John Sweeney wrote (back in June):
Hi Linda,
Re your Box ‘n’ Swat: I have a somewhat similar dance in my files:
Circle Mixers Are Fun (by Tony Parkes)
A1) Into the Middle & Back x 2
A2) Partner Right Hand: Balance & Box the Gnat; Partner Dosido
B1) Partner Left Hand: Balance & Swat the Flea; Partner Seesaw (Left Shoulder
Dosido) 1 & 1/2 to meet your New Partner
B2) New Partner Balance (OR Gypsy) & Swing
Note that your sequence of Swat the Flea into Dosido involves passing by the right
when you are holding left hands. Tony’s sequences above allow much easier flow and
connection as you can pull past with the connected hand.
And Linda Mrosko wrote:
…thanks for sharing Tony’s dance. I don’t remember
ever seeing it before.
The right name of that sequence is “May Day Mixer”; I wrote it in April 1990, presumably
for a May Day event. It appears in my collection _Son of Shadrack and other dances_,
available at
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Tony Parkes
Billerica, Mass.
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