First of all, do you know the name of this dance? That's what the original Q was. I researched the R Cromartie dances I could find, and this is none of them.

And I've now figured out the bad wording in A2 and understand the dance.

A2 Down the hall; W2 Dixie twirls the two M, while W1 lets go and turns alone; come back up

"Lady twists around" is not a clear direction.

Keith

On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Dave Casserly <david.j.casserly@gmail.com> wrote:

Ahh, I see: it's the A1/A2 where there's confusion.  It's the second lady who does the right hand high, left hand low.  So, after that move, she is facing up the set, with her neighbor in her left hand, and her partner in her right hand.  The first lady is on the left end of the set, facing up.  So the balance and swing is on the side of the set, not in the middle.  The gents do NOT stay in the same place after the down the hall; they switch places with each other when coming up.

On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Keith Tuxhorn <keithlmt@gmail.com> wrote:

A1/A2... I'm on the outside, holding my N's R hand... With the Dixie twirl, I'm still in that spot. When we bend the line, my P and I are above the 2s, in reversed position.

B1: All are swinging in the center of the set. When the swing finishes, all are back to IMP position where they started.

B2: With one petronella, I move to the side with my P. When I CA twirl, I'm turning with a N to progress.

In B1, if the M cross to their P and swing, then you progress the wrong way. Is the instruction left out in B1 "W cross to P"... ?

Keith

On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Dave Casserly <david.j.casserly@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Keith,

The dance works fine-- I'm not sure where the confusion is.  Partner swing is on the side of the set, so one petronella means you're facing up and down the set, next to your partner.  A CA twirl then makes you progress.  1s and 2s are indeed across from each other when they swing, which is almost always true when you swing your partner, and when 1s and 2s are across from each other, you're on the same side of the set with your partner.

In other words:

"1s and 2s are across from each other to swing, and when they finish."  Yes.

"A petronella would put your partner on the same side . . ." No.

-Dave

On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Keith Tuxhorn via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

This dance doesn't work the way I read it. 1s and 2s are across from each other to swing, and when they finish. A petronella would put your partner on the same side; a CA twirl would then send you and your P in opposite directions.

Keith Tuxhorn

Austin TX

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