1 Nov
2012
1 Nov
'12
1:47 a.m.
On 10/31/2012 6:29 PM, Kalia Kliban wrote:
Hi all
Just wondering about a transition in Nathaniel Jack's "Walk the Plank."
It looks like a nice bouncy dance with good rebound, but there's a
transition from a petronella twirl into a LH star at the end, and in the
absence of a group of guinea pigs here at the house I thought I'd ask if
anyone's tried this and what they think.
Haven't tried it but will give an
uninformed opinion anyway.
This looks like a terrific dance. It resolves the awkwardness of
bend-the-line circle left (which always gives a nasty momentum change to
the person
on the right end of the line) by having a balance the ring next.
Petronella one place into star with the same people should go pretty
smoothly. I'd be inclined to make that a hands-across star and tell
them to
start moving right away rather than wait to catch hands; that would
somewhat reduce the problem of momentary disorientation causing the whole
start to start late, which you really don't want because you need to
finish on time to hit the neighbor balance. If it goes smoothly it
should feel great.
-- Alan
Here are the notes:
Walk the Plank Duple Imp.
A1 4,4 Neighbor balance, Al right 3/4
8 Men Al left 1-1/2
A2 16 Partner Bal + Swing, end facing down
B1 8 Down the hall in lines of 4, turn alone
8 Come back up, bend the line to a circle
B2 8 Balance the ring, spin right one place
8 Star left 1ce around.
Is it comfortable to come from that twirl into catching L hands for a star?
Kalia
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