New subject: Chuck the Budgie

28 Feb 2012

So i feel a bit silly walking into this discussion with such a simplistic
answer, but - to me it only merits referring to a dance by an alternate
formation if there's absolutely no way to set the dance up as a standard
formation (eg, a becket-indecent). Unlike a dance which starts with a wave
balance, "Chuck the Budgie" simply starts with a gents allemande L. I've
had no trouble calling it from a standard improper starting point; it just
makes the first allemande a little less than once.

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 Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:28:54 +1300
 From: Bill Baritompa &lt;staf186(a)ext.canterbury.ac.nz&gt;
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  Hi,

        This may seem like a silly question. It concerns Rick Mohr's
 improper dance
 "Chuck the Budgie" (on his webpage and shown on a youtube video there).

 I thought an improper dance has the #1's facing down the hall, facing their
 #2's who are facing up the hall. All gents have their partners on their
 right side.

 Although the dance description says it's improper, it actually starts in a
 short
 wave which you get into by Nbr Right Allemand 3/4 to have gents in the
 center
 with left hands joined. (the last 4 beats of B2, (next nbr) Right Allemand
 3/4
  forms the next short wave).

 So this dances has a formation (consisting of short waves) with the #1's
 facing up
 the hall facing their #2's who are facing down the hall. Gents have their
 partners
 on their left. Does this have a name? Are there any other dances in this
 formation?

 Questioningly yours,
 Bill
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