Hay in the Barn

By Chart Guthrie

Leveleasy-med (assigned by the editor)
TypeContra
FormationImproper
A1(16) Neighbors balance and swing
A2(8) Ladies chain
(8) Half hey, ladies pass right shoulders to start
B1(16) Partners balance and swing
B2(8) Ladies chain
(8) Half hey, ladies pass right shoulders to start

Author's Notes:
This is a fairly easy dance. The only thing dancers have to remember is if they meet their partner at the end of the half hey, they balance and swing their partner, if they meet someone who is not their partner then they look for someone new to balance and swing.

Editor's Notes:
Collected from Lisa Greenleaf, September, 1995.

This dance is from American Country Dances On Line
All rights reserved by the author; used by permission.
Added to database 9/28/1997; last revised 3/5/1999; edited by Russell Owen