<div dir="ltr">There's an English Country Dance, Mary K (for Mary Kay Friday), with a figure called Petit Fours, which is a two-couple version of grand square.<div><br></div><div>Maybe someone could devise another contra where two sets intersect each other in the middle, and with the four couples they do a grand square instead of the Petit Fours that the normal minor sets are doing.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Linda Leslie via Callers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">An FYI…..Jacob also calls this dance “Fox Hollow Fancy”. In the RPDLW syllabus from 2005….Jacob states that both titles are valid. <div>Linda</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br></div><div><br><div><div><div>On Jun 30, 2016, at 6:13 PM, Bob Isaacs via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div dir="ltr">Hi Luke:<br> <br>You may be thinking of:<br> <br>Grand Square Contra Jacob Bloom 4 x 4<br> <br><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">A1.<span> <span> </span></span>8<span> <span> </span></span>Lines forward and back<u></u><u></u></font><br><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span> <span> </span></span>8<span> <span> </span></span>Corner swing – form square<u></u><u></u></font><br><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"></font><br><div style="padding:0px"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">A2.<span> <span> </span></span>16<span> <span> </span></span>Sides face grand square<u></u><u></u></font></div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"></font><br><div style="padding:0px"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">B1.<span> <span> </span></span>16<span> <span> </span></span>Reverse grand square<u></u><u></u></font></div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"></font><br><div style="padding:0px"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">B2.<span> <span> </span></span>4,4<span> <span> </span></span>Heads pass through, sides pass through<u></u><u></u></font></div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span> <span> </span></span>8<span> <span> </span></span>Partner swing</font><br><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"></font> <br><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">I don't see how you can have a grand square in a contra without it being a 4 x 4. But if you come up with a way, let us know -<span> </span></font><br> <br>Bob<br> <br><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"></font><br><div style="padding:0px"><u></u><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"> </font><u></u></div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br> </font><br><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><hr></font>Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 17:05:45 -0400<br>To:<span> </span><a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a><br>Subject: [Callers] Grand Square in a contra?<br>From:<span> </span><a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hi Folks,<br><br></div>Several years ago (2013?) while at the fabulous DEFFA festival in Maine, I danced a contra that had a grand square. I think it was on the diagonal.<br><br></div>But that's about all I remember about it.<span> </span><br><br></div>Anyone know the dance? Or can give me more of a lead like the caller or such?<br><br>I don't think it was a 4x4. I'm not sure if it had the full 16 beats one way, then reverse and 16 beats the other way; because that'd be half the dance...<br><br></div><div>Now that I'm thinking about it, as a 4x4 with a full grand square and still following somewhat typical 4x4 conventions:<br><br></div><div>A1<br></div><div>Lines of 4 go forward and back<br></div><div>Corner Swing<br></div><div>A2<br></div><div>Grand Square: Heads start forward, sides split<br></div><div>B1<br></div><div>Reverse: sides start forward, heads split<br></div><div>B2<br></div><div><ul><li>Option 1: Heads pass straight through, sides pass straight through; find partner</li><li>Option 2: Pass new corner right, next left; find partner</li><li>Option 3: Gents left hand star promenade with corner, ladies go ~1/2, turn back to partner<br></li></ul></div><div>partner swing, face line of direction<br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm now really confident it wasn't a 4x4 contra, but I still don't remember what it was. Any help would be appreciated.<span> </span><br><br></div><div>If I can't find it I may try it as a 4x4, but it seems like you'd be further ahead with a simple square to have a little more variety than just grand square and two swings...<br></div><div><br></div>Thanks.<br clear="all"><div><br>--<span> </span><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Luke Donforth<br><a href="mailto:Luke.Donev@gmail.com" target="_blank">Luke.Donforth@gmail.com</a><br></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________ Callers mailing list<span> </span><a href="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">Callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a><a href="http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net" target="_blank">http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net</a></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Callers mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">Callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net" target="_blank">http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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