Back in 1994, Ted Sannella used a very similar version of this 5 couple
square at Mainewoods Dance camp. The A parts differed slightly but the
progression in the B part is the same. Ted told us he picked up the dance
in Denmark from a Danish caller, Inga Morton. Ted simply called it "A
Danish Dance" and had 2 versions of it. It provides a great change of
pace used occasionally.<br />
John McIntire, Unity ME<br />
<br />
On Mon, December 4, 2017 4:13 pm, Linda S. Mrosko via Callers wrote:<br />
&gt; Correction:<br />
&gt; M1 faces 4 on his right and W1 faces the 4 on her left should read
M1<br />
&gt; faces<br />
&gt; 4 on his &quot;Left&quot; and W1 faces the 4 on her
&quot;Right&quot;<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 11:45 AM, Linda S. Mrosko
&lt;elmerosko@gmail.com&gt;<br />
&gt; wrote:<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt;&gt; I had forgotten about this square. It looked so familiar. Years
and<br />
&gt;&gt; years ago, Kathy Anderson called this square at a dance event
I<br />
&gt;&gt; attended.<br />
&gt;&gt; My notes show it as &quot;English Dance for Five Couples.&quot; I
loved this<br />
&gt;&gt; dance!<br />
&gt;&gt;<br />
&gt;&gt; Forgive my note-taking from so long ago:<br />
&gt;&gt;<br />
&gt;&gt; *The Formation*:<br />
&gt;&gt; Middle couple is C1 and they face the music.<br />
&gt;&gt; Outside couples shift left 1/8 so they are diagonal to the
music.<br />
&gt;&gt; C1 stands back to back -- M1 faces 4 on his right and W1 faces
the 4 on<br />
&gt;&gt; her left.<br />
&gt;&gt;<br />
&gt;&gt; *The Dance*:<br />
&gt;&gt; C1 circles left with the 4 they face (2 separate circles)<br />
&gt;&gt; Within the same groups, just the 3 gents Star Right (M1 with the
2 gents<br />
&gt;&gt; he circled with) while the 3 women Star Right (W1 with the 2
ladies she<br />
&gt;&gt; circled with)<br />
&gt;&gt;<br />
&gt;&gt; C1 meet and change groups (M1 dances w/the 4 people W1 danced
with and<br />
&gt;&gt; W1<br />
&gt;&gt; dances with the 4 people M1 danced with); repeat circles and
stars<br />
&gt;&gt; C1 meet again and face any couple they chose (let&#39;s call the
new couple<br />
&gt;&gt; C2<br />
&gt;&gt; for clarity) to do the half R&amp;L thru with, using a
&quot;power turn&quot; to end<br />
&gt;&gt; facing the next couple to the right of the orig C1 (call them
C3)<br />
&gt;&gt; C3 does a half R&amp;L thru with C4<br />
&gt;&gt; C4 does a half R&amp;L thru with C5 who becomes the new middle
couple<br />
&gt;&gt;<br />
&gt;&gt; On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Yaron Shragai via Callers
&lt;<br />
&gt;&gt; callers@lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote:<br />
&gt;&gt;<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; Hi,<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; I picked up this dance at Flurry &#39;17. Iirc, the caller (I
think it was<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; Bob Isaacs, not sure, it was near the end of the festival,
it&#39;s all<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; kinda<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; fuzzy...) said he picked it up at another festival and
didn&#39;t know the<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; name<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; of it. He named the caller that he got it from - but I
don&#39;t remember<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; the<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; name...<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; Formation: square with a cpl in the middle (i.e. 5 cpls)<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; A:<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; Middle cpl 1/2 R&amp;L with cpl #1, which becomes new middle
cpl<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; That cpl uses momentum from courtesy turn to turn twd cpl #2,
1/2 R&amp;L<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; with that cpl<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; Cpl #2 becomes middle, 1/2 R&amp;L with cpl #3<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; Cpl #3 becomes middle, 1/2 R&amp;L with cpl #4<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; Cpl #4 becomes middle [turns to face current #1, which is
orig middle]<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; B:<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; Couples currently along up/dn axis (heads+middle) turn back
on ptnr,<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; now<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; all can form 2 rings of 5, circle L/R;<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; Ptnr swing (some ppl may have to spin around to find Ptnr)<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; Thanks!<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt; Yaron Shragai<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br />
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