[Callers] New Dance?

Dale Wilson dale.wilson at gmail.com
Mon Oct 2 11:59:48 PDT 2017


Don said:  Privately I call them stub-toe stars

If this were Facebook I'd be clicking on that Laughing Out Loud icon.
This s the only move in contra where I actually lost a partner.  She was
walking backward and tripped over the person behind her and they both went
down,.

Dale  (who is slightly sorry for diverting this thread.)

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Don Veino via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Privately I call them stub-toe stars & in public I use Wavy Star.
>
> -Don
>
> On Oct 2, 2017 2:03 PM, "Angela DeCarlis via Callers" <
> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Hey y'all!
>>
>> After a lovely weekend of both Contra and English at Youth Dance Weekend,
>> I had an itch for programming some English-inspired choreography at BIDA
>> last night. Since I didn't have a dance with the figures I wanted, I
>> whipped one together on the drive home, tested it in the driveway, and
>> debuted it last night. Success!
>>
>> Now the question, of course, is whether or not someone already wrote it!
>>
>> -===-
>>
>> Amble On East
>> Becket CCW
>>
>> A1: Long Lines Forward & Back
>>       Ladies Chain Across (to Neighbor)
>> A2: Ladies Dosido 1x
>>       Neighbor Swing
>> B1: Give & Take, Gents draw Partner into 1/2 Poussette CCW
>>       With NEXT, Gypsy Star* 3/4 (Ladies backing up)
>> B2: Partner (Long) Swing
>>
>> -===-
>>
>> *Do we have a new name for this figure yet? I called it Gypsy Star in the
>> walkthrough once or twice before realizing I should maybe figure something
>> else out, and the phrase "Special Star" actually escaped my mouth, to the
>> absolute delight of some of the dancers.  During the dance itself, I just
>> called "Star."
>>
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