Linda: Do you have a electronic copy of Larry's grid? If so would you please share?
Donna "Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance." -unknown In a message dated 2/27/2012 2:08:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, laleslie...@comcast.net writes: I agree that men allemande left is found in many good dances and can be overused in a program; circles and long lines forward and back are other moves that can fit this category. One of the many advantages to Caller's Companion, or the use of the grid developed by Larry Jennings, is to help avoid repetitious moves. Using this feature has helped in my program planning! Linda On Feb 27, 2012, at 1:53 PM, dhuntdan...@aol.com wrote: > I agree. > Does anyone else think that Men allemande Left 1 1/2 is overused? > How about Circle Left 3/4? Lately, I've been programming > specifically to > avoid having a circle in each dance. It's surprisingly difficult > to find > dances that don't have circles. > > Donna Hunt > "Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we > should > dance." -unknown > > > In a message dated 2/27/2012 12:18:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > 95s...@comcast.net writes: > > I like the "Gang of Four" much better, as IMHO men AL 1 1/2 is the > most > over-used figure in contradancing, and the other dance has (yikes!) > two of > them. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joy Greenwolfe" <joy2...@mindspring.com> > To: "Caller's discussion list" <call...@sharedweight.net> > Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 12:46:36 AM > Subject: Re: [Callers] Does this exist? > > Hi Luke and all, > > This is strongly reminiscent of Gene Hubert's Gang of Four, but I > think yours is distinct. > > Joy Greenwolfe > Durham, NC > > For comparison: > Gang of Four by Gene Hubert, Jan '92 > duple contra Becket > > A1 > Circle L 3/4 > N swing, end facing in promenade position in large oval (gents L > shoulder to the inside) > A2 > Promenade around the oval CCW, going around the ends like a bicycle > chain (about 6 steps) > Ladies turn back to swing the new gent behind > B1 > All circle L in large oval > Forward and back (make sure you're across from P by the end) > B2 > (new) Ladies allemande R 1+1/2 > P swing > > > On Feb 24, 2012, at 11:00 PM, Luke Donforth wrote: > >> I can't tell if I'm remembering or writing a dance. Anyone recognize >> this? >> >> Becket, ccw >> A1 >> Men allemande Left 1.5x >> Neighbor swing, end facing cw in big oval (women inside) >> A2 >> Promenade with neighbor >> Women turn back and swing new neighbor >> B1 >> Promenade back until across from partner >> Men allemande Left 1.5x >> B2 >> Partner gypsy (R) and swing >> >> Thanks. >> >> -- >> Luke Donforth >> luke.donfo...@gmail.com <luke.do...@gmail.com> >> www.lukedonev.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> call...@sharedweight.net >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list call...@sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
