[Callers] New dance composition, star to next neighbor hey

Luke Donforth luke.donev at gmail.com
Tue Jun 26 09:36:29 PDT 2018


Jeff, that's an intricate one! I don't know that I'd run that one outside
of a challenge session.

Fun to see what you can put together when there doesn't have to be a
partner & neighbor swing ;-)

On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 6:03 PM, Jeffrey Spero via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Here’s one I wrote in back in 1993 (I was ahead of my time?)
>
> Harvesting the Hey
> Becket
>
> A1 Left diagonal, right and left thru
>    Straight across, right and left thru
> A2 Star left once around
>    With the NEXT (shadow - leave partners), star right once around
> B1 With the previous (the same four as the left hand star), Hey for four
> (ladies pass right in the center)
> B2 Partners balance and swing
>
> Jeffrey Spero
>
>
> On Jun 25, 2018, at 1:35 PM, Don Veino via Callers <
> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> Here's one I'm familiar with off the top of my head featuring that
> transition (called it at NEFFA this year):
>
> *Belmont Romp - Becket - Dan Pearl (var DonV)*
> A1 Circle Left 3/4x, Neighbor Swing
> A2 Long Lines Fwd/Back (note next N)
> Star Left 1x to Gents face out, Ladies in
> B1 NEXT Ns Full Hey (Ladies pass LEFT in center)
> B2 Ladies Cross, Partner Swing
>
> Dan's original is "modified DI" starting with the hey and has a Circle
> Left in place of the Long Lines. Page 94 of Give and Take.
>
> -Don
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 4:03 PM Luke Donforth via Callers <
> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I ran this at a monthly dance, and it was well received; so I figured I'd
>> share it around. To my knowledge it's new. Please correct me if you know of
>> a prior.
>>
>> The interesting/odd bit is the transition from B2 to A1, where the ladies
>> role comes out of a left hand star with old neighbors to start a hey by the
>> left shoulder in the middle with new neighbors. It flows well, but is
>> unexpected.
>>
>> *Hubert Humphrey Deserves More Than Just a Song By Tom Lehrer*
>> by Luke Donforth
>> Improper, duple minor contra
>> A1
>> Ladies start full hey by the left
>> A2
>> Neighbor gyre and swing
>> B1
>> Circle Left 3/4
>> Partner Swing
>> B2
>> Ladies chain across
>> Left Hand Star 1x
>>
>> As for the title, well, I was on a presidents and folk music kick.
>> Writing titles is harder than writing dances...
>>
>> Enjoy.
>>
>> --
>> Luke Donforth
>> Luke.Donforth at gmail.com <Luke.Donev at gmail.com>
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