[Callers] "I've Got A Bad Feeling About This" -- does this dance exist?

[Jim McKinney]

Amy,
Were you able to try this one out?  How did it go?

Jim

> On Feb 22, 2018, at 2:22 PM, Amy Cann via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> 
> Hey all! This dance just popped into my head as part of a discussion over on the pourparler/family dance community. 
> 
> I have NO idea if I've just reinvented someone else's wheel or not. Anyone know?
> 
> 
> Working Title: "I've Got a Bad Feeling About This" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U3Oti2L8S4 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U3Oti2L8S4>
> Suggested Tune: Cantina Theme  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6PDcBhODqo  <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6PDcBhODqo>
> 
> Eight or more couples, "Big Square" formation
> 
> Prep: form up like you're going to do a big circle, then "square the circle": divide dancers into four equal sets of partners, lined up along four NSEW walls. 
> Wave at people across the room, figure out who your opposite pair is. 
> Sides and Top walls can be slightly different numbers of partners as long as they match each *other*.
> 
> Side walls advance, right hand allemande with opposite, retire
> Top walls sashay to opposite side (if gendered: "Drive in the right lane, men passing back to back")
> Side walls advance, left hand allemande, retire
> Top walls sashay home
> 
> Everyone dosido partner, 
> do-SA-do partner, 
> promenade to next WALL. 
> 
> Do the dance four times with calls, four times "on your own"
> 
> Possible prep practice: Tops advance, meet/identify your opposite, retire. Sides in, identify, retire. All promenade to next wall. 
> 
> Depending on size of hall, number of couples, and experience level/sobriety of dancers, this could either be cleanly/tightly phrased or a total pig-pile, sorta like Foula Reel. 
> 
> I'm going to totally try this at our (small, square-shaped, local, fun-loving and open-minded) Peirce's Hall this weekend, if Steve Howland will share the mic for a moment, but before I do:
> 
> Does this already exist, and I've just forgotten?
> Or anything similar? 
> Does it work in real life, with the right crowd/band/hall?
> 
> Kinda excited to find out...
> 
> Cheers,
> Amy
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