So, Eric, in your alternating version of "Chorus Jig", what
happens after the #1 couples swing? Do they fall back to
proper sides (M1 to caller's R; W1 to caller's L) and the 2s
cast up the hall from a standing start? And then after the
2s have their partner swing, do they also fall back proper
(M2 to caller's R, W2 to caller's L? If dancers are indeed
proper (men to caller's R, women to callers L) in A1 and A2,
regardless of whether 1s or 2s are busy, then, as I figure
it, dancers alternately experience cw and ccw rotation during
the assisted cast off (by contrast with the ordinary "Chorus
Jig" where it's always ccw for men and cw for women) and it
will be M2 rather than W2 who needs to free his right arm
from around his same-sex neighbor's back in order to start
contra corners. Do I have this right, or am I missing
something?
--Jim
On Jul 23, 2014, at 7:21 AM, Eric Black via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
wrote:
I’ve done an alternating contra corners of Chorus Jig
since shortly after Jim Kitch started the trend. Hadn’t thought about whether it would
work for any contra corners dance.
Eric Black
eric(a)mirador.com
http://eric-black.com
On Jul 23, 2014, at 12:37 AM, Erik Hoffman via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Kiran Wagle once pointed out that, after a post
DC dance discussion, some people discovered that any contra corners dance could be turned
into an alternating corners dance. Having considered this on most, if not all, of the
contra corners dances I know, I don't feel right about calling an old contra corners
dance by a new name just because I called it in the alternating style. With that in mind:
Thanks for telling me the name of the dance! I'm sure I the Hillsboro Jig in my
collection.
Cheers,
~erik hoffman
oakland, ca
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