[Callers] Is Pony Fun Unique?

[Roger Hayes via Callers]

I know it's not what she intended, but here's what comes to my mind from a
literal interpretation of the original instructions:

A1 Right hand star with (current) neighbors,
      Left hand star with (previous) neighbors
A2 Go back to (current neighbor) and swing,
      Ladies roll away to partner swing
B1 Gents chain, starting with a left hand (the free hand) pull-by, courtesy
turn with gent on left walking forward
      Gents chain back
B2 Circle L 3/4, pass through

It's not a good dance like this, though -- too busy, too dizzy, and the
B2/A1 transition is awkward.  I suppose this might stand as a cautionary
example for anyone reconstructing dances from the historical record; the
intended dance as recorded by Don is different from this particular minimal
literal reconstruction.

- Roger Hayes
  Madison WI


On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 1:08 PM, Don Veino via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Last night at bedtime my 5 year old daughter and I had the following
> interaction:
>
> Raeden: "Daddy. I want to write a new dance, Pony Fun."
> Me: "OK, how does it go?"
> R: "Star, Star, Swing. Swing, Courtesy Turn, Circle 3 places, Pass
> Through, repeat."
>
> A little bit of back and forth figuring out the glue resulted in the
> following. Has someone else written it first?
>
> Thanks,
> Don
>
> Pony Fun - DI - Raeden Veino 20161012
>
> A1
> Star Left
> Neighbor Allemande Left 1x
> Gents start Hands-Across Star Right (1/4x)
>
> A2
> Ladies join Star behind N, all Star Right 3/4x
> Partner Swing
>
> B1
> Give & Take to Gents Side, N Swing
>
> B2
> Ladies Chain
> Circle Left 3/4, Pass Through
>
> BTW, in case you may call this, Raeden's name is pronounced "RAY-den
> VEE-no"
>
>
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