I once attended a dance where Erna-Lynne Bogue demonstrated a most effective way to teach a hey. (The following assumes partners are on the same side of the set, facing across, and the women will start passing right shoulders, but it can be revised for other starting configurations.) Erna-Lynne had the men stay put, while she instructed the women to (a) Cross set passing right shoulders. (b) Pass left shoulders with neighbor and walk around and behind him to face back into center. (c) Again pass right shoulders with other woman. (d) Pass partner by left shoulder and walk around and behind him and stop when at where they started. Erna-Lynne then had the women repeat walking this same pattern, but with the men following the women. It seemed a bit magical, but everyone completed the hey successfully.
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