Hi,

Thanks for the replies, I'll address the points in-line below.

-Don

On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 8:09 AM, Luke Donforth <luke.donev@gmail.com> wrote:
The sense I have of the A2 bit is that you've combined a mad robin with a hey, right?  I'd start with that as the description. It's just a hey passing the one you swung by right shoulder, but you're facing your partner in the other line of four as you go.

A Hey obviously works, but I originally envisioned something more wide like a Mad Robin (fewer, bigger loops) so the combination was meant to be more like if a Figure 8 and a Mad Robin had a love child. Each dancer was to follow the path of their own personal full Figure 8 from their differing starting positions.

And if it's not a hey, but in fact something a little different then a hey in terms of the switches, then I'd try to see if it would work as a mad robin hey...

I got a chance to try out just the critical bits on the sideline with some very experienced dancers this evening. The Fig-8 style sequence works as envisioned, but it is pretty much impossible to teach - as it violates firmly ingrained dancer expectations. It took an excessive amount of time before they'd do it as instructed, they **want** it to be a Hey and kept accidentally twiddling it to be so. I understand why - it was the reason I'd originally put this aside.

Despite my own discomfort with the additional crosses of a Hey with that facing, they liked it being done while facing Partners up/down (we only had a single line/4 to try it so could only simulate with ghosts). I accept that going with the Hey is the best way to go, and leaving it to a styling option if folks want to do it facing Partners MR-like (it will work fine if some folks do and others don't).


But then, I'm not actually sure what you mean by weave the ring in B1; so possibly I should get some more sleep after my own gigs.

Standard Weave the Ring 1/2x around the group of 8, starting by passing Partner right. The Circles of 4 @3/4x after the A2 effectively puts everyone on the corner of the minor set/8 with their Partner such that it should be easy to pull into the Weave and end with P on the opposite diagonal.


On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 3:01 PM Bob Green via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Well Don, you know you shouldn't be smoking that stuff....... )))

Not that I would ever go there, but Massachusetts is taking its sweet time post-legalization. :-)
 

Sugar Hill is next weekend. We should be able to wrangle up enough dancers to give this a decent walk-thru. This looks like a great dance to tryout at 4:00 in the morning. :::wink:::

Would love to hear about it if you do give it a go.
 
If I have this right you are weaving the line, but faced like you are a crab.

Hopefully the additional commentary above clarifies. The A2 now becomes simply a Full Hey for 4 in the parallel lines/4, starting with a pass the Opposite (you swung) outside by right (lefts in center). Facing up/down at your Partner Mad-Robin-style while doing the parallel moves is a styling option (one I'd love to try).


This is one of those I think a demo set would be the most expedient teach the A2.  Get 8 dancers walked through it before the dance starts or at the break.

Thanks for the advice. Even with the change to a more typical Hey, the styling demonstration would likely still be helpful.
 
If I have this right you are weaving the line of 4 facing up & down the hall, faced like you are a crab.

See above. 

Looks like it might be fun!

Bob Green


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