[Callers] Re: the Yemenite dance step

David Smukler wrote a waltz-time circle mixer with a Yemenite Balance, that you might conceivably call at a contra dance evening. It is called Banjo's Mistress. I regularly call Don Armstrong's Grapevine Jig, or my variation of it. A step-swing balance is just one of 50 ways to do a Balance; see https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1048&context=north… page 13. American contra dancers used to use lots of those and pride themselves on doing a different balance each time through the dance. Sadly, that is an embellishment that seems to have disappeared over time. We still do lots of step-swing balances in England, I encourage them in some contra dances where they fit well. Happy dancing, John John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802 940 574 http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent