The dance is actually Moon and Star Contra and it is by Don Flaherty. Michael Barraclough www.michaelbarraclough.com
On Wed, 2013-02-06 at 15:51 -0800, Kalia Kliban wrote: > On 2/6/2013 6:23 AM, Emily Addison wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > I was wondering if anyone had relatively 'easy on the brain' 'out of your > > minor set' dances??? > > One that I've been using a fair bit is Moon and Stars Contra. I don't > know who wrote it, so if anyone out there does, please tell me. > > Moon and Stars > duple improper > > A1 1-4 Balance the ring and California twirl your P to face old Ns > 5-8 With those olds Ns, LH star once around > A2 1-8 Come back to current Ns for balance and swing > B1 1-4 Men allemande 1-1/2 > 5-8 P swing > B2 1-4 Circle L 3/4 and pass through > 5-8 New N dosido into a ring of 4 > > As some other folks have noted, it's a good idea to introduce the > dancers to all the characters in the sequence before you start moving. > You've got your current Ns in the circle with you, look over your > shoulder for your old Ns, and look past your current Ns for the next Ns. > In this dance it's good for the folks who go out at the end in the B2 > to turn as a cpl right away. They're needed just 8 bars later. I've > had beginner dancers get confused by that, and am now trying to be more > mindful of letting them know how soon they need to be ready to come back > into the pattern. > > Again, let me know if you know who wrote this dance! > Kalia > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
