For Playground Stomp, next time I'll try the B2 as: Ladies Chain (8) (to N) Star L to long waves (8)
It's slightly harder, but reduces balances from 5 to 4, and reduces the raised arms in the dance, which may mean less fatigue. Ron On Apr 30, 2015 8:06 PM, "Ron Blechner" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thought I'd share the fruits of my thinking. > > Wrote a few dances. Have 2 keepers: > > Astral Navigation > Becket Contra > Ron T Blechner > Called 4/15/15 Baltimore > > A1. Circle L 3/4 (6) > NS (10) > A2. Star L 1x (8) to Long Waves * > Bal Wave, Box Circulate ** (4, 4) > B1. Bal R, Slide R past P (4, 4) *** > Bal L, Slide L past P (4, 4) > B2. P B+S (4, 12) > > * Gents face out, Ladies face in, Prev N in LH, New N in RH > ** Ladies Cross, Gents Loop R. This is the progression! > *** As in Rory O'Moore > > One of several dances I wrote mixing Rory O'Moore spins and box > circulates. This one has a strong partner focus, but still manages a > neighbor swing. The title refers both to using the star to enter the > long ocean waves, as well as one's partner being a guiding star to > keep in the right place. > > > Playground Stomp > Duple Improper Contra > Ron T Blechner > Called 4/1/15 Amherst, refined, called 4/16/15 Mt. Airy, Philadelphia > Thursday dance > > Start: Long waves with Gents facing out, Ladies facing In, N in RH > > A1. Bal, Slide R past N (4, 4) * > Bal, Slide L past N (4, 4) > A2. Bal, Box Circulate (4, 4) ** > Bal, Gents Alle L 1x (4, 4) *** > B1. P Gypsy + Swing (16) > B2. Ladies Alle R 1.5x (8) to wave of 4 **** > Bal Wave, N Alle L 3/4 (4, 4) to long waves. ***** > > * as in Rory O'Moore > ** Ladies cross, gents loop R > *** Ladies loop R as if it's a box circulate. This flows nicely into the > gypsy. > **** N in LH > ***** New N in RH > > Difficulty: Intermediate - the individual moves aren't bad, but > there's a lot going on. This is a very stompy dance, hence the title. > "Playground" refers to slides and boxes one might play on/in. > > I'm going to play with this more... Maybe turn the gents allemande to > a gypsy left. > > This dance I wrote to mix up 2 Rory spins and 2 Box Circulates. The > gents allemande was an innovation born out of necessity. There's no > neighbor swing, but you get a lot of interaction with them. > > > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Perry Shafran via Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is a category where there is a lot of dances, those that have both > > Petronella and Rory O'More figures. I know of Bob Isaacs "Flaherty Will > Get > > you Everywhere", plus my own "Cheat Lake Twirl", and there are a few > others > > that I know of but forget the authors/names of dances. > > > > Perry > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Dugan Murphy via Callers <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, April 6, 2015 3:22 PM > > Subject: Re: [Callers] Rory slides and Box circulates > > > > Hi Ron, > > > > I don't know of any dances with a Rory O'More figure and a box circulate > in > > the same dance, but if you're looking for a Petronella figure and a Rory > > O'More figure in the same dance, check "Wave-Particle Duality" by Ryan > > Smith: http://www.twirlyshirts.com/dances/by-ryan/wave-particle-duality/ > . > > > > Dugan Murphy > > [email protected] > > > > > > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:44:18 -0400 > > From: Ron Blechner via Callers <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Callers] Rory slides and Box circulates > > Message-ID: > > < > calf+g+5b02yzkizdh1e-ymojx-n1v9sgjsr4rqxdjuwoy3j...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Long wave Rory O'Moore balance and slides/spins and box circulates ... in > > the same dance, adjacent to one another? > > > > I've not yet seen or danced any. Anyone have? > > > > I have a few dances; trying one or two this week. > > > > In dance, > > Ron Blechner > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > < > http://lists.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers-sharedweight.net/attachments/20150330/1f1bbd95/attachment.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > >
