up with the women on the right, but
      Face partner (2’s between ones with same sex 1 behind them)

B2 Hey for 4
      2’s start passing Partner by the Right

Composed and first called for May 21, 2004 CDSD in Carrboro. The idea of the swing in B1 was taken from Diagonal Dilemma by Gene Huber and was the inspiration for this dance.

Birmingham Arches

Proper

A1 Balance and Petronella Turn

      Balance and DsD

A2 B&S Partner

B1 Circle ¾

      Swing Neighbor

B2 2’s ½ Figure 8 up through the 1’s

      Balance the ring

      2’s Arch, 1’s Duck to progress
      These are not any arches, they are Birmingham Arches.
        The arches progress moving up while the ones hold thier position,
          so that the line doesn't end up out the back door of the hall.

     First called in Birmingham, AL May 12, 2007