====== A Perfect Ten ====== Jonathan Jensen\\ Orly L. Krasner, 2002; rev. 2007\\ Five-couple longways\\ Tune: A Perfect Ten A1 1-4 On the right diagonal, right-hand turn once around. 5-8 Partners left-hand turn once and a half to change places. 9-10 All turn single right. All home but improper. A2 1-10 Repeat the figures of A1 from these positions to get home. B1 1-4 Partners right shoulder back-to-back. 5-8 Partners step and honor right and left. 9-10 Partners change places, passing right shoulder. All home but improper. B2 1-8 1s start a series of cascading stars as follows: star right halfway with the 2s, star left halfway with the 3s, star right halfway with the 4s, star left halfway with the 5s. 9-10 1s (at the bottom) gypsy left shoulder halfway to get proper. (1st woman must be ready for the diagonal right-hand turn that starts the next round.) Progression: 2-3-4-5-1 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2w-GfrCQ9o Teaching tip: There are only four steps for each half star. Make sure the 1s flow directly from one star to the next without extra ' twiddles." Don Bell asked me to write a dance in honor of his wife Diane for their tenth wedding anniversary, and he asked Jonathan Jensen to compose a tune. Jonathan came up with ten-bar phrases (and this title), so a five-couple formation seemed the only logical thing to do. Diane received her surprise present when Philippe Callens called A Perfect Ten during Pinewoods English Week 2002.