Thought I'd share the fruits of my thinking. Wrote a few dances. Have 2 keepers: Astral Navigation Becket Contra Ron T Blechner Called 4/15/15 Baltimore A1. Circle L 3/4 (6) NS (10) A2. Star L 1x (8) to Long Waves * Bal Wave, Box Circulate ** (4, 4) B1. Bal R, Slide R past P (4, 4) *** Bal L, Slide L past P (4, 4) B2. P B+S (4, 12) * Gents face out, Ladies face in, Prev N in LH, New N in RH ** Ladies Cross, Gents Loop R. This is the progression! *** As in Rory O'Moore One of several dances I wrote mixing Rory O'Moore spins and box circulates. This one has a strong partner focus, but still manages a neighbor swing. The title refers both to using the star to enter the long ocean waves, as well as one's partner being a guiding star to keep in the right place. Playground Stomp Duple Improper Contra Ron T Blechner Called 4/1/15 Amherst, refined, called 4/16/15 Mt. Airy, Philadelphia Thursday dance Start: Long waves with Gents facing out, Ladies facing In, N in RH A1. Bal, Slide R past N (4, 4) * Bal, Slide L past N (4, 4) A2. Bal, Box Circulate (4, 4) ** Bal, Gents Alle L 1x (4, 4) *** B1. P Gypsy + Swing (16) B2. Ladies Alle R 1.5x (8) to wave of 4 **** Bal Wave, N Alle L 3/4 (4, 4) to long waves. ***** * as in Rory O'Moore ** Ladies cross, gents loop R *** Ladies loop R as if it's a box circulate. This flows nicely into the gypsy. **** N in LH ***** New N in RH Difficulty: Intermediate - the individual moves aren't bad, but there's a lot going on. This is a very stompy dance, hence the title. "Playground" refers to slides and boxes one might play on/in. I'm going to play with this more... Maybe turn the gents allemande to a gypsy left. This dance I wrote to mix up 2 Rory spins and 2 Box Circulates. The gents allemande was an innovation born out of necessity. There's no neighbor swing, but you get a lot of interaction with them. On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Perry Shafran via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > This is a category where there is a lot of dances, those that have both > Petronella and Rory O'More figures. I know of Bob Isaacs "Flaherty Will Get > you Everywhere", plus my own "Cheat Lake Twirl", and there are a few others > that I know of but forget the authors/names of dances. > > Perry > > ________________________________ > From: Dugan Murphy via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> > To: callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > Sent: Monday, April 6, 2015 3:22 PM > Subject: Re: [Callers] Rory slides and Box circulates > > Hi Ron, > > I don't know of any dances with a Rory O'More figure and a box circulate in > the same dance, but if you're looking for a Petronella figure and a Rory > O'More figure in the same dance, check "Wave-Particle Duality" by Ryan > Smith: http://www.twirlyshirts.com/dances/by-ryan/wave-particle-duality/. > > Dugan Murphy > dugan(a)duganmurphy.com > > > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:44:18 -0400 > From: Ron Blechner via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> > To: callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > Subject: [Callers] Rory slides and Box circulates > Message-ID: > <CALf+g+5B02YzKizDh1E-YMoJx-n1V9sgjsR4rqxDjuwOy3JecA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Long wave Rory O'Moore balance and slides/spins and box circulates ... in > the same dance, adjacent to one another? > > I've not yet seen or danced any. Anyone have? > > I have a few dances; trying one or two this week. > > In dance, > Ron Blechner >

