The dance I was alluding to in the other thread was Lisa Greenleaf's "Secret Weapon" which, like a couple of my own compositions, uses a roll to accomplish a ladies swap across a diagonal after a Ring Balance. If the gents Half Sashay, they end up on the wrong side of the set for the next moves. Yes, you could simply substitute a disconnected "Ladies Swap and face back in" here but you'd lose some good stuff:
- the ability for the partner to assist (two minds to remember the move, improved timing/timeliness)
- fun connected dancing via good weight.