Hi, I am preparing to call Nathaniel Jack's "It's A Pirate's Life for Me" tonight. The dance is below. I am wondering why at the end of the B2 the allemande with your neighbor is a second allemande right. Since the women already have their right hands busy with their own allemande right it would seem easier for them to do an allemande LEFT with their neighbor, and since the next move is a balance with your new neighbor it would seem easier for all to be coming out of that allemande left, rather than out of an allemande right. Do I have this part of the dance wrong? The dance notation is followed by my understanding of some of the other parts as well. If you have time take a look. I would love your comments on this too. My main concern at this point however is with that second allemande right. It seems like it should be an allemande left. It's A Pirates' Life For Me - teaching Nathaniel Jack - duple improper Dance A1 Neighbor Balance and Swing A2 Pass thru to a wave (4) Bal the wave (4) Slide right (men 2 places) (4) Men Allemande Left (once) (4) B1 Partner Balance and Swing. B2 Women Allemande Right once and a half around (8) Neighbor Allemande Right ( 1 ¾ ) to New Neighbors (8) Teaching – I have abbreviated this A1 1. Neighbor – BALANCE AND SWING 2. End facing across A2 1. PASS THRU TO A WAVE ACROSS * Start to walk straight across the set, passing right shoulders with your partner, putting the women in the middle * As the women pass each other take left hands and turn ¼ so W1 faces up and W2 faces down the set * Men continue to the ends and join that wavy line * M1 face up, M2 face down * You are in a wavy line across the set with the women in the middle holding left in left, and the men across the set from where they started holding right hands with the women 2. BALANCE THE WAVE 3. SLIDE RIGHT * Without turning around SLIDE to your RIGHT, like sliding doors, as in Rory O'More * Men Pass 2 people and end left in left 4. MEN ALLEMANDE LEFT (1) (IN 4!!!) – this is zippy B1 1. PARTNER BALANCE AND SWING End that swing facing across the set. B2 1. WOMEN ALLEMANDE RIGHT, each other, (1 ½ ) to your neighbor 2. NEIGHBORS ALLEMANDE also by the RIGHT (1 ¾ ) to New Neighbors 3. Ready to Balance and Swing with your New Neighbors, when the dance continues _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers