Jim:
You have it right. I've been using this version of Chorus Jig for almost as long as Eric, and invariably afterwards a gent will come forward and complain the cast into contra corners is awkward. My response; "Well, now you know what the ladies have been dealing with for hundreds of years."
There's another angle on this version, which is only appropriate for long, generally experienced sets. If it appears the audience is likely to cheat as inactives, you can say "If you and your partner are inclined to cheat, when you're done being actives and balance and swing, you can start cheating by keep on swinging - you're already there."
Bob
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 10:11:04 -0700
> To: eric@mirador.com
> CC: callers@lists.sharedweight.net
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Yet Another "Does this dance already exist?"
> From: callers@lists.sharedweight.net
>
> So, Eric, in your alternating version of "Chorus Jig", what
> happens after the #1 couples swing? Do they fall back to
> proper sides (M1 to caller's R; W1 to caller's L) and the 2s
> cast up the hall from a standing start? And then after the
> 2s have their partner swing, do they also fall back proper
> (M2 to caller's R, W2 to caller's L? If dancers are indeed
> proper (men to caller's R, women to callers L) in A1 and A2,
> regardless of whether 1s or 2s are busy, then, as I figure
> it, dancers alternately experience cw and ccw rotation during
> the assisted cast off (by contrast with the ordinary "Chorus
> Jig" where it's always ccw for men and cw for women) and it
> will be M2 rather than W2 who needs to free his right arm
> from around his same-sex neighbor's back in order to start
> contra corners. Do I have this right, or am I missing
> something?
>
> --Jim
>