[Callers] Re: Most difficult contras

On Mon, 25 Sep 2023 19:47:08 -0400, Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers wrote: I've looked at the instructions given at https://lists.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers-sharedweight.net/2017-Marc… and https://contradb.com/dances/715 but they seem contradictory and I can't get it to work. Here's how I tried to work out the dance - somebody who knows it please correct me! All proper. A1: Balance the ring and Petronella twice. All progressed and improper. A2: Ones right-hand balance and box the gnat - now proper below twos which is where you expect to be for contra corners. Ones turn partner right, first corner left, partner right, meet second corner - DON'T touch! B1: Ones pass second corner left shoulder: almost a complete hey on that diagonal, until the ends are home and the ones meet for the second time. B2: Ones balance and swing, then face down. The ones are proper; the twos are still improper. OK, that works. But the second time the twos are in charge. A1: Balance and Petronella twice. Now progressed, twos proper, ones improper. A2: Twos balance and box the gnat - all now improper with twos above ones. Twos turn partner right, first corner left, partner right, face second corner. The Shared Weight version says "Note: All heys on the same diagonal (up/stage left to down/stage right)" but since this turn starts improper the second corners are actually on the other diagonal. B1: The Shared weight version says "hey"; the contradb version says "half a hey". It must surely be a full hey to get people back to their partners - but the ones are still improper. B2: Twos balance and swing. The Shared weight version says "*B2 *1s (2s) B&S 1s face down, 2s face up"; the contradb version says "twos swing, end facing down ?". But either way the ones are still improper. Colin Hume