Here's one I wrote. I mostly use the Balance and swing in B1 (read below)

Mark and Robin's Nest

by Donna Hunt

Duple Improper

	Start with Actives (# 1 couple) in the center of line of 4 facing down the hall.
A1	Down the hall as in the "Gay Gordon" couple dance (3 steps forward turn alone and 3 steps backward) Repeat up the hall to place (3 steps forward turn alone and 3 steps backward. Note: dancers end facing down the hall)
A2	(Bend the line) Circle Left 1x Do-Si-Do Neighbor
B1	Actives Gypsy (or Neighbor Balance) Neighbor Swing
B2	Long Lines Fwd and Back Actives Swing
	To honor the wedding of Mark and Robin Schaffer on Oct 19, 2003, and the home (nest) they created.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mac Mckeever via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
To: Tavi Merrill <melodiouswoodchuck@gmail.com>; callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Mon, Jan 16, 2017 5:48 pm
Subject: Re: [Callers] Contras which feature a "Dublin Bay" figure

One I call frequently is

Jim's Reel by Steve Snurr

A1 Do Si Di N 1 1/4 ti WL - ladies in center, Rt hand to N

Remember this WL - we will come back to it

Bal Line - Trun N by R 1/2 - Gents pull by L

A2 B&SW P

B1 Down hall 4 steps - turn alone - back up 4 steps

For 4 steps - turn alone back up 4 steps

B2 Cir L 5 places until you can collapse to original WL

Bal (on last 4 beats)

A1 walk for to new N - as dance starts over

Great dance

Mac McKeever

From: Tavi Merrill via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
To: callers@lists.sharedweight.net
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2017 4:20 PM
Subject: [Callers] Contras which feature a "Dublin Bay" figure

Dance genealogy question: The figure first appearing in "Dublin Bay" (aka "We'll Wed and We'll Bed," its title in Playford) morphed in contra into a modified "lines of four down the hall."

I know a version of it from Sue Rosen's dance "Handsome Young Maids," where dancers facing down take four steps forwards, turn alone, and continue down the hall with four backward steps, then repeat the figure to return up the hall.

I'm curious how many other contras this figure, or a version of it, appears in. Does anyone know of other dances? And any astute dance historians out there know what the first contra to use this figure is?

Tavi

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