I know of two other instances of two persons writing essentially the same dance. (1) Jim Kitch and Al Olson independently wrote the following sequence: Improper A1 Alm left N 1 1/2 and swing a 2nd (new) neighbor A2 Alm left a 3rd N once, pass right shoulders with the one you swung, and swing your original N The two dances had the same B1 (I don't remember if it's W alm L 1 1/2 and partners swing or Circle Left 3/4 and partners swing, or something else) But the two dances differ only in the B2. Al Olson's version is called "The Empty Crack." I do not recall the name of Jim's version (2) Mark Richardson from Bloomington IN and someone (in California I think) independently wrote the same dance. I do not recall the name of either. I'm a bit surprised near duplicate dances are not identified more often
Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217-239-5844 Links to photos of many of my drawings and paintings are at www.ArtComesFuerst.com ________________________________ From: Kalia Kliban <[email protected]> To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 4:58 PM Subject: [Callers] Unruly Reunion/Monterey Detour I just noticed that these two dances, Unruly Reunion by Robert Cromartie and Monterey Detour by Bob Dalsemer, are identical. I don't know if I've picked up modified versions, or if they're simply examples of parallel evolution. There must be other known cases of identical dances with different names. Anyone know a few? It happens in English occasionally as well (Take a Dance and Ore Boggy being the most well-known). Kalia _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list [email protected] http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
