28 Nov
2007
28 Nov
'07
4:50 p.m.
On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 09:48:15AM -0500, Jack Mitchell wrote:
A1 N DsD 1 1/4 to short waves (8)
Balance Wave (4)
N All R 1/2 (2)
Men Pull by L (2)
A2 P RH Bal (4)
1/2 Hey (8)
P Rh Bal (4)
1/2 hey (8)
B1 P Sw (8)
R & L Thru
B2 ????
I think part of why you're finding the phrasing confusing is that the
dance as you have it is a little confused, with 24 bars in the A2.
Normally 'take all the credit (and none of the blame)' would be
notated something like:
A1 (8) Neighbors dosido 1.25 to wave of 4
(4) Balance wave
(4) Neighbor aleman R 1/2, gents pass left (or pull by)
A2 (4) Partner balance
(8) Half hey (PR, LL, NR, GL)
(4) Partner balance
B1 (8) Half hey (PR, LL, NR, GL)
(8) Partner swing
B2 (8) Right and left through
(8) Ladies chain
The hey in the A2 doesn't cross a phrase boundry but might feel
awkward if the A part had strong 8 beat sub phrases. The A2 and B1
work closely together so a tune that majorly changed feels between the
A and B parts also wouldn't be great. But I think most common contra
tunes would not be confusing for this dance.
Jeff
Philly PA, Boston MA