Keys to the Cellar
Locked out Again, or No Key to the Church
Dance by Jenny Beer
Triple minor longways
Recording: key_to_the_cellar-067_bn10ns-08.mp3.zip
key_to_the_cellar-054-engech-10.mp3.zip
key_to_the_cellar-ff-ti02.mp3.zip (a bit staccato)
Al 1-2 1s cast below the 2s who move up: 3-4 Joining hands on the side, 1s gate down through the 3s. A2 1-2 Lines forward and back: 3-4 Joining hands on the side, 1s gate up through the 2s. B1 1-4 Heys across the dance, 1W with 2s, 1M with 3s. B2 1-2 1s gypsy: 3-4 Partners turn two hands (the 1s "melt" from the gypsy to the turn).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldg-7p407LU
This dance was
written to celebrate the last night in our steamy old church hall in Media, Pennsylvania,
where group danced for 20 years. Ironically, we found ourselves locked out: not an
infrequent occurrence, but usually Scott Higgs and I managed to pry open a window
in the Sunday School building and squeeze in, This time, alas, they'd replaced the
windows during renovations, and we were sealed out! Dance friends hosted us in
their basement dance room instead, where the dance got its first try-out. So keys
and cellars were a critical part of the evening's events.“