So, Eric, in your alternating version of "Chorus Jig", what happens after the #1 couples swing? Do they fall back to proper sides (M1 to caller's R; W1 to caller's L) and the 2s cast up the hall from a standing start? And then after the 2s have their partner swing, do they also fall back proper (M2 to caller's R, W2 to caller's L? If dancers are indeed proper (men to caller's R, women to callers L) in A1 and A2, regardless of whether 1s or 2s are busy, then, as I figure it, dancers alternately experience cw and ccw rotation during the assisted cast off (by contrast with the ordinary "Chorus Jig" where it's always ccw for men and cw for women) and it will be M2 rather than W2 who needs to free his right arm from around his same-sex neighbor's back in order to start contra corners. Do I have this right, or am I missing something?
--Jim On Jul 23, 2014, at 7:21 AM, Eric Black via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > I’ve done an alternating contra corners of Chorus Jig since shortly after Jim > Kitch started the trend. Hadn’t thought about whether it would work for any > contra corners dance. > > Eric Black > e...@mirador.com http://eric-black.com > > > On Jul 23, 2014, at 12:37 AM, Erik Hoffman via Callers > <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > >> Kiran Wagle once pointed out that, after a post DC dance discussion, some >> people discovered that any contra corners dance could be turned into an >> alternating corners dance. Having considered this on most, if not all, of >> the contra corners dances I know, I don't feel right about calling an old >> contra corners dance by a new name just because I called it in the >> alternating style. With that in mind: >> >> Thanks for telling me the name of the dance! I'm sure I the Hillsboro Jig in >> my collection. >> >> Cheers, >> ~erik hoffman >> oakland, ca >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers@lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
