I was thinking a Fwd & Back to start the dance, and a longer partner swing, will take this from 32 bars to 40 bars. The Fwd and back and the swing both provide some recovery time for those who may need it.

In theory the dance was exactly 64 steps, but my worry was about the rollaway, box gnat, pull by, allemande left sequence.

Rich

On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Colin Hume colin@colinhume.com [trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:55:00 -0400, Rich Sbardella richsbardella@gmail.com [trad-dance-callers] wrote:
> Here is a square with MWSD roots. I am wondering if is too much for an experienced contra crowd?

Well, it's not a contra so you don't have to fit it into 32 bars! Just call it unphrased. Watch the dancers, and if they want to
take longer on the short moves, let them. Let them have longer on the new partner swing - most contra dancers in the States think
that's the most important part of the dance anyway. If you want to get back on the phrase of the music you can add after the
promenade: "All join hands, go in to the middle and back. Swing your partner once again". It doesn't matter if you're out of
synch with the music - just put in a shorter or longer break so that you can finish the dance at a suitable point in the music.

Colin Hume

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