I asked Rick Mohr (who is not on this list) and this is his reply. I'm not too particular about "formation" because it seems funny to categorize an entire dance by where you happen to be at one certain point. These days most dancers automatically line up improper, so when possible I save words/time by starting there and making slight adjustments to the walkthrough. For example, in "Becket" dances that start with circle left 3/4 and swing neighbor I usually start improper and circle left all the way. -Rick
Donna In a message dated 2/28/2012 10:35:05 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: So i feel a bit silly walking into this discussion with such a simplistic answer, but - to me it only merits referring to a dance by an alternate formation if there's absolutely no way to set the dance up as a standard formation (eg, a becket-indecent). Unlike a dance which starts with a wave balance, "Chuck the Budgie" simply starts with a gents allemande L. I've had no trouble calling it from a standard improper starting point; it just makes the first allemande a little less than once. > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:28:54 +1300 > From: Bill Baritompa <[email protected]> > To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> > Subject: [Callers] What formation is this improper dance? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > 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? > > Questioningly yours, > Bill > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > End of Callers Digest, Vol 90, Issue 40 > *************************************** > _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list [email protected] http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
