June 8, 2006, 5:44 p.m. (Message 45467, in reply to message 45466)
Been a long time since I taught this dance, but as I remember it the couples about to become inactive 1&4, simply use bars 7 and 8 of the reel in an anticlockwise direction so thatthey end up in places 1&4 but on the wrong side. At the end of the next repeat, they continue this direction so that they are paralleling the action of the upwardly moving couple to be ready for the rights and lefts at the beginning of the next repeat. 32-33 of repeat 1 ends (assuming double progression) 2W 2M 1M 4W 1W 4M 3M 3W 32-33 of repeat 2 ends 2M 4W 2W 4M 1M 3W 1W 3M