I am curious, why isn't the Flutter Wheel being used in contras today. It basically accomplishes what a men's chain does but generally has good flow. I believe that Roget Whynot wrote several contras with a flutterwheel many years ago.
Basically flutterwheel is an 8 beat call where the right hand dancer, most often the lady, go into the center and turn by the right. When they move adjacent to the original opposite dancer they take that dancer and continue together to the RH dancers original side and turn in to face the center. Rich Stafford CT ________________________________ From: Bill Olson <[email protected]> To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 8, 2014 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [Callers] Flow & Glide Contras In "sort of' a similar vein.. here's one I wrote that I think flows really well.. (well once you get over the discomfort or unfamiliarity of a gent's chain...) Here's the dance and the notes from the original posting on my web page. PB&J, A duple improper contra by Bill Olson A1 M allem R x 1.5 (8), Sw Partner (8) A2 Cir L 3/4, Sw N (16) B1 1/2 MEN'S chain (8), Star R (hands across) (8) B2 1/2 W chain (8), Star L (hands across) (8) (M look for new gent in next star for R allem) This dance was written Aug 11, 1999, on the way to a gig at the Rock Gardens Inn in Phippsburg, ME. It originally started with a Men's HALF right allemand. I figured the dancers would get more partner swing that way. In real life however it seemed confusing and the allemand once and a half goes pretty quickly anyway so there is plenty of swing. The B1 B2 figures are the "reason" for the dance. I like how a chain flows into a star so I figured mirror image chains and stars would flow doubly well. Since most dancers are used to coming out of a chain into a cloverleaf star, it takes a little while for them to adjust to the hands across but it flows really nicely after they do. For my band PB&J (now T-Acadie)! Here's a video that gives you some idea of the flow.. Ignore the part where the dancers are confused and doing it improperly - hah hah.. http://youtu.be/8utAPj7Gu_g bill _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list [email protected] http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
