Jersey Devil

A molly dance for 5 by Sue Dupré
 
Music:   Song: Devil of the Pines1 or Tune: Bobcat Shuffle2 played 4x(AABBB)
Formation:   Square with 1 person in the center of the square
Overall structure:  
A1,A2 Corner interacting figure
B1,B2 Hey
B3 Chorus
Stepping:   Use a hitched step-hop (1 step-hop per measure) on all parts except heys. Use a hitched running step (1 running step per 2 measures) on the heys. Start all stepping on L foot.
Abbreviations:   D = Devil (the person in the middle)
 

Part 1

Tune Part Measures Figure
A1
1-8
#1, D fwd L shoulder to L shoulder; cast out R (CW) through original place into a gypsy R
A2
1-8
#3, D fwd L shoulder to L shoulder; cast out R (CW) through original place into a gypsy R
B1,B2
1-8,1-8
Cloverleaf hey, #1 and D passing L shoulder to start (w/ running step)
B3
1-8
Chorus

Cloverleaf hey: for #1,2,3 and 4, the hey is a series of 4 L shoulder half heys on a diagonal, involving: D,#1,3; D,#2,4; D,#1,3; and D,#2,4 respectively. The D passes #1 by L shoulder to start, loops L, comes back to center to face #2, passes #2 by L, loops L, comes back to center to face #1 , and so on until everyone is back to place. D ends cloverleaf hey facing #2.
 

Chorus

Tune Part Measures Figure
B3
1-4
#1,2,3,4 diagonally fwd to center (D stands in place in center); raise fists in air and plant feet on beat 8 (or beat "and" of "4-and")
 
5-6
Hold position for 4 beats
 
7-8
All fall back diagonally to place
 

Part 2

Tune Part Measures Figure
A3
1-4
#2, D step in place (2 steps); change places by R shoulder (turning sharply in place to face back on beat 7, or beat "and" of "4-and")
A4
5-8
#2, D step in place; change places by R shoulder (#2 turning sharply in place to face back on beat X)
 
1-8
Repeat w/ D facing #4 to start
B4,B5
1-8,1-8
5-in-4 hey (w/ running step)
B6
1-8
Chorus

5-in-4 hey: Hey begins with D passing #2 by L shoulder to exit the set; D waits outside set to fall in behind #4 and follows #4 closely throughout remainder of hey (#4, D count as one unit in the hey for 4). #1,#3: #1 loops CCW into adjacent corner of set to face #2 while #3 loops CCW to face #4. Pass L shoulders into a hey for 4 until #1, #3 face each other for the 2nd time, gypsy R 1/2 and loop out to original places at corners of the set. #2,#4: #2, 4 pass each other by R shoulder in center and dance a full hey for 4 on the diagonal. After passing through home place at the end of the hey, #2(still followed by the D), #4 loop L to return back to center to dance a 3 person single file CW circle almost once around. #2,4 dance back out to place and D remains in center, facing #3.
 

Part 3

Tune Part Measures Figure
A5
1-8
#3, D fwd L shoulder to L shoulder; cast out R (CW) through original place into a gypsy R
A6
1-8
#1, D fwd L shoulder to L shoulder; cast out R (CW) through original place into a gypsy R
B7,B8
1-8,1-8
Cloverleaf hey, #3 and D passing L shoulder to start (w/ running step)
B9
1-8
Chorus (D facing #4)
 

Part 4

Tune Part Measures Figure
A7
1-4
#4, D step in place; change places by R shoulder (turning sharply in place to face back on beat 4)
 
5-8
#4, D step in place; change places by R shoulder (#2 turning sharply in place to face back on beat 7)
A8
1-8
Repeat w/ D facing #4 to start
B10,B11
1-8,1-8
5-in-4 hey (w/ running step)
B12
1-8
Final Chorus

This 5-in-4 hey begins with D passing #4 by L shoulder to exit the set; D waits outside set to fall in behind #4 and follows #4 closely throughout remainder of hey (#4, D count as one unit in the hey for 4). #1,#3: #1 loops CCW into adjacent corner of set to face #2 while #3 loops CCW to face #4. Pass L shoulders into a hey for 4 until #1, #3 face each other for the 2nd time, gypsy R 1/2 and loop out to original places at corners of the set. #2,#4: #2, 4 pass each other by R shoulder in center and dance a full hey for 4 on the diagonal. After passing through home place at the end of the hey, #2, #4 (still followed by the D) loop L to return to the center to dance a 3 person single file CW circle almost once around. #2,4 dance back out to place and D remains in center, facing audience.

Final Chorus: #1,2,3,4 dance diagonally fwd to center (4 steps); fall back 4 steps. Do not stop to put fists up in center. All face audience on plant feet on beat 16 (or beat "and" of "8-and") and put fists up.

Dancing Off: After applause, #1,2 dance fwd 2 steps in line of 2 to end on each side of D; #1,2,D dance fwd 2 steps in line of 3 to end up between #3,4; all dance fwd 2 steps in line of 5; all dance in place 2 steps. All dance in place 1 step; on step 2, D begins to move fwd as everyone else turns in toward center of line; #1,2 dance towards each other and turn on step 4 to face fwd and dance off as a couple behind D; #3,4 follow person in front until #3,4 meet on 6 to face fwd and dance off as a couple behind #1,2.
 
1 Devil of the Pines by Dave Orleans
2 Bobcat Shuffle by Bob Pasquarello
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