Thank you for the historic perspective Colin!

I don't call that dance that often myself, it's rather a niche piece :-)

It's an odd-ball enough dance that I use the long-lines version as a point of connection to the whole set. I certainly wouldn't object to a caller using an arm-around variant as couples; but I think taking away the ability for the lines to connect for the diagonal motion would add to the complexity.

On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 2:14 PM, Colin Hume via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:51:14 -0500, Luke Donforth via Callers wrote:
> Thank you for the shout out to Entangled in Monte Carlo :-)

Luke -

I'm not likely to call contras with swing dance moves, but I noticed that in typical Becket fashion yours finishes with a partner
swing. It then starts again with "Long lines yearn forward on the left diagonal, then Gents take new neighbor home and swing".

Surely this is a "Give and take", which works better if you keep your arm round your partner when going forward on the left
diagonal rather than joining hands in long lines. That's how Larry Jennings defined the figure, though many callers don't seem to
know that.

Colin Hume

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