Bob, I'm not sure what you mean by the band being in the lead. I think the band is in front of their partner in the star.
The whole thing could be flipped to end with the more traditional chain->left hand star, which might transition into a neighbor do-si-do and swing transition instead of a balance and swing. Would that help? Or do you just think that changing focus from a star to a new neighbor is difficult. *A1* Neighbor Do-si-do Neighbor swing *A2 *Bands chain (pull by left and courtesy turn) Promenade with partner across set (Barearms passing right) *B1 *Bands do-si-do 1x Partner Swing *B2 *Barearms chain across Left hand star 1x On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Bob Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > Dang. I hit send before verifying. No, the band is not in the lead in the > star. My bad. Still, looks likes fun dance. > > \bob > > On Dec 9, 2011, at 7:39 AM, Luke Donforth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > In the near future, I get to call for my first gender free dance. I'm > > looking forward to it, and thinking about my program. I was contemplating > > putting in Bands chains. The gents chain is a move that seems by and > large > > ignored in conventional contra dancing; the occasional dance I've seen > > using it is usually greeted with grumbling. Are gender free dancers more > > open to the move? > > > > I was thinking of the following dance (where barearms are on the right > > after a swing) > > > > *A1* > > Neighbor Balance and Swing > > *A2* > > Promenade Neighbor across and courtesy turn > > Barearms chain across the set (pull by right) > > *B1* > > Barearms do-si-do 1x > > Partner swing > > *B2* > > Bands chain across (pull by left, courtesy turned by neighbor) > > Right Hand Star 1x > > > > I've sent the question directly to the dance organizer, and I'm > > cross-posting on facebook, but I also wanted to poll the folks here. > > Thoughts? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > -- > > Luke Donforth > > [email protected] <[email protected]> > > www.lukedonev.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 > -- Luke Donforth [email protected] <[email protected]> www.lukedonev.com
