[Callers] Rory slides and Box circulates

[Ron Blechner via Callers]

For Playground Stomp, next time I'll try the B2 as:
Ladies Chain (8) (to N)
Star L to long waves (8)

It's slightly harder, but reduces balances from 5 to 4, and reduces the
raised arms in the dance, which may mean less fatigue.

Ron
 On Apr 30, 2015 8:06 PM, "Ron Blechner" <contraron at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thought I'd share the fruits of my thinking.
>
> Wrote a few dances. Have 2 keepers:
>
> Astral Navigation
> Becket Contra
> Ron T Blechner
> Called 4/15/15 Baltimore
>
> A1. Circle L 3/4 (6)
>       NS (10)
> A2. Star L 1x (8) to Long Waves *
>       Bal Wave, Box Circulate ** (4, 4)
> B1. Bal R, Slide R past P (4, 4) ***
>       Bal L, Slide L past P (4, 4)
> B2. P B+S (4, 12)
>
> * Gents face out, Ladies face in, Prev N in LH, New N in RH
> ** Ladies Cross, Gents Loop R. This is the progression!
> *** As in Rory O'Moore
>
> One of several dances I wrote mixing Rory O'Moore spins and box
> circulates. This one has a strong partner focus, but still manages a
> neighbor swing. The title refers both to using the star to enter the
> long ocean waves, as well as one's partner being a guiding star to
> keep in the right place.
>
>
> Playground Stomp
> Duple Improper Contra
> Ron T Blechner
> Called 4/1/15 Amherst, refined, called 4/16/15 Mt. Airy, Philadelphia
> Thursday dance
>
> Start: Long waves with Gents facing out, Ladies facing In, N in RH
>
> A1. Bal, Slide R past N (4, 4) *
>       Bal, Slide L past N (4, 4)
> A2. Bal, Box Circulate (4, 4) **
>       Bal, Gents Alle L 1x (4, 4) ***
> B1. P Gypsy + Swing (16)
> B2. Ladies Alle R 1.5x (8) to wave of 4 ****
>       Bal Wave, N Alle L 3/4 (4, 4) to long waves. *****
>
> * as in Rory O'Moore
> ** Ladies cross, gents loop R
> *** Ladies loop R as if it's a box circulate. This flows nicely into the
> gypsy.
> **** N in LH
> ***** New N in RH
>
> Difficulty: Intermediate - the individual moves aren't bad, but
> there's a lot going on. This is a very stompy dance, hence the title.
> "Playground" refers to slides and boxes one might play on/in.
>
> I'm going to play with this more... Maybe turn the gents allemande to
> a gypsy left.
>
> This dance I wrote to mix up 2 Rory spins and 2 Box Circulates. The
> gents allemande was an innovation born out of necessity. There's no
> neighbor swing, but you get a lot of interaction with them.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Perry Shafran via Callers
> <callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> > This is a category where there is a lot of dances, those that have both
> > Petronella and Rory O'More figures.  I know of Bob Isaacs "Flaherty Will
> Get
> > you Everywhere", plus my own "Cheat Lake Twirl", and there are a few
> others
> > that I know of but forget the authors/names of dances.
> >
> > Perry
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Dugan Murphy via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net>
> > To: callers at lists.sharedweight.net
> > Sent: Monday, April 6, 2015 3:22 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Rory slides and Box circulates
> >
> > Hi Ron,
> >
> > I don't know of any dances with a Rory O'More figure and a box circulate
> in
> > the same dance, but if you're looking for a Petronella figure and a Rory
> > O'More figure in the same dance, check "Wave-Particle Duality" by Ryan
> > Smith: http://www.twirlyshirts.com/dances/by-ryan/wave-particle-duality/
> .
> >
> > Dugan Murphy
> > dugan at duganmurphy.com
> >
> >
> > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:44:18 -0400
> > From: Ron Blechner via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net>
> > To: callers at lists.sharedweight.net
> > Subject: [Callers] Rory slides and Box circulates
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> > Long wave Rory O'Moore balance and slides/spins and box circulates ... in
> > the same dance, adjacent to one another?
> >
> > I've not yet seen or danced any. Anyone have?
> >
> > I have a few dances; trying one or two this week.
> >
> > In dance,
> > Ron Blechner
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