Sure Jerome (and anyone else listening) Note, there's two versions of the dance. The one I've actually run half a dozen times with dancers is the variant; and I assume that's the one you were asking about. I've yet to run the original, but I'll talk through what I had in mind for both. Tamlin’s Cross (variation) Luke Donforth Type: Contra Formation: Four Facing Four Level: Int-Adv A1 ----------- (8) All 8, forward and shout, robins roll your partner away on the way out (8) Corner swing - square set A2 ----------- (8) Larks Left Hands across star - come back to where they started square (8) Robins Left Hands across star, kept left hands, take hands in crossing short wavy lines of 4 (right to the one they swung) B1 ----------- (4) Balance the short Wavy lines (R & L) (12) Pass neighbor you swung by right for a half grand hey* Turn away from neighbor B2 ----------- (16) Partner balance and swing Notes: All 8 are passing through the middler for the half hey. (like a traffic circle in the middle) Half the folks are heying up and down, and half across. When the four people of the same role go into the middle and would normally pass one other person by left, they all do a hands-free star left half way For that pair of stars in A2, both sets are going CCW, so the larks pass the one they swung at the start of the star, but not at the end. As they're stepping back to place, the robins are going in and also travelling CCW. The original only has one star. Tamlin’s Cross Luke Donforth Type: Contra Formation: Four Facing Four A1 ----------- (8) All 8, forward and shout, larks roll your partner away on the way out (8) Corner Do-si-do A2 ----------- (16) Corner balance and swing - square set B1 ----------- (8) Larks Left hands across Star (~12) Pass neighbor you swung by right for a half grand hey* Turn away from neighbor B2 ----------- (12) Partner swing Notes: All 8 are passing through the middle for the half hey. (like a traffic circle in the middle) Half the folks are heying up and down, and half across. When the four people of the same role go into the middle and would normally pass one other person by left, they all do a hands-free star left half way Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any more questions, Luke On Sat, Mar 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM Jerome Grisanti &lt;jerome.grisanti(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: -- -- Luke Donforth calling.luke(a)gmail.com 802-448-4533 Click here for publicity information. <https://www.uvm.edu/~ldonfort/ContraPublicity/> _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-leave(a)lists.sharedweight.net

Hi Maia, My most called: Dance all Night - Rick Mohr Spring Blooms - Linda Leslie Fox Hollow Fancy - Jacob Bloom (grand square!) Coconut Cream Pie - Lynn Ackerson The Devil's Backbone - William Watson A couple of mine that have unusual features: Double the Pleasure (swing both neighbors, not your trail buddy) https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=11126 Things that go Bump in the Night (6 balances) https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=16360 Tamlin's Cross (variation). Has a hey for 8 through the middle: https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=14778 I should update Caller's box, I have called that one multiple times. Have fun! Luke On Sat, Mar 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM Maia McCormick via Contra Callers < contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote: -- -- Luke Donforth calling.luke(a)gmail.com 802-448-4533 Click here for publicity information. <https://www.uvm.edu/~ldonfort/ContraPublicity/> _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-leave(a)lists.sharedweight.net