The Engaging Engineer (positional)

San Diego's Liz Tarnove commissioned The Engaging Engineer as a birthday present for Scott Riley, who turned 60 on Christmas Day 2012.
Choreography:   © Sharon Green, 2012
Tune: G minor Jig, © Martha Stokely, 2012
Recording: Jon Berger, Jonathan Jensen, Shira Kammen & Rebecca King,

Dances from the Greenery
Formation: Duple minor Longways Improper

A1 1-2 Circle L halfway
  3-4 Lead out with Neighbor, turn individually
  5-6 Lead back in
  7-8 Cloverleaf turn single (top couple turn up, bottom couple down)
     
A2 1-2 Second corners cross, changing places by R-shoulder
  3-4 Partners lead out, turn individually
  5-6 Partners lead back in
  7-8 Cloverleaf turn single into
     
B1 1-8 Open Right-hand Chain (first corners begin by casting)
    finish facing diagonally into the set
     
B2 1-2 All balance forward & back diagonally
  3-4 First corners change places by R-shoulder while others set R & L
  5-6 Neighbors change places by R-shoulder
  7-8 All turn single R
Note: At the end of B1, in making the transition from the Open Chain to the diagonal balances, the dancers who have just crossed can help their partners into position for the balance by giving a slight amount of extra weight at the end of the L-hand turn.