[Callers] Riffing on "The Nice Combination"

[Maia McCormick]

Ooh, neat stuff!

As long as we're messing with classic dances:

*I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! *(improper)
A1: LLFB
new LARKS right-hand chain (to P)
A2: full hey (larks by R)
B1: P b&s
B2: larks allemande L 1.5
N swing

On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 9:11 AM Gregory Frock via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> 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
>> Luke.Donforth at gmail.com <Luke.Donev at gmail.com>
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