One I call frequently is
Jim's Reel by Steve Snurr
A1 Do Si Di N 1 1/4 ti WL - ladies in center, Rt hand to N Remember this WL
- we will come back to it
Bal Line - Trun N by R 1/2 - Gents pull by LA2 B&SW PB1 Down hall 4 steps
- turn alone - back up 4 steps For 4 steps - turn alone back up 4 stepsB2
Cir L 5 places until you can collapse to original WL Bal (on last 4
beats)A1 walk for to new N - as dance starts over
Great dance
Mac McKeever
From: Tavi Merrill via Callers <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2017 4:20 PM
Subject: [Callers] Contras which feature a "Dublin Bay" figure
Dance genealogy question: The figure first appearing in "Dublin Bay" (aka
"We'll Wed and We'll Bed," its title in Playford) morphed in contra into a
modified "lines of four down the hall."
I know a version of it from Sue Rosen's dance "Handsome Young Maids," where
dancers facing down take four steps forwards, turn alone, and continue down the
hall with four backward steps, then repeat the figure to return up the hall.
I'm curious how many other contras this figure, or a version of it, appears in.
Does anyone know of other dances? And any astute dance historians out there
know what the first contra to use this figure is?
Tavi
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