[Callers] Has this dance already been written?

[Jonathan Sivier]

    One caution on diagonal chains, especially over and back, is that 
you may need to remind the gents to hold their places and make the 
ladies come to them.  I've noticed that on a few dances with diagonal 
chains the gents tend to move toward the lady who is coming towards 
them.  This moves them out of their place across from their neighbor 
gent.  With two chains in a row this effect is increased.  The result is 
that they move a little up or down the set and are no longer across from 
the couple they started out across from.  That means when the next 
figure comes to do something with the couple across some of the couples 
are now across from a different couple.  This can cause a lot of 
confusion and/or the set to break down.  As I say I have noticed this on 
a couple of different dances.  I'm not saying it will necessarily be a 
problem with this dance, but you should be aware of the possibility.

Jonathan
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Jonathan Sivier
Caller of Contra, Square, English and Early American Dances
jsivier AT illinois DOT edu
Dance Page: http://www.sivier.me/dance_leader.html
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On 12/25/2017 11:42 AM, Bree Kalb via Callers wrote:
> I composed this to have a fairly easy way to introduce diagonal moves to 
> a group that isn't familiar with them. I don’t usually write dances 
> without a N swing, but my attempts to include one haven’t gone well. 
> Suggestions welcome.
> 
> If it’s original, I’ll call it ChainChainChain    Improper
> 
> A1 N dosido into long lines, Gents face out; Ladies face in. Balance 
> F&B, Box circulate
> 
> A2 In these longlines (Ladies face out, Gents face in, partner on the 
> right) Balance the wave, Partner Swg
> 
> B1 on left diagonal, Ladies chain over and back to partner
> 
> B2 across the set, Ladies chain to N; Star Left