2 Jul
2017
2 Jul
'17
11:25 p.m.
Ridge,
Is this one of your own? It's a real dandy.
In your second variation, there are two swings. How does the timing
work out? It looks like you are including more action in the second
version than in the first. Or maybe I'm missing something.
I'm not clear on the timing in the A2. Lead right would take 4 beats
and circle left 8. So I'm assuming that the figures just blend from
one to the other and it all ends with a swing at the end of the B2.
In other words the sum of the figures equal 64 but the moves
themselves don't clearly fit the music as some other dances.
T
On Jul 2, 2017, at 5:33 PM, Ridge Kennedy srk3nn3dy(a)gmail.com [trad-
dance-callers] wrote:
Another bounce -- or maybe a ricochet
Here's a figure I've used with my "Wrinkle in time" dance in NJ. I
think of it as the "Tilt-A-Whirl" dance, and I have a modern urban
contra variation.
A1 Heads (sides) fwd and back; h/s promenade halfway around the
outside
A2 H/S meet couple on the right (ie. cpl 1 and couple 4; couple 3
and couple 2)
join hands and circle left
B1 Turn your circles and go around them, ride the tilt a whirl
(two circles of four continue circling left while going around the
other group of four
moving counterclockwise)
B2 Keep that circle turning then head back home and swing with your
own
I call this using the "My Little Girl" music by Von Tilzer (Take Me
Out to the Ballgame composer)
I'll write out the lyrics some time -- I'm sort of improvising it
now -- cross between patter and singing square.
With contra dancers, it's (in the B1) circle and swing your corner
-- then the tilt-a whirl (bouquet waltz; pokey eight) and end up
home swinging with . . . "my little girl". That actually smooths
out the "go home and swing partner" with gents leading ladies
nicely back to home.
Just sharing.
Ridge
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