I agree with Mark! This is a fabulous dance as it is and the dosido for the women is just hard enough to be a fun challenge. (When I was a new dancer, dosido 1 1/2 was the hardest move for me to do gracefully and on time. I was so happy when I got it right!) When the caller teaches the alternate B2, I hide my disappointment, but its not as satisfying as the original. 

On Friday, December 16, 2016, Mark Hillegonds via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi,

I have always used the original version and don't ever recall the dancers having trouble with the DSD progression. While I respect and admire the folks creating variants they find helpful for their needs, for me, if it ain't broke, I'm not going to fix it.

Also, I must say that pleased me greatly to see Maia's reference to my home town of Ann Arbor!!!  :)


On Dec 16, 2016 4:27 PM, "Maia McCormick via Callers" <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Fwiw, if I were to write a variation of 3-33-33 (and wanted to avoid ladies chain/star L), I'd do a figure like in Al Olson's 'Ann Arbor Four': long lines (8), P alle. R 3/4 (4), ladies alle. L 1/2 (4). Agreed that ladies' allemande L out of long lines, while there's no reason it doesn't flow, is bizarrely counterintuitive!

On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Bill Olson via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

Hi Kalia, yep, I agree.. I guess I should have said more about why I preferred the original.. Anyway this is a great dance, a modern classic, and i call it often..


bill



From: Callers <callers-bounces@lists.sharedweight.net> on behalf of Kalia Kliban via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 9:05 PM
To: callers@lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] Variations of 3-33 by Steve Zakon-Anderson
 
On 12/16/2016 11:48 AM, Bill Olson via Callers wrote:
> 3-33-33
>
> Steve Zakon (Duple improper)
> A1 Balance N1, N1 pull by R, N2 pull by L , N3 Balance, box the gnat
> A2 N3 pull by R, N2 pull by L,  N1 swing
> B1 Circle L 3/4, Partner Swing
> B2 Long Lines F&B, Ladies dosido 1.5
>
> I'm aware of a "fix" to 333 where the W DSD 1.5 at the end of B2 was
> replaced by a W allem L 1.5.. I  think I remember talking to Steve about
> this and he referred to this as an "approved alternative" HIMSELF..

I've both danced and called this alternate ending, and that allemande L
is pretty counterintuitive for the women.  It causes some glitches as
folks fight with their natural instinct to allemande R.  It works, but
you'll need to be really clear with the dancers that it's the
non-obvious hand there.

Kalia

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