[Callers] New (?) dance, B1 balance, B2 balance and partner swing

[Robert Golder via Callers]

The dance name "Return to Sender" may always now seem a bit ironic to you, but there are worse things in life than to come up with choreography so good that Bob Isaacs got there first.  

On May 9, 2016, at 3:23 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> And it turns out it's already been written:
> Bob Isaacs called it "Return to Sender"
> 
> Sorry for the false alarm. 
> 
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Luke Donforth <luke.donev at gmail.com> wrote:
> My tentative name (assuming the composition doesn't already exist) is Vallimont's Silver Hammer. The dance came out of a conversation with the talented musician Julie Vallimont (just got permission to use the name) about closing sets; and how callers like dances that end with swings but bands often have something that builds to a big hit at the A to B transition in the music.
> 
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Jerome Grisanti <jerome.grisanti at gmail.com> wrote:
> Luke,
> 
> I don't recognize it, but it looks fun.
> 
> Just curious ... did you have a particular tune in mind that shaped your desire for the balance at the top of the B sections?
> 
> --Jerome
> 
> Jerome Grisanti
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> "Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I was trying to write a nice end-of-evening dance that had a balance at the top of B1, and ended with a partner swing (that wasn't Old Time Elixir #2 or Tica Tica timing...) and came up with this. I think it's new, and it worked well in Montreal recently; but I'd like to know if it already existed: 
> 
> Becket
> A1
> Circle left 3/4
> Neighbor swing
> A2
> Gents start hey for 4 by left
> B1
> Right to neighbor (women back to back in middle), balance and box gnat
> Pull by right, women allemande left 1 1/2
> B2
> Partner balance and swing
> Slide left
> 
> Happy dancing
> 
> -- 
> Luke Donforth
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