30 Jun
2011
30 Jun
'11
3:36 p.m.
How does this feel on the floor? Have you diagrammed this on a grid?
It seems to me that you'd have spacing trouble since the beginning of
the dance is a 4x4, but the orientation at the end of A1 is
essentially a contra dance.
This is partially solved by all the give & takes, since you have to
walk forward and back, but I would be somewhat worried by people being
far apart right before the Petronella. Perhaps yet another Give &
Take would work here?
Now that I think about it some more though, it seems like swing
followed by down the hall would have similar problems, but it always
seems to be fine, so maybe the grid differences are close enough that
the formation naturally "breathes."
I want to dance this now so I can see if my guesses are accurate.
Chris
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 00:28, Thomas J Senior <thomasjsenior(a)gmail.com> wrote:
A while ago, i was intending to call a 4x4 (The Warm
Up) at our
local dance, the Chicago Barn Dance, but thought it might be nice to
use a dance that accomplished the same thing (swinging both opposites
during the sequence) but not using the star or a hey. Another idea to
incorporate was the give and take, which seemed a good move for the
standard introductory figure of many 4x4s. What i came up with is
called Villa Olivia (where i wrote the dance):
Villa Olivia
4x4 Tom Senior note "buddy" in your line of 4, (same
gender person) and the direction you face.
A1. Lines go forward, Men draw opposite back to swing (Give and
Take), end the swing facing your buddy across the line of direction of
the dance.
A2. Make and ring, balance, twirl right one place (as in petronella),
swing opposite #2. End facing across to your buddy.
B1. Right and left across, ladies chain 1/2, turning to end facing
partner. (in the direction of progression)
B2. Lines go forwrd, Women draw partner back to swing. End swing
facing original direction.
Perhaps you may find this useful.
Tom
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