[Callers] Contras which feature a "Dublin Bay" figure ("Pivot the Line", yay)

[Roger Hayes via Callers]

"Pivot the Line" is a good dance; I called it at our regular Madison dance
tonight, it went well. I enjoyed seeing the dancers figure out how to dance
the unfamiliar figures -- nothing was too hard, the beginners got through
it fine, and people enjoyed refining the timing for the Dublin Bay figure.
I taught it without being very precise on the timing, to give people the
joy of discovery.

It was interesting to me that practically none of the dancers pre-bent the
line for the A2. I think the 2's were enjoying the swoop across the set to
start the (figure formerly known as a) gypsy; it's more dramatic than the
usual oh-you're-here-already start of that figure.

- Roger H

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 9:28 PM, QuiAnn2 via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> I’ve also written a dance with this down the hall figure in it. I like to
> call it early in the evening since it’s very connected and has “rest” time
> for each couple. I haven’t run it through the Shared Weight gauntlet to see
> if anyone else has written it. Please let me know if it’s already out there.
>
> *Pivot the Line*
> by Jacqui Grennan, 5/1/2016
> Contra/Improper/Easy
>
> A1 -----------
> Four steps down the hall, turn alone, rejoin hands in lines of 4
> Four more steps down the hall, walking backwards
> Four steps up the hall, turn alone, rejoin hands in lines of 4
> Four more steps up the hall, walking backwards. Bend the line
> A2 -----------
> (16) 2’s gypsy RIGHT/swing, face up to same N’s
> B1 -----------
> (16) Same N B&Sw
> B2 -----------
> (8) 1’s DSD across set
> (8) 1’s P Sw (2’s get ready for DTH, 1’s end the swing facing down between
> new neighbors).
>
>
>
>
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