Mac's Leap (positional)

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.
     
A1 1-4 Ones and Twos,½ poussette clockwise *
  5-8 While Ones ½ draw poussette counter-clockwise, Threes ½ straight poussette counter-clockwise
A2 1-4 While Ones continue their draw poussette counter-clockwise to end proper in second place, Threes continue their straight poussette to end at home
  5-8 Ones and Twos,½ poussette clockwise [All home]
B1 1-6 Crossover mirror hey (as Ones face down, the dancer on the right can use their joined nearer hand to help their partner cross into the hey)
  7-8 Ones 2-hand turn ½ way
B2 1-4 Twos & Threes face up, lead up through Ones, cast down [No overtaking: set now 1-3-2]
  5-8 Ones & Threes face down, lead down through Twos, cast up [Again no overtaking]
    [Progression: 3-1-2]
Coda:    
A3 1-4 All up a double and fall back
  5-6 All turn single up
  7-8 Partners, 2-hand turn ½ way, face one another
A4 1-4 Fall back a double strongly, come forward
  5-8 Partners, 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.