Hi, Jacqui,
I looked through some of my collection, and found that your dance “Starlet” is the same as a dance by Melanie Axel-Lute, which she calls Show of Hands I. I am not sure when she wrote it, but I first called it in 2012.
Line Up the Square is very similar to a dance by Bill Baritompa called Snow in July. The only small difference is that Bill’s dance has a Give & Take (no ring balance) for the A2. I first called this dance in 2012.

I don’t find any dances that are the same as A Stroll in the Hey or Zag It Back. They look like a lot of fun! Thanks for sharing…
Linda

On May 24, 2017, at 2:51 AM, QuiAnn2 via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

Hi, I’ve recently written two dances. Both have been tested and called at regular contra dances (one in England, one in California!) to positive feedback from the dancers. I’m running it by the caller’s gauntlet to see if anyone knows if these dances have already been written. Please let me know if you’ve seen them before. Thanks! I’m also adding a couple of other simple dances that I wrote specifically to introduce a some figures in an easy way when I have many beginners. They aren’t fancy dances and I don’t usually announce the names of these dances but since I include my programs in my website, I thought I should probably give correct attribution if the dance has already been written. Thanks for any help!

Jacqui Grennan


A Stroll in the Hey
by Jacqui Grennan
Contra/Becket-CW

A1 -----------
(8) Gents allemande Left 1-1/2
(8) N Sw
A2 -----------
(8) LL F&B to P
(8) Ladies Chain to P, extra courtesy turn
B1 -----------
(8) w/P, Promenade the set clockwise, ladies in the middle, turn as couples
(8) Return promenade, go PAST current Ns  <=PROGRESSION
B2 -----------
(8) 1/2 hey (NEW gents start passing left, NR, ladies L)
(8) P Sw


Zag It Back
by Jacqui Grennan
Contra/Becket-CW

A1 -----------
(8) w/P, slice on left diagonal, fall straight back <=PROGRESSION
(8) Ladies allemande Right 1-1/2
A2 -----------
(16) N B&Sw
B1 -----------
(Note: loose timing in the B1) 
(8) Circle Left 3/4
(3,3) w/N, zig left, zag right to your shadows
(2) Shadow L allem. 1x
B2 -----------
(16) P B&Sw


Starlet
by Jacqui Grennan
Contra/Improper

A1 -----------
(8) N Allem. RIGHT 1x
(8) Ladies allemande LEFT 1-1/2
A2 -----------
(16) P gypsy R/Sw
B1 -----------
(6) Circle Left 3/4
(10) N Sw
B2 -----------
(8) LL F&B to P
(8) Star Left 1x <=PROGRESSION


Line Up the Square
by Jacqui Grennan
Contra/Improper/Easy

A1 -----------
(8)N DSD 1x
(8) N Sw
A2 -----------
(4) Balance ring
(12) Give and Take to gents side, P Sw
B1 -----------
(8) Promenade across the Set
(8) Ladies Chain to N
B2 -----------
(8) LL F&B to P
“INTERRUPTED SQUARE THROUGH”
(4) P RH balance across set
(2) Pull by P RH
(2) Pull by N LH

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