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Mark and Robin's Nest</a>
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<td class="danceFormation">Duple Improper</td></tr>
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<td><i>Start with Actives (# 1 couple) in the center of line of 4 facing down the hall.</i></td>
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<td>Down the hall as in the "Gay Gordon" couple dance <i>(3 steps forward turn alone and 3 steps backward)</i><br>
Repeat up the hall to place <i>(3 steps forward turn alone and 3 steps backward.
Note: dancers end facing down the hall)</i></td>
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<td><i>(Bend the line)</i> Circle Left 1x<br>
Do-Si-Do Neighbor</td>
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<td>Actives Gypsy<font size="3"> (or Neighbor Balance)</font> <br>
Neighbor Swing</td>
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<td>Long Lines Fwd and Back<br>
Actives Swing</td>
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<i>To honor the wedding of Mark and Robin Schaffer on Oct 19, 2003, and the home (nest) they created.</i></td></tr></tbody></table>
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Cell: 215-565-6050<br>
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From: Mac Mckeever via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net><br>
To: Tavi Merrill <melodiouswoodchuck@gmail.com>; callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net><br>
Sent: Mon, Jan 16, 2017 5:48 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [Callers] Contras which feature a "Dublin Bay" figure<br>
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<div>One I call frequently is <br>
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<div>Jim's Reel by Steve Snurr</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484539278729_38088">A1 Do Si Di N 1 1/4 ti WL - ladies in center, Rt hand to N</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484539278729_38124"> Bal Line - Trun N by R 1/2 - Gents pull by L</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484539278729_38168">B1 Down hall 4 steps - turn alone - back up 4 steps</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484539278729_38195"> For 4 steps - turn alone back up 4 steps</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484539278729_38218">B2 Cir L 5 places until you can collapse to original WL</div>
<div> Bal (on last 4 beats)</div>
<div>A1 walk for to new N - as dance starts over</div>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 16, 2017 4:20 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Callers] Contras which feature a "Dublin Bay" figure<br>
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Dance genealogy question: The figure first appearing in "Dublin Bay" (aka "We'll Wed and We'll Bed," its title in Playford) morphed in contra into a modified "lines of four down the hall." <br>
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I know a version of it from Sue Rosen's dance "Handsome Young Maids," where dancers facing down take four steps forwards, turn alone, and continue down the hall with four backward steps, then repeat the figure to return up the hall. <br>
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I'm curious how many other contras this figure, or a version of it, appears in. Does anyone know of other dances? And any astute dance historians out there know what the first contra to use this figure is? <br>
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