The more I think about it, the more I think that Gene Hubert probably thought the phrases in The Butterfly are too short for a dance with such long, flowing figures. When I think of a flowing dance, I think of a dance where one's movement is uninterrupted. Fan in the Doorway certainly fits that description, what with the heys and such; in fact, there are only two times for the gents in the entire dance where you need to change direction of motion (when turning single to come back up the hall, and when bending the line to circle left, which is opposite the direction of your momentum at that moment). The Butterfly has three-beat phrases, so, if matched with Fan in the Doorway, you'd get stops in the music when the dancers' motion doesn't stop. That said, I think there are probably ways of playing the tune where a sensitive band could make it work fine. But I think it does make sense that a longer-phrased tune would be more advisable generally. On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Cis Hinkle <chinkle(a)mindspring.com> wrote: -- David Casserly (cell) 781 258-2761