4 Dec
2017
4 Dec
'17
5:45 p.m.
I had forgotten about this square. It looked so familiar. Years and years
ago, Kathy Anderson called this square at a dance event I attended. My
notes show it as "English Dance for Five Couples." I loved this dance!
Forgive my note-taking from so long ago:
*The Formation*:
Middle couple is C1 and they face the music.
Outside couples shift left 1/8 so they are diagonal to the music.
C1 stands back to back -- M1 faces 4 on his right and W1 faces the 4 on her
left.
*The Dance*:
C1 circles left with the 4 they face (2 separate circles)
Within the same groups, just the 3 gents Star Right (M1 with the 2 gents he
circled with) while the 3 women Star Right (W1 with the 2 ladies she
circled with)
C1 meet and change groups (M1 dances w/the 4 people W1 danced with and W1
dances with the 4 people M1 danced with); repeat circles and stars
C1 meet again and face any couple they chose (let's call the new couple C2
for clarity) to do the half R&L thru with, using a "power turn" to end
facing the next couple to the right of the orig C1 (call them C3)
C3 does a half R&L thru with C4
C4 does a half R&L thru with C5 who becomes the new middle couple
On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Yaron Shragai via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi,
I picked up this dance at Flurry '17. Iirc, the caller (I think it was
Bob Isaacs, not sure, it was near the end of the festival, it's all kinda
fuzzy...) said he picked it up at another festival and didn't know the name
of it. He named the caller that he got it from - but I don't remember the
name...
Formation: square with a cpl in the middle (i.e. 5 cpls)
A:
Middle cpl 1/2 R&L with cpl #1, which becomes new middle cpl
That cpl uses momentum from courtesy turn to turn twd cpl #2, 1/2 R&L with
that cpl
Cpl #2 becomes middle, 1/2 R&L with cpl #3
Cpl #3 becomes middle, 1/2 R&L with cpl #4
Cpl #4 becomes middle [turns to face current #1, which is orig middle]
B:
Couples currently along up/dn axis (heads+middle) turn back on ptnr, now
all can form 2 rings of 5, circle L/R;
Ptnr swing (some ppl may have to spin around to find Ptnr)
Thanks!
Yaron Shragai
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