Hi all,
Thanks for satisfying my curiosity by sending your thoughts along (including original
compositions!)
As background: I've been thinking off and on lately about how many contemporary
compositions feature figures from certain chestnuts (including contra corners as in Chorus
Jig or Sackett's Harbor, Petronella spin&bal or bal&spin, wavy lines across as
in Hull's Victory, long waves at the sides with allemandes as in Lamplighter's
Hornpipe, and Rory O'More wave balances and slides/spins.) As I pondered, it occurred
to me that I didn't know any dances that follow the Rory O'More pattern (w both
contra corners and rom bals) so I did a bit of poking around before bringing my curiosity
to the "collective caller mind" here on SW.
w/appreciation,
Chrissy Fowler
(Belfast, ME)