Re: [Callers] Old Dance in Need of a Name and Repair

Hi All, I have a dance which I remember dancing in Montpelier Vermont with Charles Woodard, probably in the 1980’s. It is below. It is a duple proper dance. (A1) Actives Balance and allemande right 1 ½ (A2) Ladies Chain over and back (B1) Left Hand Star Above, Right Hand Star Below (B2) Actives Swing, end facing up and cast off. I do not have a name for this dance. There does not seem to be enough to do in A1, so I’ve changed it to Actives Balance and Do-si-do and allemande right 1 ½. But the biggest problem is with the ladies chain. My wife tells me that she has never started a ladies chain from the left side of the gent, which is what happens here. I thought that this was a common way to set up a ladies chain when starting from a duple formation, but I cannot find any where the woman does start from the gents left. I have written a fix that eliminates the ladies chain altogether, but I was wondering if anyone is familiar with this dance. Do I have part of it wrong? What might your fix be, or do you have any other dances that are fairly easy that have a star with old neighbors flowing into a star with new neighbors (since this is the part I like best). If it was also without a hey that might be ideal. Got too many heys programmed into the evening already I suspect. Thanks, Rickey Holt. _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers