Andrea kindly pointed out that half hey where you're about to pass by the left into a swing isn't the smoothest transition (without a balance); something I missed.
I see a couple ways of shifting that, like replacing the chain with a women allemande left 1.5; which is unfortunately their "non-standard" hand for that. Another way to avoid a left shoulder to swing would be ditch the lines of four and go straight into chain to facing neighbor then half hey, with a balance and swing neighbor in A2. My sense is that accessible 4x4s really benefit from the lines of 4 to establish the set every time. Do folks have 4x4s that succeed smoothly without that? Thank you all for sharing thoughts and dances. Revised version, with allemande: A1 ----------- (8) Lines of four, forward and back (8) Women left allemande 1.5x (with one on slight left in facing couple) A2 ----------- (8) 1/2 Hey up & down, women passing right shoulders (8) Neighbor swing (end facing partner, Women's line of direction; men opposite initial facing.) B1 ----------- (8) Women's Chain up and down to partner, power turn to face trail buddy couple (8) 1/2 Hey across, women passing right shoulders B2 ----------- (16) Partner balance and swing On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 10:01 PM, Luke Donforth <luke.do...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all. > > It's been a while since I've had enough folks at a house party to really > walk through a 4x4 dance, so I'm sending this out for comment: I'm trying > to increase my repertoire of accessible and entertaining 4x4s (my double > reverse progression 4x4, etc, not qualifying) > > This one is in the "Midwestern Folklore" and "Will You Mary Me?" tradition > of being two nearly identical halves. > > Plow and Cross Stitch > by Luke Donforth > Contra/Four Facing Four > > A1 ----------- > (8) Lines of four, forward and back > (8) Women's Chain up & down to facing neighbor > A2 ----------- > (8) 1/2 Hey up & down, women passing right shoulders > (8) Neighbor swing (end facing partner, Women's line of direction; men > opposite initial facing.) > B1 ----------- > (8) Women's Chain up and down to partner, power turn to face trail buddy > couple > (8) 1/2 Hey across, women passing right shoulders > B2 ----------- > (16) Partner balance and swing > > It could go lines of four again in B1, then the chain and power turn, with > B2 being half hey and just a swing; but I figured try for the partner > balance and longer swing. > > I'd appreciate hearing folks thoughts (too repetitive? too disorienting? > basically X's dance Y), as well as your own favorite 4x4s; and why. My > personal favorite is Rick Mohr's "Dance All Night", because you get a grand > right and left in a contra. > > Take care, > > -- > Luke Donforth > luke.donfo...@gmail.com <luke.do...@gmail.com> > -- Luke Donforth luke.donfo...@gmail.com <luke.do...@gmail.com>