Nice dance. One very minor point: my understanding is that a Yearn is past two couples.
Toward the first on the left then as you back away you are across from the second couple
along the line. At least the original dance with yearn did that reasoning that as you pass
that first couple you "yearn" to dance with them (but you don't).
I really do like your dance though.
Rich
On Jan 27, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing
<winston(a)slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
(I was thinking about driving minor-key jigs in
English dancing, where there
are only a few that really have a sense of headlong motion, and I ended up
drafting a contra dance to to show what I was talking about. Then I thought
about calling the dance and had to rejigger it a bunch to provide things like a
recovery point, etc. Now it has less obvious novelty than it did, is probably
danceable - but I don't know that it's unique. Anybody recognize the
sequence?)
Thanks!
SOLAR NOON
Becket contra
Alan recommends driving minor-key jigs
- "Sailor's Wife", "Jack's Health/Bolt the Door",
"Female Saylor", etc -
or slinky reels.
Form:BK Figs: YearnL,CL.75,NG,NS,WH4+,PG&S
A1:1-4: LL forward (and usually to the left to a new couple), and back
5-8: CL 3/4 to face neighbors up and down
A2: 1-4: Neighbors gypsy Rsh
5-8: Neighbors swing
B1: 1-8: Hey for four over and back (women pass rsh)
B2: 1-4: Women pass wide right into partner gypsy
4-8: Partner swing on the side, open facing in.
END EFFECTS: Inactive couple wait on the long 2nd diagonal (left side as
you face up or down the set).
-- Alan
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