Called Bob's "Return 2 Sender" this past Thursday at Mt. Airy, PA -- what a good dance!!
On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 6:37 PM, Bob Isaacs via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Hi All: > > As Luke noted, there are two dances with similar names. The first is: > > Return to Sender > Becket-L, double, 7/18/00 > > A1. L diagonal R and L through, ladies chain to neighbor > A2. Hey (LR, PL, GR, NL) - give R to N > B1. Balance, box the gnat and pull by R, gents allemande L 1 1/2 > B2. Partner balance, swing > > On 5/19/03 I wrote Return 2 Sender, the same dance below that Luke > re-discovered. With a neighbor swing and a single progression, this is > objectively better. > > For both I offer the following teaching tip: at the end of the hey take R > with neighbor and have all face across, so for Return 2 Sender the ladies > are back to back. Then have all take a small step to their L as the ideal > position to finish the hey (if facing across is 12 o'clock/6 o'clock, then > slightly L of across is 1 o'clock/7 o'clock). Then after the box the gnat > and pull by, the ladies have a clearer path into the allemande L - > > Bob > > > Becket > A1 > Circle left 3/4 > Neighbor swing > A2 > Gents start hey for 4 by left > B1 > Right to neighbor (women back to back in middle), balance and box gnat > Pull by right, women allemande left 1 1/2 > B2 > Partner balance and swing > Slide left > > Happy dancing > > -- > Luke Donforth > luke.donfo...@gmail.com <luke.do...@gmail.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > >