There's an English Country Dance, Mary K (for Mary Kay Friday), with a figure called Petit Fours, which is a two-couple version of grand square.

Maybe someone could devise another contra where two sets intersect each other in the middle, and with the four couples they do a grand square instead of the Petit Fours that the normal minor sets are doing.

On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Linda Leslie via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
An FYI…..Jacob also calls this dance “Fox Hollow Fancy”.  In the RPDLW syllabus from 2005….Jacob states that both titles are valid.  
Linda


On Jun 30, 2016, at 6:13 PM, Bob Isaacs via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

Hi Luke:
 
You may be thinking of:
 
Grand Square Contra        Jacob Bloom      4 x 4
 
A1.      8          Lines forward and back
            8          Corner swing – form square

A2.      16        Sides face grand square

B1.      16        Reverse grand square

B2.      4,4       Heads pass through, sides pass through
            8          Partner swing
 
I don't see how you can have a grand square in a contra without it being a 4 x 4.  But if you come up with a way, let us know - 
 
Bob
 

 

 
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 17:05:45 -0400
To: callers@lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: [Callers] Grand Square in a contra?
From: callers@lists.sharedweight.net

Hi Folks,

Several years ago (2013?) while at the fabulous DEFFA festival in Maine, I danced a contra that had a grand square. I think it was on the diagonal.

But that's about all I remember about it. 

Anyone know the dance? Or can give me more of a lead like the caller or such?

I don't think it was a 4x4. I'm not sure if it had the full 16 beats one way, then reverse and 16 beats the other way; because that'd be half the dance...

Now that I'm thinking about it, as a 4x4 with a full grand square and still following somewhat typical 4x4 conventions:

A1
Lines of 4 go forward and back
Corner Swing
A2
Grand Square: Heads start forward, sides split
B1
Reverse: sides start forward, heads split
B2
  • Option 1: Heads pass straight through, sides pass straight through; find partner
  • Option 2: Pass new corner right, next left; find partner
  • Option 3: Gents left hand star promenade with corner, ladies go ~1/2, turn back to partner
partner swing, face line of direction

I'm now really confident it wasn't a 4x4 contra, but I still don't remember what it was. Any help would be appreciated. 

If I can't find it I may try it as a 4x4, but it seems like you'd be further ahead with a simple square to have a little more variety than just grand square and two swings...

Thanks.

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