Hi Erik - I'm thinking you mean the difference between your dance and Tony's is in the B1, not the B2? Am I right? Amy Carroll Seattle > On July 12, 2015 at 1:41 PM Erik Hoffman via Callers > <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > On Writing Dances that have been Written: > > Years ago our we danced Bill Cochran's: > /Third Friday/ > A1 Neighbor Balance & Swing > A2 Down Hall 4 in Line, Turn as Couple, Return, Fold Line > B1 Women Chan -- over & back > B2 Partner Balance, Square Thru Two, Partner Balance, Square Thru > Two to next Neighbor > > I loved the B2 move, but wanted a partner swing in the dance, so I > made the: > /Second Third Friday/ > Improper > Erik Hoffman > A1 Neighbor Balance & Swing > A2 Men Allemande Left 1½; Partner Swing > B1 Right & Left Thru Across the set; Women chain back > B2 Partner Balance, Square Thru Two, Partner Balance, Square Thru > Two to next Neighbor. > > And, I published it in my first book, Contra Comments. > > Turns out Tony Parkes had the same idea, and he wrote: > /Friday Night Fever/ > with the only difference being the B2, where Tony's dance goes: > B2 Partner Promenade; Women Chain > -- Which I now like better. And, Tony wrote his dance prior to me > Tony published it in one of his books (don't recall which) > > Turns out Myrtle Wilhite also wrote and published this dance, the > same as my version, and called it /Balanced Out #2/ > > In looking at composition dates, Tony's came first, mine second, and > Ms. Wilhite's third -- all in the late 80s or early 90s. > > I'm pretty sure we all came out with this dance independently. Both > Tony and I attribute Bill Cochran for the basic Idea. Myrtle doesn't, > so, perhaps she came up with the dance independently. > > But the point of this is, we choreographers are all bound to put > together some dance that someone else has also come up with. At this > point, it's great to have this list to check that a sequence is > original. It goes a long way to checking this. > > ~erik hoffman > oakland, ca >