Hi All, First, it's been quite a while since I've contributed, and I have 767 unread Callers' List emails... Life's been busy. And, I've just replied to a couple emails without reading the whole thread. Hope I didn't butt in too soon.. Then, I've recently written a couple of dances. One I'm sure is new. The other I need to check with y'all to see if I actually did come up with it, or if I just recalled it from some distant or recent dance... Turnstile Becket-Erik Hoffman A1) Circle Left ¾; Pass Thru up & down, New Neighbor Swing A2) Women Chain Right to Shadow; Men Allemande Left 1½ NOTE: actually, men are start an allemande for 3 full turns! B1) Pick woman across, take her half way, Women loop back WHILE men (continue) allemande half Pick up Partner, take her half way (to original side) Butterfly whirl B2) Women (across) Do Si Do; Partner swing For some reason, men want to end the allemande every time they pick someone up... The second time I called this I had the men allemande three times around, in the hopes they would get the feel of it. I also developed the call: Men Allemande one and a half, Pick up that neighbor there, take her just half way Drop her off & go another half Pick up your partner Or something like that. There are two square dances: The Texas Star (in some versions), and The Chinese Fan, that have men (or women) in a double star, and have the women (or men) looping back to the men (or women) behind. This is the one that needs to be checked. If I did make it up I'm calling it Sole Delight, as it was first danced at the Springfield, Missouri Sole Fest. So: (The proposed) Sole Delight Becket A1) Petronella Balance with an overspin to new Neighbor Neighbor swing A2) Hey, Men start, Left shoulder-end in long waves, Men facing in, Women out, same Neighbor in Right Hand B1) Box Circulate x 2 (Balance wave, Men Cross while Women loop Right; Balance Wave, Women Cross as Men loop) B2) Box Circulate x 1 (Men Cross, Women Loop) Partner Swing Is it new? ~Erik Hoffman Oakland, CA