I have a gig on Oct 30, so naturally I'm plumbing the archives for Halloween-themed choices. There have been several threads on this, I'm not trying to start another one, I have two more specific questions:

1. Anyone got tips for teaching the Wizard's Walk figure? I've danced it (although not recently); I've never called it. (I'm interested in all tips, but FWIW I'm expecting a relatively experienced semi-monthly local crowd.)

2. The specific W'sW descendant I'm planning to use is Cis Hinkle's The WItches Way, which has the Wizard's Walk figure in A1. It seems to me that to better fit the original Wizard's Walk tune the dance should be "rotated" thus:

A1: (4,4) balance the ring (with Nbr1s); Petronella turn 1 place to R (no claps)
    (8) Partner swing
A2: (4,4) balance the ring; Petronella turn 1 place to R (no claps)
    (8) Neighbor1 swing
B1: (8) Robins chain (to Ptr)
    (6) circle RIGHT 3/4
    (2) Ones arch, twos dive [to meet next Nbrs)
B2: (16) Wizard's Walk:
    | (4) Nbr 2 mirror pass through along (ones split twos)
    | (4) Nbr 3 mirror pass through along (twos split ones)
    | (4) backing up Nbr 3 mirror pass through along (ones split twos)
    | (4) backing up Nbr 2 mirror pass through along (twos split ones)

Has anyone done that? Do y'all agree? (The original dance has the W.W. figure in B2.) I don't know if such a variant deserves its own name, but if so it seems like it should be called "Wayward Witches".

Cheers,

--Andrew Stout