New subject: Dancing Dancing Bear

8 Aug 2008

I was present, and dancing, at a dance once where Becky Hill taught the A1 of Dancing Bear
with a demo.  I always teach it exactly this way.  This is how the Becky taught it:

Allemande right just 1/2, then do a little hop 
(dancers LOVE this little hop.  Alle 1/2 and hop takes 4 beats)
Then switch hands and allemande left one full time (another 4 beats) into the ladies
chain.

That's the whole A1.  It works just fine.

Rich

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Rickey" &lt;holt.e(a)comcast.net&gt; 

...
  Hi, 

 I have called this dance before but a part of my directions does not make 
 sense to me. Have you called it? The dance is Dancing Bear, by Becky Hill. 
 Duple Improper 

 (A1) Neighbor Allemande Right (œ ) (4) / Same Neighbor Allemande Left (ONCE 
 AROUND) (also in 4!)/ Ladies Chain ( œ ) (8) 

 (A1) Hey (16) 

 (B1) Partner Balance and Swing (16) 

 (B2) Ladies Chain ( œ ) (8) /Star left (once to new neighbors) (8) 

 A Great dance!!!!!!!!!!!! 

 What is puzzling me is this: The Allemande Left (in A1) seems to need to be 
 closer to ONCE AND A HALF to set up for the ladies chain and doing THAT in 4 
 counts would be too much. I have called it, and I called it as once around 
 and it did look like the dancers were going more than one half way around 
 (the other option), so what do you think was really going on. 

 How do you call this dance? 

 Rickey Holt, 

 Fremont, NH 

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