This one was originally written for a Valentine's Day contra dance. One of those really fun swing-frustration dances:
Frustration Reel III by Bill Sacks (Improper) A1: Do-si-do neighbor 1 1/4 (to waves with ladies in center) In waves, balance; allemande neighbor R 1/2 A2: Men allemande 1 1/2 Partners gypsy 1 1/2 B1. Ladies allemande L 1x (quick, back to partner and swing) SWING Swing partner (so this swing is around... 12ish counts?) B2. R-L through Circle L 3/4, pass through 2013/4/3 Donald Perley <[email protected]> > On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Aaron Redfern <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > I don't think any dance forces flirtation; some just allow it more than > > others, and there's nothing wrong with having an event that's focused on > > these dances for people who want to seek them out. It's been done at > > larger festivals like Flurry in the past, and it sounds like that's what > > the original poster intends. > > > > IF a session is billed as flirty, yes, choose it or not, what you read is > what you get. Anyway, MR's and gypsies are mainstream fare if not as > common as dosido's > > Since the OP mentioned it is for Queer Contra Camp, I think it's a fair > assumption that same role swing is equally acceptable/desirable to opposite > role swing, but the objection was in the context of mainstream dances. You > will run into it sometimes anyway with neighbors dancing cross-role, but it > isn't up to an organizer or caller to push it "'cause it's good for ya!" > like making your kid to eat his Brussels sprouts. > > The dance in question could be done with alternate neighbors swinging in > the middle instead of alternate gents/ladies. In ECD I think the term > would be first and second corners, but I don't know an equivalent way to > call it in contra. > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
