Hi, all-- I don't have the lore or the archives to answer Tom or Michael, but here's another spur-of-the-moment composition that seems very likely to have been created earlier and elsewhere. I had just run out of suitable triplets and I wanted to teach country corners so in desperation I tried this:
Triplet, all proper A1: #1 couple balance, cross over, go below #2, half-figure eight up through #2 to end proper between #2 and #3. A2: #1 turn country corners with the usual suspects. B1: #1 gypsy and swing, end facing up. B2: #1 cast around #2 to go down the outside to bottom while #2 and #3 move up; lines of three go forward and back. Seemed to work very well for a mixed-age group of beginners (maybe because the #1s are so much busier than everyone else?)--if it's a known sequence I'd like to give credit where credit is due. Also interested in any close resemblances that people like. Chip Hedler ============ On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 12:00 PM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote:- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 11:06:54 -0500 > From: Tom Hinds <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Callers] is this dance new? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > I just wrote a dance and wanted to know if it's unique. I'm pretty > sure the A1 is borrowed from another dance. > > > D-imp > A1 Circle left. Mad Robin (face partner and do-si-do neighbor). > > A2 Hey, women pass left shoulders > > B1 Women pass left shoulders and swing partner > > B2 Ladies chain, forward and back. > > > Tom > ============ > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 08:38:39 -0800 (PST) > From: Michael Fuerst <[email protected]> > To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] is this dance new? > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > How many dances do people know of that were independently written by > persons? > I know of two such pairs. > > (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). 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 or > sequence of either. > > Michael Fuerst > 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217-239-5844 > >
