I interpreted that as a move that goes from one circle with neighbors to another circle with other neighbors, such as David Kaynor's "Open Doors" (Sourced from: http://www.davidkaynor.com/Compositions.html ) *Open Doors* Duple Improper A1 Circle Left 3/4; Swing Partner A2 Down Hall 4 - in - line; Wheel around as couples; return; bend line into long line B1 Long lines forward; Ladies pull neighbors out; swing neighbors; end progressed B2 Long Lines forward & back; Circle Right; turn alone to face new neighbors On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Aahz Maruch via Callers < callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote: -- Luke Donforth Luke.Donforth(a)gmail.com &lt;Luke.Donev(a)gmail.com&gt; _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net

Ron Buchanan's "Revolving Door" figure is described well by Rick Mohr. In "Revolving Door", couples start a "wrong side" half promenade where women pass right instead of men passing left. As the women meet they catch right hands and allemande right once around. The men drop out after crossing the set, and partners swing as the women come around. It flows easily and feels good. I often do a floor demo, both because it's unfamiliar and because it's pretty cool to watch. Since the promenade only lasts for a beat or two I think the easiest hold is for neighbors to join left hands, with the man's right arm briefly behind the woman's back. Dances that include that figure are Puttin' Cheese on the Ritz by Ron Buchanan Glenside Promenade by Ron Buchanan Gaye's Groove by Rick Mohr Cup of Joe by Rick Mohr Better Late than Never by Steve Z-A Not a Trip to Vegas by Chris Page Rick Mohr is also credited with varying this dance to include a Revolving Door. It's the easiest of the dances. *The Missing Piece* Bronwyn Woods Type: Contra Formation: Duple-Improper A1 ----------- (16) Neighbor balance and swing A2 ----------- (8) Revolving door (W take N across set drop them off and return home to P) (8) Partner swing B1 ----------- (8) Long lines, forward and back (8) Women Chain B2 ----------- (8) Balance the ring and spin to the right (petronella) (8) Balance the ring and spin to the right (petronella) turn away from these N to new N Notes: Original A2 Men allemande L 1.5 to P swing On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Maia McCormick via Callers < callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote: -- twirls, Frannie

Hmm, with enough space a figure like this might be fun: Pass through to a Swing (like pass-though-to-a-wave mixed with revolving-door) pass through across the set, except ladies commence an allemand left rather than passing each other ladies allemand back round to the other gent & swing him (gents will, of course, turn right after crossing the set, if they want to swing) The leaves ladies' right hand free for a spacious and gentle entry to the swing. - Roger Hayes On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 11:13 AM, frannie via Callers &lt;callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote: Ron Buchanan's "Revolving Door" figure is described well by Rick Mohr. In "Revolving Door", couples start a "wrong side" half promenade where women pass right instead of men passing left. As the women meet they catch right hands and allemande right once around. The men drop out after crossing the set, and partners swing as the women come around. It flows easily and feels good. I often do a floor demo, both because it's unfamiliar and because it's pretty cool to watch. Since the promenade only lasts for a beat or two I think the easiest hold is for neighbors to join left hands, with the man's right arm briefly behind the woman's back. Dances that include that figure are Puttin' Cheese on the Ritz by Ron Buchanan Glenside Promenade by Ron Buchanan Gaye's Groove by Rick Mohr Cup of Joe by Rick Mohr Better Late than Never by Steve Z-A Not a Trip to Vegas by Chris Page Rick Mohr is also credited with varying this dance to include a Revolving Door. It's the easiest of the dances. *The Missing Piece* Bronwyn Woods Type: Contra Formation: Duple-Improper A1 ----------- (16) Neighbor balance and swing A2 ----------- (8) Revolving door (W take N across set drop them off and return home to P) (8) Partner swing B1 ----------- (8) Long lines, forward and back (8) Women Chain B2 ----------- (8) Balance the ring and spin to the right (petronella) (8) Balance the ring and spin to the right (petronella) turn away from these N to new N Notes: Original A2 Men allemande L 1.5 to P swing On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Maia McCormick via Callers &lt;callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote: Hmm. Alex, correct me if I'm wrong, but I always thought that "revolving doors" was the reverse of a half promenade and butterfly whirl...? On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Luke Donforth via Callers &lt;callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote: I interpreted that as a move that goes from one circle with neighbors to another circle with other neighbors, such as David Kaynor's "Open Doors" (Sourced from: http://www.davidkaynor.com/Compositions.html ) *Open Doors* Duple Improper A1 Circle Left 3/4; Swing Partner A2 Down Hall 4 - in - line; Wheel around as couples; return; bend line into long line B1 Long lines forward; Ladies pull neighbors out; swing neighbors; end progressed B2 Long Lines forward & back; Circle Right; turn alone to face new neighbors On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Aahz Maruch via Callers &lt;callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote: On Sun, Feb 28, 2016, Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Callers wrote: door dances? What's a revolving door dance? (Yes, I did try searching.) -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net -- Luke Donforth Luke.Donforth(a)gmail.com <mailto:Luke.Donev@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net -- twirls, Frannie _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net

So, which flows more smoothly onto the swing? Ladies by the left as Roger describes or ladies by the right as Frannie describes?