5 Dec
2017
5 Dec
'17
8:21 p.m.
On 2017-12-04 12:45 PM, Linda S. Mrosko via Callers wrote:
I had forgotten about this square. It looked so
familiar. Years and years
ago, Kathy Anderson called this square at a dance event I attended. My
notes show it as "English Dance for Five Couples." I loved this dance!
Forgive my note-taking from so long ago:
_The Formation_:
Middle couple is C1 and they face the music.
Outside couples shift left 1/8 so they are diagonal to the music.
C1 stands back to back -- M1 faces 4 on his right and W1 faces the 4 on her
left.
Inga Morton, in her 1994 book "Square Dance Century", presents 7 dances in
this formation, named "Throw a Fiver, Nos. 1 - 7". They all have the same B
part, in which the 4 'right and left through' figures end with a new couple
in the center position.
_The Dance_:
C1 circles left with the 4 they face (2 separate circles)
Within the same groups, just the 3 gents Star Right (M1 with the 2 gents he
circled with) while the 3 women Star Right (W1 with the 2 ladies she circled
with)
C1 meet and change groups (M1 dances w/the 4 people W1 danced with and W1
dances with the 4 people M1 danced with); repeat circles and stars
[followed by R+L throughs to progress]
This is similar to "Throw a Fiver, No. 4".
On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Yaron Shragai via
Callers
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wrote:
Formation: square with a cpl in the middle (i.e. 5 cpls)
A: [R+L throughs to progress]
B:
Couples currently along up/dn axis (heads+middle) turn back on ptnr, now
all can form 2 rings of 5, circle L/R;
Ptnr swing (some ppl may have to spin around to find Ptnr)
That is similar to "Throw a Fiver, No. 1".
-Michael