hook: Ricochet hey, Rory O'More
by: Adam Carlson
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - gentlespoons ricochet first time, gentlespoons ricochet second time - end in waves with ladles taking right hands in the center, neighbor in left hands
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| B1 | 4 | balance the wave - right then left
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| 4 | ladles slide right to partner
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once
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I wrote this dance in 1999 before ricochet heys were a thing for a graduation party for Margriet Dogterom. I can’t lay claim to inventing the move, as I’m sure other dances had it before this one, but I certainly never saw the move before I created it. I might be able to claim credit for popularizing it, as this dance made the rounds and shortly after, I started to see a lot of dances with ricochet heys. Now ricochet's are so popular they're a built-in option on contradb.com.
This dance is dedicated to Margriet Dogterom who got her Ph.D. in Bee Ecology in the Summer of 1999.