Checking in with y'all to share new chore, confirm whether it is
"original," and ask if others have sequences they use for similar intents
and purposes.
Bread
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A1. Ring balance; Ladies Neighbor roll away (with a half sashay) along
Ring balance; Gents Partner rollaway across</td>
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<td class="sched-table">A2.</td>
<td>Neighbor balance and swing
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<td class="sched-table">B1.</td>
<td>Circle L 3 places;
<br/>Partner swing</td>
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<td class="sched-table">B2.</td>
<td>Ring balance; Gents Neighbor rollaway across
<br/>Ring balance and (either pass R or arch/duck) to meet new
neighbors</td>
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(1/2017) Roll away with a half sashay is perhaps the purest distillation of
weight-sharing, yet compared to the more complex chain, conspicuously
absent from much of the choreography used with beginning dancers.
In the interest of teaching only one new move per dance, i sought here to
use the rollaway as a means of drilling weight sharing, building muscle
memory, and reinforcing key hall awareness concepts "along/across" in an
early-evening sequence.
There's a hidden agenda here: Doing a "wowee" figure in the second half
with minimal additional teaching.
<br/><br/>A2 can be articulated as either a ring balance or a two-hand
neighbor balance. For dancers already familiar with the petronella spin,
"Sourdough" variation: B2. Ring balance; Ladies Partner rollaway along;
Ring balance; all spin R 1.5 to meet new neighbors.