If you start from the common man-on-the-left, woman-on-the-right, and circle left 3/4, the women have swapped sides.
Easiest fix is to have the women swap sides again somewhere else. -Chris Page San Diego, CA On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Don Veino via Callers <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Is this unique to my collection or this generally true of contra dances? > > > I've had a similar observation (not in my deck necessarily but also from the > dance programs I encounter on the floor) - in many cases the Ladies are the > ones getting the run around/doing the most "single role" action. I haven't > done the percentages, but to me it seems the Gents' same role action is > typically limited to allemandes. > > This is something I've been using to inform my own dance compositions, > creating either more even or Gents-heavy dances (featuring other moves) > which could balance things out in aggregate. > > -Don >
