Progression is in the A2, Allemande Left with NEXT neighbor. You stay with the current neighbor at the end of the dance to start the sequence again with the circle left.
Dave Colestock www.davecolestock.com PS - it is a fun dance. --- "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > > I'm a fledgling caller in Memphis, Tennessee, and > I'm looking for > dances to add to my repertoire. I found this one > online- "Caught in > the Act" by Donna McAllister/Calhoun, but I'm not > sure of the > progression. > > http://www.io.com/contradance/sequences/caught-in-the-act.html > The webmaster's email and the link to the author's > email are defunct, > I found a couple other sources for the dance, but no > contact > information. > > A1: > Circle left > Allemande right neighbor 1-1/2 > > A2: > Allemande left next neighbor once or 2x > Gypsy 1x > Ending gypsy below original neighbor, women facing > out and men facing > in > > B1: > Chase "lady round two and the gent cut through; gent > around two and > the lady cut through" > > Active woman walks in a clockwise direction around > the inactive > couple above while the active man follows her until > he can (and > does!) cut through the inactive couple. > > The man now walks clockwise around the couple above, > while the woman > follows until she can and does cut through the > couple. > > B2 > Actives balance & swing, end facing down > > I tried diagramming it and it seems like a backward > progression? At > the end of A2 it has progressed, but during the > chase it goes > backwards 2x so you end up with 1's/actives out at > the top and > 2's/inactives out at the bottom. > > Has anyone danced and or called this dance- is it > supposed to be a > backward progression? > > If I change it minutely, having the #1/active man > in the chase > sequence go around the same couple he just split- in > other words > moving him around the couple below rather than the > next couple above- > then it seems to work out as a single progression. > If I called it > with this change, does etiquette demand that I > announce the change? > > So grateful to have found this list- I was looking > at another dance > http://blake.prohosting.com/austinbd/dances/chocolate_swirls.shtml > wondering how to do a "come back cozy" into a > cloverleaf and had > given up finding the info- until I found this list > with the Squeaking > Wheel thread! Thanks! > > Thanks in advance! > > Alison Murphy > Memphis TN > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
