I recently danced this to Seth Tepfer's call, and he has his own version of B2: W: Gypsy 1 1/2 N: Gypsy on to next N (to begin again)
I don't have Nathaniel Jack's orig'l, but your take on B2 makes perfect sense to me. On 2/4/08, Rickey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am preparing to call Nathaniel Jack's "It's A Pirate's Life for Me" > tonight. The dance is below. I am wondering why at the end of the B2 the > allemande with your neighbor is a second allemande right. Since the women > already have their right hands busy with their own allemande right it > would > seem easier for them to do an allemande LEFT with their neighbor, and > since > the next move is a balance with your new neighbor it would seem easier for > all to be coming out of that allemande left, rather than out of an > allemande > right. Do I have this part of the dance wrong? > > The dance notation is followed by my understanding of some of the other > parts as well. If you have time take a look. I would love your comments > on > this too. My main concern at this point however is with that second > allemande right. It seems like it should be an allemande left. > > It's A Pirates' Life For Me - teaching > > Nathaniel Jack - duple improper > > Dance > > A1 Neighbor Balance and Swing > > A2 Pass thru to a wave (4) > > Bal the wave (4) > > Slide right (men 2 places) (4) > > Men Allemande Left (once) (4) > > B1 Partner Balance and Swing. > > B2 Women Allemande Right once and a half around (8) > > Neighbor Allemande Right ( 1 ¾ ) to New Neighbors (8) > > Teaching – I have abbreviated this > > A1 > > 1. Neighbor – BALANCE AND SWING > 2. End facing across > > A2 > > 1. PASS THRU TO A WAVE ACROSS > > * Start to walk straight across the set, passing right shoulders > with > your partner, putting the women in the middle > * As the women pass each other take left hands and turn ¼ so W1 > faces > up and W2 faces down the set > * Men continue to the ends and join that wavy line > * M1 face up, M2 face down > * You are in a wavy line across the set with the women in the middle > holding left in left, and the men across the set from where they started > holding right hands with the women > > 2. BALANCE THE WAVE > 3. SLIDE RIGHT > > * Without turning around SLIDE to your RIGHT, like sliding doors, as > in Rory O'More > * Men Pass 2 people and end left in left > > 4. MEN ALLEMANDE LEFT (1) (IN 4!!!) – this is zippy > > B1 > > 1. PARTNER BALANCE AND SWING > > End that swing facing across the set. > > B2 > > 1. WOMEN ALLEMANDE RIGHT, each other, (1 ½ ) to your neighbor > 2. NEIGHBORS ALLEMANDE also by the RIGHT (1 ¾ ) to New Neighbors > 3. Ready to Balance and Swing with your New Neighbors, when the dance > continues > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
