This is dance #10488 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Hell or High Water

by Al Olson

Permission: full

FormationBase: Triple Minor
FormationDetail: Ones improper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(4) [Ones and twos] Neighbor balance || Threes balance

(12) [Ones and twos] Neighbor swing || Threes swing

A2

(8) Grand ladies chain two places to corner (W1 to M3, W2 to M2, W3 to M1)

(8) Grand ladies chain two places to next corner (W1 to M1, W2 to M3, W3 to M2)

B1

(8) Open grand ladies chain two places (W1 to M2, W2 to M1, W3 to M3); face corner

(4) [W1+M3, W2+M2, W3+M1] Neighbor allemande right 1

(4) [W1+M2, W2+M1, W3+M3] Neighbor allemande left 1; face corner

B2

(16) Grand right and left (six changes)

Calling Notes:

After the swing, your corner is the first person you'll allemande in the B1, and the person you'll start the grand right-and-left with.
The person you swung is the second person you'll allemande in the B1.
Appearances: Zesty Contras, p 49