[Callers] New dance?

[Ron Blechner via Callers]

Let me rephrase:

Is there a precedent for naming a dance after a living politician?
On Mar 28, 2016 10:29 AM, "Don Veino" <sharedweight_net at veino.com> wrote:

> Jefferson and Liberty.
>
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers <
> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> I have another question to pose:
>>
>> Is there precedent for naming a dance after a politician?
>>
>> While I may have voted for Bernie, I'm careful to not inject my political
>> view into my calling / choreography. (Though, on the other hand, if Bernie
>> doesn't win the nomination, in 5 years dancers will just hear "feel the
>> burn".)
>>
>> In Dance,
>> Ron Blechner
>> On Mar 27, 2016 8:24 AM, "Pat Hoekje via Callers" <
>> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I am trying to visualize the circle R to star R with new neighbor from
>>> the women's place and I have to turn around (or drop from the circle right
>>> a bit early to star right with the next neighbor.  What am I not seeing
>>> correctly or is that true?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Pat
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sunday, March 27, 2016 4:22 AM, Amy Wimmer via Callers <
>>> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Tom and Erik are quite right about that swing. It lasts FOREVER, which
>>> is a little too long.  I took Michael's suggestion and started at A2.
>>> I also took Michael's suggestion of turning the allemande into a
>>> two-eyed turn (an "eye-lemande" as my friend Matthew coined). Thank
>>> you for the suggestions for changing that bit.
>>>
>>> Two callers danced it tonight. One (my husband, Tom) thought the flow
>>> was good, but the swing was definitely too long. The other caller said
>>> she really liked that the mad robin wasn't with your partner, which
>>> she said tends to make a dance seem very partner-only-centric,
>>> ignoring the neighbors. She agreed with me that I need to figure out a
>>> better way to teach it. One of the band members noticed the long swing
>>> and said it needs some other element to break it up.
>>>
>>> This particular dance community has lots of beginners and folks who
>>> just don't dance very well. It took them a while to get the circle
>>> right-to star right transition. Tom thought that part was simple. He
>>> noticed that when one is out at the ends one should not cross over,
>>> but should stand "proper."
>>>
>>> I very much appreciate your input, guys. Next time I'll try some more
>>> of your ideas.
>>>
>>> -Amy
>>>
>>> > On Mar 26, 2016, at 5:50 PM, Tom Hinds <twhinds at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Nice dance Amy.  I really like the sequence of moves.
>>> > I'm trying to imagine this in my head and assume that the allemande
>>> right is once around which takes less than 8 beats to do.
>>> >
>>> > Hope you don't mind suggesting a change.  I would change the allemande
>>> right to once and a half.  That would give us:
>>> >
>>> > B2    neighbor allemande right 1 1/2
>>> >    ladies ric.  men pass left
>>> >
>>> > T
>>> >
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