[Callers] New (?) dance, B1 balance, B2 balance and partner swing

[Maia McCormick via Callers]

Called Bob's "Return 2 Sender" this past Thursday at Mt. Airy, PA -- what a
good dance!!

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 6:37 PM, Bob Isaacs via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Hi All:
>
> As Luke noted, there are two dances with similar names.  The first is:
>
> Return to Sender
> Becket-L, double, 7/18/00
>
> A1.  L diagonal R and L through, ladies chain to neighbor
> A2.  Hey (LR, PL, GR, NL) - give R to N
> B1.  Balance, box the gnat and pull by R, gents allemande L 1 1/2
> B2.  Partner balance, swing
>
> On 5/19/03 I wrote Return 2 Sender, the same dance below that Luke
> re-discovered.  With a neighbor swing and a single progression, this is
> objectively better.
>
> For both I offer the following teaching tip: at the end of the hey take R
> with neighbor and have all face across, so for Return 2 Sender the ladies
> are back to back.  Then have all take a small step to their L as the ideal
> position to finish the hey (if facing across is 12 o'clock/6 o'clock, then
> slightly L of across is 1 o'clock/7 o'clock).  Then after the box the gnat
> and pull by, the ladies have a clearer path into the allemande L -
>
> Bob
>
>
> Becket
> A1
> Circle left 3/4
> Neighbor swing
> A2
> Gents start hey for 4 by left
> B1
> Right to neighbor (women back to back in middle), balance and box gnat
> Pull by right, women allemande left 1 1/2
> B2
> Partner balance and swing
> Slide left
>
> Happy dancing
>
> --
> Luke Donforth
> Luke.Donforth at gmail.com <Luke.Donev at gmail.com>
>
>
>
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