19 Apr
2023
19 Apr
'23
12:35 p.m.
See My Hovercraft is Full of Eels by Luke Donforth for another mixed CC. I
have an unpublished riff off that called Alternative Transport (not near
my cards or I'd provide the choreo) which can alternate easily.
And just for another take for swings out of CC, there's this (definitely
not beginner friendly) one:
Contraventional Corners (Rev 2) - Becket RIGHT/CCW - Don Veino, Revised
20190329
Your Shadow is past your PNR if facing up/down from hands 4.
A1 Slice Right 1+1/2x (forward on right diag. until NEW GENTS are face to
face, fall straight back)
Gents Turn 1/2 Reverse Contra Corners (LH w/NBR1 GNT Center, RH with NBR1
LDY)
A2 Gents Turn 1/2 Reverse Contra Corners (LH w/NBR1 GNT Center, RH with
NBR2 LDY)
end facing back along side to NBR1 Swing
B1 NBR1 Promenade Across (Past PNR) and tight Courtesy Turn to face across
(end so Ladies are directly opposite each other like the Gents were)
Ladies Turn 1/2 Contra Corners (RH w/NBR1 LDY, LH with PNR)
B2 Ladies Turn 1/2 Contra Corners (RH w/NBR1 LDY, LH with Shadow)
end facing back along side to PNR Swing
First time through could be on slight right diagonal (Slice 1/2x) so
original foursome gents start the A1 CC, with ghost corners for the 2s.
On Tue, Apr 18, 2023, 10:34 PM Julian Blechner via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I'm sorry, maybe it's because I'm doubting
that this can be so simple and
I'm triple-guessing myself.
Yeah, original.
Progress and swing neighbor on Lark's home side.
Trade one role to be opposite neighbor.
Top or bottom couple do Contra Corners
Pass Neighbor, swing partner somehow.
On Tue, Apr 18, 2023, 10:31 PM Julian Blechner <
juliancallsdances(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Sorry, crossed wires and hit send before final
proofing.
A2 would need to amount to a zero move, so:
Chain + Back, or
LLFB+Rollaway x2 or
R+L Thru + Back
Etc.
On Tue, Apr 18, 2023, 10:21 PM Julian Blechner <
juliancallsdances(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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So... it occurred to me that it'd be really
easy to do a mixed-role
contra corners from Becket position.
A few weeks ago, I danced Jim Kitch's Equinox, which had a fun setup and
you finish Contra Corners by passing R , but ... do people know any simpler
ways? Like, for example, dance below. I can't possibly have been the first
to figure this out, eh?
(If not written yet: Buttered Corners)
Becket
A1. Circle L 3/4
NS
A2. Robins Chain
LLFB*
B1. Bottom couples Contra Corners**
Same Couples Pass R, to P
B2. P B + S
... slide L to New Ns
* opportunity in the lines for partners to rollaway to swap roles
** and can alternate top couples, bottom couples, doing bottom couples -
who were original 1s - first. This way, the top of the set has corners for
people, always.
Like, literally this gives 16 measures to progress and have a neighbor
swing if you want. If we opened up to the idea of contra corners with a
neighbor from Becket, it opens up immense numbers of dances that can be
written.
In dance,
Julian Blechner
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