STRIDE STATELY
Duple minor longways, 1st couple improper, A Minor, 3/2
Multiple Calculated Figures (Roodman), 1999,
Tune “Polonaise in Minor from Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach by). S. Bach, 1725,
Al 1-4 1st couple cast below and half figure eight up through the 2nd couple to end crossed over in 2nd place (as 2nq couple moves up). A2 1-4 REPEAT, REVERSING ROLES: 2nd couple (now in 1st position) cast below and half figure eight up through the 1st couple to end crossed over in 2nd place (as 1st couple moves up). B 1-2 All give right hand to partner, pull past, give left hand to neighbor, and turn halfway to go into Women's Slightly Truncated Whole Hey for Four Men's Half Hey For Four (Everything's normal until "→→") 3.6 Women move into the middle Men continue looping left on the to begin heys for four, passing outside (out of the left-hand wm); right shoulders in the middie; Women loop left on the out Men follow women into the hey, side; passing right in the middle; Women go back into the center Men loop left on the outside but do and pass right again and not go back; then : →→ Women make a sharp right Men, facing into the set, look slightly turn in the middle, look for to the right for the woman in the the man in the next duple minor next duple minor set and give right set, and give left hand to hand to her for... him for... 7-8 Men “gate” these women out to re-form the long lines (all counterclockwise). 9-10 Men, with left hand, “gate” your partner clockwise once around. 11-12 Hold on to partner, face the couple across the set, and circle left three quarters.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uk-I1fZsXA
NOTES
B 7-8 This “gate” person will be the same every time through the dance.
The critical moment in these heys comes when the women make their sharp
right turns to head to their “gate partner”.
Couples waiting out at the top and bottom should not cross over until the
very end of the dance, so that they will be available for the first “gating”
figure (B 7-8). Then they can “gate” with partner, do a simple two-hand
turn halfway, and begin the dance.
You can have everyone identify his/her continuing “first gate” person for
easy recognition later. To do this, after walking the A part (when everyone
is crossed over), have everyone look diagonally to his/her right two places
to acknowledge the person of the opposite sex. That's the person. In the
top duple set, 2nd man and 1st woman will have no one to look at. They
will have to individually fake the gate the first time. At the bottom, the same
is true for 1st man and 2nd woman.