Re: [Callers] Favorite mixers?

I have one with some similarities: Moving Along (by Ray Dawson) Circle Mixer Start in big circle A1: Into the middle and back, twice A2: Partner Allemande Right and pass on Next person Allemande Left and pass on B1: Next person Two Hand Turn and pass on Next person Dosido and pass on B2: Next person (Balance & )Swing I think there are a lot of similar dances used by different callers as easy starters. The move where you Allemande Right 1 & 1/2 then Left with the next, repeat until you meet your partner or you get home, is used in Appalachian Squares and is called a Lock Chain Swing (allemandes usually done as elbow turns) (see http://round.soc.srcf.net/dances/krs/guts for one reference) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Mike's Note: It's a reordering of one I learned from the English caller John Turner when he was over here in the mid-90's. (As he presented it, the promenade was the end of the sequence.) A1 Partner balance and swing A2 Promenade B1 Ladies to the center and back (clap on count 4); gents the same, end facing your partner around the ring (i.e., gents face CCW, ladies CW) B2 Allemande Right partner (=#1) once and a half, Allemande Left the next (=#2) once and a half to face the next (=#3, your new partner) I always think of this as "John Turner's Mixer," but I wrote him some years back to see if he had title and author information on it. He calls it "Grand Chain Allemande" but couldn't remember where/when he had collected it or who might have composed it. I wonder if John Sweeney or any other English dance leaders who read [Callers] might know something about it. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Happy dancing, John John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent