I haven't studied the dance, but what you describe would technically be
duple minor indecent (ladies on the left) with a reverse progression
(bottom couple moving down the hall).


On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 23:28, Bill Baritompa
<[email protected]>wrote:

>  Hi,
>
>       This may seem like a silly question. It concerns Rick Mohr's
> improper dance
> "Chuck the Budgie" (on his webpage and shown on a youtube video there).
>
> I thought an improper dance has the #1's facing down the hall, facing their
> #2's who are facing up the hall. All gents have their partners on their
> right side.
>
> Although the dance description says it's improper, it actually starts in a
> short
> wave which you get into by Nbr Right Allemand 3/4 to have gents in the
> center
> with left hands joined. (the last 4 beats of B2, (next nbr) Right Allemand
> 3/4
>  forms the next short wave).
>
> So this dances has a formation (consisting of short waves) with the #1's
> facing up
> the hall facing their #2's who are facing down the hall. Gents have their
> partners
> on their left. Does this have a name? Are there any other dances in this
> formation?
>

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