A1:1-8 | Partners lead away from the "equator" (i.e. upper two couples up, lower two couples down)(4) and fall back and apart to starting places, facing partner (4), then, in fours, Ladies' Chain (across, not back), partners left-hand turning out of the chain to face one another in Becket formation, proper (8). |
B:1-8 | Partners back-to-back, left shoulders, along (8), then opposites back-to-back, right shoulders, across (8). |
A2:1-8 | All, with new (longways) partner, lead away from the "equator" (4) and fall back and apart to face across (4), then, in fours, Ladies' Chain (across, not back, so all are home), men left-hand turning this lady (original neighbour) out (8) and sending her into… |
C:1-4 | All-four Ladies' Chain (there, not back) with a left-hand turnout, so that the men are facing in and the ladies out in the longway lines and all are improper in Becket formation, ladies with their opposite men behind them (8). |
5-8 | In fours, all left-shoulder "chevron-poussette", i.e. ladies move (stride) straight out (2), curve round to their left to take two hands with the man who was behind them (2), the men having passed each other left-shoulders on the left diagonal to change places (4), then men draw this new partner straight back into a longways set, and all face away from the "equator" (4). |
Men are home, ladies are inverted. Repeat all of the above (A1, B, A2, C) once more to get all dancers home, then dance another A1 to form the Becket set (keeping left hands joined with this new partner, ready for "Summer Storms" *). |