Actually before the allemande, you're standing with your partner in your 
right hand, so the gents are facing the right way and the ladies are 
facing the wrong way.  After the allemande, you're both facing the same 
way and ready to walk forward to a new wave.  Without needing to say 
anything about it, one thing you can do to reduce confusion about which 
way folks are going is to becketize the sets by circling RIGHT one place 
rather than left.  That way the 1's are actually progressing down the 
hall and the 2's are going up the hall.  The progression has you (once 
you're becketized) progressing to the right one couple each time through 
the dance.  Might be worth it to point out your next neighbors (on the 
right diagonal) just before starting the walkthru.

Take all this bearing in mind that I just got the dance myself and 
haven't called it before.

Jack

On 3/24/2010 2:16 PM, Tina Fields wrote:
> This dance looks like a lot of fun, and I'm going to try it.
>
> At first glance (without working it through via Smurf toys), it looks to me like the first turn of the wave makes folks face the "wrong way" up or down the set, with the Ladies Al-L 1/2 in the A2 turning them back in the direction of progression again. Is this right?
>
> If so, I think it would be useful to say that sort of thing when teaching. Do you agree?
>
> Also, what other teaching tidbits have you found helpful? I'm really into working out the short-and-excellent walkthrough these days.
>
> Tina
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