My favorites: 1. To my mind, the classic box circulate dance--probably because it was the first one I ever danced!
> Chinese New Year by Chris Page || improper (adv'd) > Starts in long waves, gents face out, Ns by R > A1: bal. wave & box circulate (2x) (LX G loop; GX L loop) > A2: bal. wave & box circulate (LX G loop) > P swing > B1: circle L 3/4 > N swing > B2: long lines > R to P, bal. & pull by (4) > N alle. L → long waves (4) 2. Can't for the life of me remember where I picked this one up, but it's super fun! > Susie's Send-Off by Scott Higgs || improper* (adv'd) > A1: long lines > gents alle. L 1 1/2 → short waves (RH to P) > A2: bal. wave, P alle. R 3/4 → long waves (ladies face out) > bal. wave & circulate (GX, L loop) > B1: bal. wave & circulate (G loop, LX) > P swing (gent's home side) > B2: circle L 3/4 & pass thru > new N swing > * starts with 1s below the 2s (technically starts reverse-indecent), but > can start teaching/calling from improper without any ill effects 3. One of my favorites--everyone gets that satisfying cross-the-set-to-swing transition. > Double Click by Bob Isaacs || becket left (adv'd) > A1: circle L 3/4 and pass thru > new ladies alle. L 1/2 (4) > P alle. R 3/4 → long waves (ladies face in) (4) > A2: bal. wave & box circulate (LX, GL) > new N swing (on gent's home side) > B1: long lines > 1/2 hey → long waves* > B2: bal. wave & box circulate (GX, LL) > P swing > * 1/2 hey = GL, PR, LL, as if to pass N2 by R but take RH instead. Wave = > N2 in RH, N1 in LH, gents facing P's back 4. Bonus: not realllllly a box circulate dance, but sorta like a box circulate from long wavy lines in the middle? It sprung to mind when I read this thread, so I figured I'd share! > Ellie's Pumpkin Show by Bill Olson || becket left (adv'd) > A1: (slide L to) circle L 3/4 and make long wave of ladies > bal. wave, ladies walk fwd. (4) to spiral P 3/4 (4) > A2: circle L 3/4 and make long wave of gents > bal. wave, gents walk fwd. (4) to spiral P 3/4 (4) > B1: full hey (gents by L) > B2: P b&s On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 5:05 PM, Vicki Morrison via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Hello all. In addition to the lovely Du Quoin Races dance by Orace > Johnson, are you familiar with any other box circulate dances that you > could share? Thanks! > > Vicki Morrison > Tallahassee, FL > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > >