<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Here is the dance, with notes, as listed on Michael Dyck’s comprehensive web site:<div><a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/index/">http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/index/</a><br><div>As Paul Wilde pointed out, the dance is Becket formation. I have never tried calling it.</div><div>Linda</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><pre><b>Allen Ortep's First Contra</b> <a href="http://aptsg.org/Dance/dances.html#TOP" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">Top</a>
Becket Counter Clockwise Intermediate-Advanced
Michael Fuerst February 1998
A1 Star left
Right and left through on right diagonal
A2 Long lines forward, on the way back, partners roll away with a 1/2 sashe
Circle right 3/4, pass through along set by left shoulder
to meet couple passed during the right and left of A1
B1 Balance and swing this neighbor.
B2 Allen Ortep turn (balance in a circle, then move as an individual
to the left one place in the circle while twirling counterclockwise)
Partners swing.
Alternatives for B2 are
Men allemande left 1 1/2, partners swing, or
Star left 3/4, men turn back, partners swing
Those unfamiliar with the famous dance composer Allen Ortep,
should spell his name backwards
</pre><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div>On Jun 18, 2017, at 10:33 PM, Mark Hillegonds via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>Allen Ortep's First Contra was shared with this group in November, 2012. Just wondering if anyone has successfully called this dance. I ask because I've tried a few times with some adventurous and skilled dancers and have never gotten it to work. So I'm wondering if I have the instructions right.</div><div><br></div><div>I tried searching the SharedWeight archives and am not getting any results. (In fact, I get no results even if I search for Contra. So now I'm feeling very technologically challenged!)</div><div><br></div><div>Below are the instructions as I copied then and then double-checked <a href="http://them.at/">them.at</a> the time.</div><div><br></div><div>Does anyone see any mistakes or have any other thoughts? Thanks.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Allen Ortep’s First Contra</div><div>by Michael Fuerst</div><div>Contra/Improper/Int-Adv</div><div><br></div><div>A1 -----------</div><div>(8) LH star</div><div>(8) R diag R & L thru</div><div>A2 -----------</div><div>(4,4) LL F & B, On way back, Gents roll Partner R to L</div><div>(6,2) Circle R 3/4, Pass thru (along)</div><div>B1 -----------</div><div>(16) New Neighbor B & S</div><div>B2 -----------</div><div>(4,4) Rings balance, Spin to L</div><div>(8) Partner swing</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b>Mark Hillegonds</b><br><br>Cell: 734-756-8441<br>Email: <a href="mailto:mark.hillegonds@gmail.com" target="_blank">mark.hillegonds@gmail.com</a><br></div></div>
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