Thanks for mentioning the personal preference for Give & Take, Ron! The timing does seem to vary. But Larry Jennings, originator of the move, actually preferred two steps forward, two steps back with your Partner, and then a 12 count swing. Larry liked his dancing “Zesty”! Linda
On Aug 20, 2016, at 2:35 PM, Ron Blechner via Callers <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a nice dance. > > I think I'll call it tonight. > > (For timing, I just mark down give and take to a swing as 16 beats, but > timing for that move is a personal preference, I believe). > > Best, > Ron Blechner > > > On Aug 19, 2016 9:56 PM, "QuiAnn2 via Callers" > <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, all! > > Thanks to all those who responded about this dance. Both Bob Isaacs and Chris > Page don’t recognize the dance as already written so I think we’re good to > go. Would love to hear how it goes if you decide to call it. The title is not > a typo. The 2nd word is a play on words as a combination of robin+orbit. > > I changed the choreography slightly in B1. I teach the “give and take” as a > ring balance, followed by the ladies drawing their Partner across the set. As > such, I’ve changed the timing to (4) and (12) rather than how I had it > originally as (8) and (8). That was just an oversight on my part when I > originally posted the dance. > > Jacqui Grennan > > > > Mad Orbin > by Jacqui Grennan > Contra/Improper > > A1 ----------- > (4) N RH Balance > (4) Box the gnat > (8) Mad Robin, gents in front > A2 ----------- > (8) Gents allemande Left 1-1/2 > meanwhile ladies orbit CW > (8) N Sw > B1 ----------- > (4) Ladies give & take their P (ring balance) > (12) P Sw > B2 ----------- > (6, 2) Circle left 3/4, pass thru > (8) Next N DSD > >> On Aug 15, 2016, at 11:09 AM, QuiAnn2 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> Hi, all, >>> >>> I wrote a dance recently and called it over the weekend and it was well >>> received. Would like to see if anyone knows if it’s already written. Thanks. >>> >>> Jacqui Grennan >>> >>> >>> Mad Orbin >>> by Jacqui Grennan, 8/13/16 >>> Contra/Improper >>> >>> A1 ----------- >>> (4) N RH Balance >>> (4) Box the gnat >>> (8) Mad Robin, gents in front >>> A2 ----------- >>> (8) Gents allemande Left 1-1/2 >>> meanwhile ladies orbit CW >>> (8) N Sw >>> B1 ----------- >>> (8) Ladies give & take their P >>> (8) P Sw >>> B2 ----------- >>> (6, 2) Circle left 3/4, pass thru >>> (8) Next N DSD >>> >>> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
