Is there any benefit to *not* calling it an improper contra with a note that it starts in short waves?
(The dance will tend to work better if you get people lined up, have them take hands four, and the actives cross over, so that the 1s and 2s know who they are and which way they expect to be going. *Then* have them allemand into the waves, say "the dance actually starts here", and walk the rest of it including the next progression.) -- Alan > 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? > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers -- =============================================================================== Alan Winston --- [email protected] Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL Phone: 650/926-3056 Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025 ===============================================================================
