A Dozen Eggs

Tommy Linden
Smooth english-y dance with a double figure eight

Dance TEL018
Thing a Week No. 9
Status: Deprecated

2026-08-09 BOC, Tommy Linden

Notes: Original version was written 2024-06-22, published 2025-04-22.

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A Dozen Eggs

Tommy Linden
Douple minor - becket formation, progression to the right (counterclockwise)

A1
Circle left 3 places (6)
Neighbor swing, end facing down the hall (10)

A2
Dance down the hall, form and break (Bend the line; Form a circle, two(left)s below one(right)s; One(right)s let go, two(left)s push through; Line has two(left)s in the middle, one(right)s on the ends) (8)
Dance back up the hall, outside dancers cast down, inside dancers lead up to meet new neighbors (8)

B1
Twos continue to lead up, ones down the outside until twos are above the new ones. (2)
Double figure eight half, twos cast down as ones cross up, until twos are above the ones (8)
Star left three places to home (6)

B2
Partner right shoulder round into a swing (16)


A Dozen Eggs

Tommy Linden
Becket CCW

A1
Circle Left 3 places
Neighbor Swing

A2
Lines of four down the hall, Form and Break
Lines of four up the hall, 1s (on the outside) cast down, 2s (in the middle) lead up

B1
2s continue to lead up until above new 1s
Double Figure Eight ½ until 2s are above the 1s
Star Left ¾

B2
Partner Meltdown Swing


A Dozen Eggs

Tommy Linden
bkt ccw

A1
(6) C L ¾
(10) N S

A2
(8) Down the hall, form and break
(8) Up the hall, 1s cast down, 2s lead up to new neighbors

B1
(2) 2s lead up
(8) Dbl Fig 8 ½
(6) St L ¾

B2
(16) P M/D S


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