[Callers] contra in a cross

Sounds like more than one person has come up with a great idea independently. I always thought that it was Nick Hawes who first wrote a dance with intersecting contras with a square (or squares) at the intersection(s). I had a phone conversation with him probably in the early 90s. His memory of what he had called (at Ashoken I think) was: A circle left 4 steps, balance, California twirl, pass through B allemande left corner (neighbor) and swing partner. C ladies chain over and back He couldn't remember the other 16 beat phrase and told me to just pad out the rest to come up with 64 beats. I called the above to a crooked tune and the ever creative Becky Hill took the choreography and added do-si-dos with neigbor and partners to pad it out. If any one is in contact with Nick it would be interesting to get more information. Tom