{"request":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/contradance\/thecallersbox\/dance.php?format=JSON&id=142","download_date":"2026-05-05T09:58:52+00:00","ID":"142","Name":"The Birds and the Bees {2008 version}","Authors":["Rick Mohr"],"InterpretedBy":[],"Permission":"full","Status":"deprecated","BasedOn":[],"FormationBase":"Grid Square","FormationDetail":"","Progression":"Single. One square","Direction":"","Mixer?":"","Virtual?":"","PhraseStructure":"8*8*2","Music":[],"Tunes":[],"phrases":[{"name":"A1","figures":["(1-8) Heads go forward and back","(9-16) [Sides] Right and left through with partner","(13-16) [Heads] Circle left 3\/4"]},{"name":"A2","figures":["(4) [Heads] Circle left 3\/4 (continued)","(2) [Heads] Pass through (C2R)","(10) Corner swing [head men with C3, head women with C1]"]},{"name":"B1","figures":["(8) In lines at sides, go forward and back","(8) Men allemande left 1 & 1\/2; face corner C2 || Women adjust to form column across the hall"]},{"name":"B2","figures":["(4) C2 corner balance","(4) In columns across the hall, grand right and left (R;L)","(4) Next opposite balance","(4) In columns across the hall, grand right and left (R;L)"]},{"name":"C1","figures":["(4) C2 corner balance [with square #2]","(12) C2 corner swing; form square on diagonal [with partner, square #2]"]},{"name":"C2","figures":["(8) In a square, go forward and back while C3 corner roll away (W roll R, M side-step L) [with square #2]","(8) Men star left 1 [with square #2]; return to place"]},{"name":"D1","figures":["(4) C3 corner box the gnat [with square #2]","(2) C3 corner pull by right [with square #2]","(10) Women star left 1 & 1\/4 [with square #2]"]},{"name":"D2","figures":["(4) Partner balance","(12) Partner swing"]}],"CallingNotes":["Alternate between heads and sides.","","Instructions had a typo with women star right in the D1."],"Appearances":[{"source":"website Mohr archive","link":"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090830054605\/http:\/\/rickmohr.net\/Contra\/Dances.asp#div_BirdsAndBees"}],"OtherNames":[],"Videos":[],"VirtualVideos":[],"VariantVideos":[],"VariantVirtualVideos":[]}