Hi Keith, As Chris pointed out, between the give and takes, the dance is a contra formation, so your buddy is across from you. The dance does need space, but then, most 4x4's do.
Tom On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Chris Lahey <[email protected]> wrote: > How does this feel on the floor? Have you diagrammed this on a grid? > It seems to me that you'd have spacing trouble since the beginning of > the dance is a 4x4, but the orientation at the end of A1 is > essentially a contra dance. > > This is partially solved by all the give & takes, since you have to > walk forward and back, but I would be somewhat worried by people being > far apart right before the Petronella. Perhaps yet another Give & > Take would work here? > > Now that I think about it some more though, it seems like swing > followed by down the hall would have similar problems, but it always > seems to be fine, so maybe the grid differences are close enough that > the formation naturally "breathes." > > I want to dance this now so I can see if my guesses are accurate. > Chris > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 00:28, Thomas J Senior <[email protected]> > wrote: >> A while ago, i was intending to call a 4x4 (The Warm Up) at our >> local dance, the Chicago Barn Dance, but thought it might be nice to >> use a dance that accomplished the same thing (swinging both opposites >> during the sequence) but not using the star or a hey. Another idea to >> incorporate was the give and take, which seemed a good move for the >> standard introductory figure of many 4x4s. What i came up with is >> called Villa Olivia (where i wrote the dance): >> >> Villa Olivia >> 4x4 Tom Senior note "buddy" in your line of 4, (same >> gender person) and the direction you face. >> A1. Lines go forward, Men draw opposite back to swing (Give and >> Take), end the swing facing your buddy across the line of direction of >> the dance. >> A2. Make and ring, balance, twirl right one place (as in petronella), >> swing opposite #2. End facing across to your buddy. >> B1. Right and left across, ladies chain 1/2, turning to end facing >> partner. (in the direction of progression) >> B2. Lines go forwrd, Women draw partner back to swing. End swing >> facing original direction. >> >> Perhaps you may find this useful. >> >> Tom >> >> >> -- >> Tom Senior >> Dance while you can. >> see my website: http://marblechimes.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > -- Tom Senior Dance while you can. see my website: http://marblechimes.com/
