This is dance #19124 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Walpole Hallows Eve

by Drew Delaware

Permission: full

Based on:

FormationBase: Three Facing Three
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(8) In lines of three, go forward and back

(4) Opposite neighbor balance (RH)

(4) Opposite neighbor box the gnat

A2

(16) Center people turn contra corners

B1

(8) Chevron poussette:

(4) Center people push back original left-end partner on a diagonal (two-hand hold)

(4) Center people pull original left-end partner back to place; centers fall back to left-end positions || Left-end people cast counterclockwise one place to center people's original positions

(8) [Ends] Current opposite persons wheelbarrow (original center people pull original left-end partner out; return to place) || [Current centers] Current opposite gypsy right 1

B2

(8) Single file promenade clockwise 2/3

(4) [All six] Balance ring

(4) Pass through along (ONR)

Calling Notes:

You keep your partners, but everyone's in a new position (center/left-end/right-end)
After the contra corners, center people do not return to place, but instead face their original left-end partner. (on the left diagonal)
To see an example of a chevron poussette, see "Bishop's Halloween": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNXEfE3LLIg&t=38s
Appearances: SharedWeight, date 10/25/2024