[Callers] Riffing on "The Nice Combination"

[Gregory Frock]

For title, might I suggest "The Dixie Combination"? The couple trading
figure is often called a Dixie Twirl, and there already exist "A New
Combination" and "The Nice Combination".

On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 2:28 PM Luke Donforth via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I was programming for tonight, and looked at Gene Hubert's classic "The
> Nice Combination" (N B&S, Dwn 4, turn as cpls, C L 3/4, P S, Ld/robin
> chain, LHS); and wondered what the simplest variant that would flow well
> with a gents/larks chain instead of a ladies/robins chain.
>
> What I've come up with is below. Anyone got a prior on it? Anyone got a
> variant with a gents/larks chain they like more?
>
> The New Combination
>
> A1 -----------
> (4,12) Neighbors balance and swing
> A2 -----------
> (6) Down the hall four line
> (4) Pair on the right make an arch, gent/lark on the left lead through,
> lady/robin on the right walks to far side, inverting the line
> (8) Come back up the hall and bend the ends
> B1 -----------
> (6) Circle left 3/4
> (10) Partners swing
> B2 -----------
> (8) Gents/Larks chain (pull by left, courtesy turn with neighbor)
> (8) Right-hand star 1x
>
> I'm planning on using Gene's original tonight in Belfast (and probably the
> vast majority of the time, it's a great dance); but I thought an accessible
> gents/larks chain would be nice.
>
> I appreciate hearing your thoughts.
>
> --
> Luke Donforth
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