This is dance #8215 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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by Keith Wood

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FormationBase: Duple Minor - Improper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(8) Mow the wheat 2:

(4) Twos arch, ones dive

(4) Ones arch, twos dive (all backwards)

(8) Square through 4 (NR;PL;NR;PL)
A2

(8) Mow the wheat 2:

(4) Ones arch, twos dive

(4) Twos arch, ones dive (all backwards)

(8) Square through 4 (NR;PL;NR;PL)
B1

(4) Neighbor allemande right 3/4

(6) Men allemande left 1

(6) Hey 1/2 (NR;WL;PR)
B2

(4) Hey 1/4 (ML;NR~)

(4) Circle left 1/2

(4) Balance ring

(4) Ones arch, twos dive

Calling Notes:

What's intended in the B1 is to have the neighbor allemande right only half-way. Women stay put. Then men allemande 1 & 1/4, and then the hey is done on a small diagonal within the minor set. The circle is hence a tiny bit larger.

What I'd expect to happen on the dance floor is written above.
Appearances: website Wood
Down Under Contra, p 5