On 2018-04-21 10:05 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers wrote:
Are there dances that use star just half way -> with next, opposite hand
star 1/2 way?
Yup. Restricting to duple minors, there's:
(longways:)
"Complexity and Confusion" by Lynn Douglas
Zesty Contras, p41
"Contraindicated" by Keith Wood
http://keith-wood.name/mydances.html#Contraindicated
"Elegance and Simplicity" by trad
Zesty Contras, #207
"A Fuerst Second Third Time's the Charm" by Michael Fuerst
(second star is actually 3/4)
http://aptsg.org/Dance/dances.html#Fuerst
"Last of the Hitchikers" by Geoff Cubitt
http://www.geoffcubitt.com/dances.htm#hitch
"Move Old Birgit" by Kjeld Rasmussen
http://www.grandsquare.dk/alle/index.php?menu=5&id=2036
"Pleasantly Surprised" by David Smukler
http://davidsmukler.syracusecountrydancers.org/dances-i-have-created/#surpr…
"The Wingman" by Don Armstrong
New Century Collection, p44
(sicilian:)
"Five O'Clock Circle" by Margot Gunzenhauser
Square & Fair, p50
"Grand Star Circle" by Rod Linnell
Square Dances from a Yankee Caller's Clipboard, p 46
Zesty Contras, #828
New Century Collection p12
"The Grand Star of Sicily" by Inga Morton
Square Dance Century, p38
"A Grand Starry Night" by Ron Coxall
"Hurry Old Birgit" by Kjeld Rasmussen
http://www.grandsquare.dk/alle/index.php?menu=5&id=2136
"Star Circle" by Bruce Merritt
Swing the Next, p172
"Westwind Waltz" by Don Armstrong
Dance Workbook, p72
-Michael