3 Jul
2017
3 Jul
'17
1:09 a.m.
Tom said:
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.
The corner swing ends at the end of A2. Contra dancers are accustomed to
ending swings on the end of the musical phrase, so it works out ok. That
puts the gent behind his partner lady during the bouquet waltz and you end
up with a nicer, smoother transition into the swing back at home.
I'm not clear on the timing in the A2.
Lead right would take 4 beats and circle left 8.
Promenade half and lead right is more like 8 or 10. So the circle and
swing end up pretty well phrased.
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.
Yes, that sums it up. For a dance party crowd especially -- no corner
swing, that's how it works. Folks are doing elbow swings and the timing is
pretty ragged, so you allow lots of time for the bouquet waltz and get them
home and swinging and then, since the next figure is a fwd and back to
start things off again, there is still more recovery time.
As noted, it works well with Tucker's Waltz. I'll try to write out the
lyric/patter I've been using this week. It would be good for me to get
that settled down. I've been faking it and that is not a good thing to do.
R