I don't know who the author is, but the dance's name ought to be "Chorus 
Jiggered" :-)

Need it be limited to 4 couples? Would an arbitrarily long line work?

\Bob

> On Jul 17, 2017, at 23:01, Jerome Grisanti via Callers 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Chet,
> 
> I get it now, thanks!
> 
> --Jerome
> 
> Jerome Grisanti
> 660-528-0858
> http://www.jeromegrisanti.com
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> "Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power 
> and magic in it." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
> 
>> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Chet Gray 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 4 couple longways proper (or whatever, it really doesn't matter much for 
>> this dance, only if you you care about what role your corners are). Stretch 
>> the set out in your mental picture. The contra corners pattern is Ts for 
>> everyone instead of Ys for the actives as it typically is.
>> 
>> — Chet Gray
>>   dance caller
>>   Louisville, KY
>>   (502) 419-7008
>> 
>>> On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 10:51 PM, Jerome Grisanti via Callers 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Yoyo,
>>> 
>>> What's the starting formation -- four couple longways proper? I'm having 
>>> trouble picturing all turn contra corners but perhaps I'm missing something.
>>> 
>>> --Jerome
>>> 
>>> Jerome Grisanti
>>> 660-528-0858
>>> http://www.jeromegrisanti.com
>>> 
>>> "Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power 
>>> and magic in it." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
>>> 
>>>> On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 7:37 PM, Yoyo Zhou via Callers 
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Hi callers,
>>>> 
>>>> I've been looking for a funky dance, a variation on Chorus Jig for 4 
>>>> couples, alternating, everybody turns contra corners. Does anyone know who 
>>>> to thank for it?
>>>> 
>>>> (I remember dancing it at one of the Monte Toyon camps (Spring Fever or 
>>>> Queer Contra Camp) but I can't remember which! For bonus points, I'd love 
>>>> to figure out whom I learned it from.)
>>>> 
>>>> The dance goes like this:
>>>> 
>>>> A1: top couple down the outside and back
>>>> B1: top couple down the middle and back, cast off with 2s
>>>> C: all turn contra corners in the middle
>>>>     (All turn partner right 3/4, 1st corner left 1, parter right 1/2, 2nd 
>>>> corner left 1.
>>>>      It looks like a wave of 8 down the middle.)
>>>> B2: all balance and swing partner; end swing facing up (?)
>>>> 
>>>> (? = Do you alternate facing up/down?)
>>>> 
>>>> Then, every other time, alternate: the bottom couple goes up the set and 
>>>> casts off with the 3s. So the 1s and 2s just change places with each 
>>>> other, and the 3s and 4s change places with each other, and everyone has a 
>>>> turn.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Yoyo Zhou
>>>> 
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