20 Aug
2013
20 Aug
'13
9:26 p.m.
On Aug 20, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Neal Schlein asked about:
Unknown ???
(Pinewoods, 2000)
A1:Partner balance and box the gnat, right and left thru** (Not with
neighbor)(????)
A2: Courtesy turn to long waves and balance, allemande right
B1: Opposite Swing, circle 3/4
B2: Ladies chain; long lines forward and back
(***This is how the dance is written in my notes. However, as far
as I can tell, it doesn't work in Beckett or Duple improper.
Looking at it, I think it must be right and left thru with new
neighbor and allemande right outside of the minor set with prior
neighbor, but then the dance doesn't progress without at least one
more change. Making B2 a partner swing and ladies chain does work.)
Chris Page correctly identified the dance as "No See Ums" by
Beth Molaro, but Neal's version is somewhat garbled. I see that
Chris Page and Michael Dyck have both taken a shot at ungarbling it.
Here's mine.
First, here's a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JibA8BLUSzk
(Does anyone know of a longer video or a published description of the
dance?)
The dance improper and starts with partners doing a balance and
box-the-gnat across the set. This leaves them facing partner with
right hands joined and side-by-side with neighbors, exactly where
they need to be to start a Right And Left Through across the set.
After the right and left through, they do a move that's a modified
version of "roll away with a half sashay", women ending to the left
of their neighbors, but facing out of the set and retaining a
left-hand-in-left hold with their neighbors (the same hands they
were holding during the courtesy turn in the right and left through).
All this fits into the A1.
The middle part of the dance is then
A2. Balance in long waves (W facing out, M facing in, all holding
L hand with current N and R hand with previous N) (4)
Almd R prev N (4-6)
Swing current N (6-8)
B1. Cir L 3/4
Swing partner
At the end of B2, the #1 couple will be below the #2 couple, and in
the next round of the dance, the dancers will be in position to dance
the Right and Left Through courtesy turning new neighbors.
--Jim