And tried. Like it better like that. Playground Stomp Duple Improper Contra Ron T Blechner Start: Long waves with Gents facing out, Ladies facing In, N in RH A1. Bal, Slide R past N (4, 4) Bal, Slide L past N (4, 4) A2. Bal, Box Circulate (4, 4) Bal, Gents Alle L 1x (4, 4) B1. P Gypsy + Swing (16) B2. Ladies Chain (8) Star L 1x (8) (to long wavy lines) On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Ron Blechner <contraron(a)gmail.com> wrote: > For Playground Stomp, next time I'll try the B2 as: > Ladies Chain (8) (to N) > Star L to long waves (8) > > It's slightly harder, but reduces balances from 5 to 4, and reduces the > raised arms in the dance, which may mean less fatigue. > > Ron > > On Apr 30, 2015 8:06 PM, "Ron Blechner" <contraron(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thought I'd share the fruits of my thinking. >> >> Wrote a few dances. Have 2 keepers: >> >> Astral Navigation >> Becket Contra >> Ron T Blechner >> Called 4/15/15 Baltimore >> >> A1. Circle L 3/4 (6) >> NS (10) >> A2. Star L 1x (8) to Long Waves * >> Bal Wave, Box Circulate ** (4, 4) >> B1. Bal R, Slide R past P (4, 4) *** >> Bal L, Slide L past P (4, 4) >> B2. P B+S (4, 12) >> >> * Gents face out, Ladies face in, Prev N in LH, New N in RH >> ** Ladies Cross, Gents Loop R. This is the progression! >> *** As in Rory O'Moore >> >> One of several dances I wrote mixing Rory O'Moore spins and box >> circulates. This one has a strong partner focus, but still manages a >> neighbor swing. The title refers both to using the star to enter the >> long ocean waves, as well as one's partner being a guiding star to >> keep in the right place. >> >> >> Playground Stomp >> Duple Improper Contra >> Ron T Blechner >> Called 4/1/15 Amherst, refined, called 4/16/15 Mt. Airy, Philadelphia >> Thursday dance >> >> Start: Long waves with Gents facing out, Ladies facing In, N in RH >> >> A1. Bal, Slide R past N (4, 4) * >> Bal, Slide L past N (4, 4) >> A2. Bal, Box Circulate (4, 4) ** >> Bal, Gents Alle L 1x (4, 4) *** >> B1. P Gypsy + Swing (16) >> B2. Ladies Alle R 1.5x (8) to wave of 4 **** >> Bal Wave, N Alle L 3/4 (4, 4) to long waves. ***** >> >> * as in Rory O'Moore >> ** Ladies cross, gents loop R >> *** Ladies loop R as if it's a box circulate. This flows nicely into the >> gypsy. >> **** N in LH >> ***** New N in RH >> >> Difficulty: Intermediate - the individual moves aren't bad, but >> there's a lot going on. This is a very stompy dance, hence the title. >> "Playground" refers to slides and boxes one might play on/in. >> >> I'm going to play with this more... Maybe turn the gents allemande to >> a gypsy left. >> >> This dance I wrote to mix up 2 Rory spins and 2 Box Circulates. The >> gents allemande was an innovation born out of necessity. There's no >> neighbor swing, but you get a lot of interaction with them. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Perry Shafran via Callers >> <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: >> > This is a category where there is a lot of dances, those that have both >> > Petronella and Rory O'More figures. I know of Bob Isaacs "Flaherty Will >> > Get >> > you Everywhere", plus my own "Cheat Lake Twirl", and there are a few >> > others >> > that I know of but forget the authors/names of dances. >> > >> > Perry >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > From: Dugan Murphy via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> >> > To: callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net >> > Sent: Monday, April 6, 2015 3:22 PM >> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Rory slides and Box circulates >> > >> > Hi Ron, >> > >> > I don't know of any dances with a Rory O'More figure and a box circulate >> > in >> > the same dance, but if you're looking for a Petronella figure and a Rory >> > O'More figure in the same dance, check "Wave-Particle Duality" by Ryan >> > Smith: >> > http://www.twirlyshirts.com/dances/by-ryan/wave-particle-duality/. >> > >> > Dugan Murphy >> > dugan(a)duganmurphy.com >> > >> > >> > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:44:18 -0400 >> > From: Ron Blechner via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> >> > To: callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net >> > Subject: [Callers] Rory slides and Box circulates >> > Message-ID: >> > >> > <CALf+g+5B02YzKizDh1E-YMoJx-n1V9sgjsR4rqxDjuwOy3JecA(a)mail.gmail.com> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> > >> > Long wave Rory O'Moore balance and slides/spins and box circulates ... >> > in >> > the same dance, adjacent to one another? >> > >> > I've not yet seen or danced any. Anyone have? >> > >> > I have a few dances; trying one or two this week. >> > >> > In dance, >> > Ron Blechner >> >