<html><head></head><body><div>I have that exact dance as To Wedded Bliss by Mark Goodwin (2014). I use that in my Lesson and then, after teaching ladies chain and right & left through, follow that with my dance The Lesson (2009) which is</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">A1 -----------<br>(8) Neighbor Do-si-do<br>(8) Neighbor swing<br>A2 -----------<br>(8) Ladies chain<br>(8) Long lines, forward and back</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">B1 -----------<br>(8) Right & left through<br>(8) Partner promenade across<br>B2 -----------<br>(8) Circle Left 3/4<br>(4) Balance the Ring<br>(4) Pass through</div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>and yes, I know it doesn't have a swing - it's in the lesson and I want to minimize the use of partner swings so that new couples don't get bad habits.</div><div><br></div><div>Michael Barraclough</div><div><a href="http://www.michaelbarraclough.com">www.michaelbarraclough.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span>-- <br></span></div><div><br></div><div>On Mon, 2016-10-17 at 22:45 -0400, Luke Donforth via Callers wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hello all,<br><br></div>I was thinking about what I do at the "welcome to our contra dance" introduction, and what dance would easily move in to that. Noodling around with moves, I thought of a sequence with glossary moves, but I didn't have it in my box. Anyone recognize it?<br><br></div>Improper<br><br>A1 -----------<br>(8) Neighbor Do-si-do<br>(8) Neighbor swing<br>A2 -----------<br>(8) Men allemande Left 1-1/2<br>(8) Partner swing<br>B1 -----------<br>(8) Promenade across the Set<br>(8) Long lines, forward and back<br>B2 -----------<br>(8) Circle Left 3/4<br>(4) Balance the Ring<br>(4) Pass through <br><div><div><div><br></div><div>During the introduction, I often teach the progression with a "ring balance, walk past this neighbor", and I wanted something that included that. There are lots of great accessible dances with that (The Big Easy, Easy Peasy, etc), but I'm not seeing one with a partner promenade (something I also use in the introduction; to go from a big circle to lines of couples for a contra set). <br><br></div><div>If someone already wrote it, I'll happily give them credit. If not, I'll call it "If you can walk, then you can dance" (which I'll note is not an if and only if statement).<br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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