28 Feb
2012
28 Feb
'12
4:44 a.m.
Is there any benefit to *not* calling it an improper contra with a note that it
starts in short waves?
(The dance will tend to work better if you get people lined up, have them take
hands four, and the actives cross over, so that the 1s and 2s know who they are
and which way they expect to be going. *Then* have them allemand into the
waves, say "the dance actually starts here", and walk the rest of it including
the next progression.)
-- Alan
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I haven't studied the dance, but what you describe
would technically be
duple minor indecent (ladies on the left) with a reverse progression
(bottom couple moving down the hall).
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 23:28, Bill Baritompa
<staf186(a)ext.canterbury.ac.nz>wrote;wrote:
Hi,
This may seem like a silly question. It concerns Rick Mohr's
improper dance
"Chuck the Budgie" (on his webpage and shown on a youtube video there).
I thought an improper dance has the #1's facing down the hall, facing their
#2's who are facing up the hall. All gents have their partners on their
right side.
Although the dance description says it's improper, it actually starts in a
short
wave which you get into by Nbr Right Allemand 3/4 to have gents in the
center
with left hands joined. (the last 4 beats of B2, (next nbr) Right Allemand
3/4
forms the next short wave).
So this dances has a formation (consisting of short waves) with the #1's
facing up
the hall facing their #2's who are facing down the hall. Gents have their
partners
on their left. Does this have a name? Are there any other dances in this
formation?
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