Re: [Callers] [trad-dance-callers] Karen/50 dances

Seth wrote: Not sure what the modern-urban-contra world would think about this, but I've had good luck at a ceilidh dance with it. FIFTY-FIFTY WALTZ (From "Step Lively 2" by Marian Rose; her own composition.) Circle of couples facing into the center; hands joined. 32-bar waltzes. A1: Balance forward and back; women move one place to the right. (Women step into the circle to face the man on her right - NOT PARTNER - then take his right hand in her left and back up into the next spot.) (Yes, it's a roll away.) Repeat a total of four times. "Your partner is now distressingly far away." A2: Same deal, except that the men roll away to the right. Repeat four times; you should be back to your partner. B1: Face partner, join right hands with arms extended elegantly, and using four waltz steps walk around each other in a clockwise direction. (Eg, right hand turn.) Left hand turn. B2: Face partner, join both hands and chassez two steps into the center and two steps out. Step toward partner, extending arms to the outside; step away. Open out facing into the center. [Note - no progression, no travel, no partner change.] [Easily modified into a mixer by doing a twirl to swap at the end of B2.] -- =============================================================================== Alan Winston --- WINSTON(a)SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL Phone: 650/926-3056 Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025 ===============================================================================