Thanks Tom. We walked it though in my living room last night, and the flow into the 1/2 hey as originally written seemed okay to me. Good points you made about the cast off addition. As is always true in the folk process, a caller can make changes or use variations of a dance to suit their crowd. I tacked on both versions below. Thanks for all the input.
Rich On 4/16/10 5:48 AM, "Tom Hinds" <[email protected]> wrote: > I love this new dance by Rich Goss. Personally the dance in it's > original form looks like fun with moves that are very interesting. > There's several reasons I wouldn't add the cast off. I don't think > the transition from coming up the hall into a hey is that awkward. > Secondly, a cast off would add to the complexity of the dance (and > add to the amount of time walking it through). It already has enough > complexity to be fun. Third, I believe the cast off would make the > dance flow better for the number one woman, but create lousy flow for > the number two woman. So we solve one problem and creat another. Or > perhaps the suggestion is to have everyone cast of in a counter- > clockwise direction. Then we introduce some crazy timing issues i.e. > one couple casts three-quarters while the other casts once and a > quarter. Is that what we are suggesting here? > > Tom > Betty's Night Out - Rich Goss Improper, Double Prog A1: Neighbor Dosido and Swing (end facing down hall) A2: Down hall 4-in-line, turn as couples; Return, face across B1: 1/2 Hey, Gents Ricochet Back (Ladies cross rt sh); Partner swing B2: Circle Left 3/4 B2: Circle Left 3/4, As Couples, zig left past current N, zag right around next N, zig left to couple #3 (to start A1 Dosido) >> Here is the new dance with changes from Jack, and clarification on >> the zig-zag: >> >> >> >> Betty's Night Out Rich Goss (Jack Mitchell Var) Improper, Double Prog >> >> A1: Neighbor Dosido and Swing (end facing down hall) >> A2: Down hall 4-in-line(4), turn as couples(4); Return(4), hand >> cast (gents backing up, ladies walking forward) to send the ladies >> in to start the half hey? >> >> B1: 1/2 Hey, Gents Ricochet Back (Ladies cross rt sh) Partner swing >> B2: Circle Left 3/4, As Couples, zig left?past current N, zag right >> around next N, zig left to couple #3 (to start A1 Dosido)
