Mac's Leap

Choreography:  Sharon Green, 2016; revised 2017
Tune:Steve Maranto, 2016
Recording: More Dances from the Greenery
Formation:Three-couple longways set

  Play 3xAABB plus concluding AA.
   
A11-4Ones and twos,½ poussette clockwise (M1 advancing) *
 5-8While Ones ½ draw poussette counter-clockwise (M1 draws), Threes ½ poussette counter-clockwise (M3 advances)
A21-4While Ones continue their draw poussette counter-clockwise to end proper in second place, Threes continue their push/pull poussette to end at home
 5-8Ones and twos,½ poussette clockwise (M1 backing) [All home]
B11-6Crossover mirror hey (M1 can use joined upper hand to help W1 into crossing diagonally into the hey)
 7-8Ones 2-hand turn ½ way
B21-4Twos & Threes face up, lead up through Ones, cast down [No overtaking: set now 1-3-2]
 5-8Ones & Threes face down, lead down through Twos, cast up [Again no overtaking]
  [Progression: 3-1-2]
Coda:  
A31-4All up a double and fall back
 5-6All turn single up [Men L, women R]
 7-8Partners, 2-hand turn ½ way, face one another
A41-4Fall back a double strongly, come forward
 5-8Partners, crossed-hand pivot swing (or swing)
* Punctuated poussette: Each ½ poussette has a slight pause at its midpoint (after 2 bars) and concludes with a somewhat more emphatic pause when the two working couples are lined up side by side. Feel free to foot it at these punctuation points.