The top couple face down, second couple up, third couple down and the bottoms face up. Put inside arms round the waist of the other person in the couple. Naturally, it helps if you change the stick over to the outside hand. Start a hey by passing the couples right shoulder to right shoulder, then pass left shoulder to left shoulder in the middle, and so on. Single Hey Heys for four done singly along each line.
Tops start by passing right shoulder with the seconds and so on.
Turn round at the end of the line Grand Chain A chain figure. Sart by passing right shoulders with the same person you started the single hey with. Cross over and dance along the other line, cross back at the other end and continue round to place. It's not so far out of area and we like it. One and four, five and eight positions are first diagonals, Two and three, six and seven are second diagonals.