> One more dance I can think of that allows some rest is "Marianne the
> Magnificant" by Susan Elberger. One other called mentioned to me he like > the "pause" that occurs when the women crossed and walk around behind their > partner. When I wrote this dance, as a gift at Marianne's 65th birthday surprise party, I intended the women's walk around their partners to be mirrored by their partners turning in place as they went by, admiring them as they go. The women should take the full eight beats of music to move, so that they arrive just in time to begin the circle left without a pause. When teaching the dance, callers should remind the women to slow down to allow for the admiration and for getting to their new places at the right time for the circle. Susan Elberger Lowell, Massachusetts
