[Callers] Contras which feature a "Dublin Bay" figure

[Kalia Kliban via Callers]

I can't figure out the transition from the Dublin Bay figure to the P 
bal/sw.  Can you elaborate?

K

On 1/19/2017 11:49 PM, Erik Hoffman via Callers wrote:
> I find, when dancing the one or two dances I’ve danced that try to steal
> the Dublin Bay figure, they have a line backing up bending into a
> circle. I found this transition not to my taste. So I took a stab at a
> different transition. I think it works, but it’s a bit tricky:
>
> Happy Birthday, Susan
> Erik Hoffman
> Becket
> A1      Wm “Chain the line” (Wm Al R ¾, then to next Wm,  Al L ¾ to meet
> Nb on R diag –  across from Shadow);
> Neighbor Swing
> A2      LLF&B;  Wm Chain to Shadow
> B1      Dublin Bay DH4inL ends loop back, centers step forward to
> B2      Pt B&S
>
> Given to Susan Petrick on her birthday, while on tour with the
> OpporTunists in 2010 (I think).
>         The Dublin Bay DH4inL: Down for 4, turn alone backing up for 4,
> up for 4, turn alone, backing up for 4. From the ECD dance Dublin Bay.
> Others have used the Dublin Bay  move, but ended it with a “fold into a
> circle. That backing up, then circling has never felt good to me. This
> is my attempt to come up with a segue I like.
>         Note, even though it’s a Becket dance, there is a difference in
> roles in this dance between the “ones” and “twos”.
>
> ~Erik Hoffman
>     Oakland, CA