Ladies chain to balance & swing works if it's done like this: ladies join right hands for a ladies chain, pull by to give left hand to your partner's left hand, partner courtesy turns his lady, keep left hands together for a left-hand-balance to swing.
As ever, the teaching is all, imho. > From: luke.do...@gmail.com > Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:17:45 -0400 > To: call...@sharedweight.net > Subject: Re: [Callers] Dance title? > > I haven't seen that specific dance. I'm also a little puzzled by the chain > to balance transition. > > It looks very similar to "Button Pushers", which I unfortunately don't know > who wrote. They add a women DSD 1x to mediate the chain->partner swing. > > Button Pushers > by unknown > Contra/Improper > > A1 ----------- > (16) Neighbor balance and swing > A2 ----------- > (8) Long lines, forward and back > (8) Women's Chain across > B1 ----------- > (8) Women Do-si-do 1x > (8) Partner swing > B2 ----------- > (8) Circle Left 3/4 > (4) Balance the ring > (4) Pass through to next > > It's also close to Airpants by Lisa Greenleaf, which has a ladies allemande > instead of a chain, which leaves them set up for a partner balance and > swing. The B2 uses a DSD 1.5 for progression instead of a balance and pass > through > > Airpants > by Lisa Greenleaf > Contra/Improper > > A1 ----------- > (16) Neighbor balance and swing > A2 ----------- > (8) Long lines, forward and back > (8) Women allemande Right 1-1/2 > B1 ----------- > (16) Partner balance and swing > B2 ----------- > (8) Circle Left 3/4 > (8) Neighbor Do-si-do 1.5x > > > On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Jack Mitchell <jamit...@mindspring.com>wrote: > > > I am having trouble picturing how the intended flow would be from the > > ladies chain into the partner balance and swing. It seems like it would be > > rather awkward. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Mar 10, 2013, at 3:34 PM, Michael Barraclough < > > mich...@michaelbarraclough.com> wrote: > > > > > Does anyone have a title/author for this dance? I am sure that it must > > > exist. If not, it is called JuneApple by me! > > > > > > A1 Neighbor balance and swing > > > > > > A2 Long lines forward and back, ladies chain > > > > > > B1 Partner balance and swing > > > > > > B2 Circle left 3/4, balance and pass through along > > > > > > > > > Michael Barraclough > > > www.michaelbarraclough.com > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Callers mailing list > > > call...@sharedweight.net > > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > call...@sharedweight.net > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > > > > -- > Luke Donforth > luke.donfo...@gmail.com <luke.do...@gmail.com> > www.lukedonev.com > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
