[Callers] New (?) 4x4 contra

[jim saxe]

Luke,

You wrote:

> I'm especially curious if something similar exists in the square dance repertoire; specifically the figure used in B1


Ron Buchanan's dance "Heymania"

     http://www.quiteapair.us/calling/acdol/dance/acd_210.html

includes interlocking heys similar to the your "all 8 half hey
through", except that his are full heys.  Ron refers to the figure
as a "grand hey".

I've also a similar figure, but with dancers taking hands as the
pass (so that when four meet in the center they form an actual
star), in a square dance chorus that I first learned from Larry
Edelman.  I don't know where Larry learned it or whether he
invented it.  It might be something out of the 1950s.

--Jim

On Apr 3, 2018, at 6:04 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Hello all, 
> 
> I was playing around with a new (?) composition; and since it's a 4x4, it's unlikely I'll get a house-party together to test it any time soon. I'd appreciate feedback on flow (would it work), timing (is it too much?) and how you'd teach it. I'm especially curious if something similar exists in the square dance repertoire; specifically the figure used in B1
> 
> Tamlin's Cross
> Bent 4x4 (i.e. 4x4 formation, but with couples facing into the middle on an X, instead of straight up and down in lines of four)
> 
> A1 
> (4) All 8 go into the middle and shout
> (4) Gents roll partners away on the way out
> (8) Neighbor Do-Si-Do
> A2
> (16) Neighbor Balance and Swing (square the set and face in)
> B1
> (8) Gents left hands across star 1x
> (8) start passing neighbor you swung by right, all 8 half hey through, 
> then turn away from neighbor you swung
> B2
> (16) Partner Balance and Swing
> End the swing facing new couple, having swapped sides with your trail-buddy couple
> 
> For the half hey through, all 8 folks are moving at the same time. At the end of A2, there are couples in head and side position (nobody is with their partner). The heads are heying up and down, while the sides are heying across. When four people of the same role come into the middle, what would normally be a left shoulder pass is (in my mind's eye) half of a left hand star
> 
> I look forward to hearing your thoughts. 
> Thanks
> 
> -- 
> Luke Donforth
> Luke.Donforth at gmail.com
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