<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459081451579_3620"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459081451579_3619">I am trying to visualize the circle R to star R with new neighbor from the women's place and I have to turn around (or drop from the circle right a bit early to star right with the next neighbor. What am I not seeing correctly or is that true? </span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459081451579_3620"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459081451579_3620"><span>Thanks,</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459081451579_3620"><span>Pat</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Sunday, March 27, 2016 4:22 AM, Amy Wimmer via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">Tom and Erik are quite right about that swing. It lasts FOREVER, which<br clear="none">is a little too long. I took Michael's suggestion and started at A2.<br clear="none">I also took Michael's suggestion of turning the allemande into a<br clear="none">two-eyed turn (an "eye-lemande" as my friend Matthew coined). Thank<br clear="none">you for the suggestions for changing that bit.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Two callers danced it tonight. One (my husband, Tom) thought the flow<br clear="none">was good, but the swing was definitely too long. The other caller said<br clear="none">she really liked that the mad robin wasn't with your partner, which<br clear="none">she said tends to make a dance seem very partner-only-centric,<br clear="none">ignoring the neighbors. She agreed with me that I need to figure out a<br clear="none">better way to teach it. One of the band members noticed the long swing<br clear="none">and said it needs some other element to break it up.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">This particular dance community has lots of beginners and folks who<br clear="none">just don't dance very well. It took them a while to get the circle<br clear="none">right-to star right transition. Tom thought that part was simple. He<br clear="none">noticed that when one is out at the ends one should not cross over,<br clear="none">but should stand "proper."<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I very much appreciate your input, guys. Next time I'll try some more<br clear="none">of your ideas.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-Amy<br clear="none"><div class="yqt8749204921" id="yqtfd88409"><br clear="none">> On Mar 26, 2016, at 5:50 PM, Tom Hinds <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:twhinds@earthlink.net" href="mailto:twhinds@earthlink.net">twhinds@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Nice dance Amy. I really like the sequence of moves.<br clear="none">> I'm trying to imagine this in my head and assume that the allemande right is once around which takes less than 8 beats to do.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Hope you don't mind suggesting a change. I would change the allemande right to once and a half. That would give us:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> B2 neighbor allemande right 1 1/2<br clear="none">> ladies ric. men pass left<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> T<br clear="none">><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Callers mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net" href="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net">Callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net" target="_blank">http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>