Here's one I wrote. I mostly use the Balance and swing in B1 (read below)
Mark and Robin's Nest
by Donna Hunt
Duple Improper
Start with Actives (# 1 couple) in the center of line of 4 facing down the hall.
A1
Down the hall as in the "Gay Gordon" couple dance (3 steps forward turn
alone and 3 steps backward)
Repeat up the hall to place (3 steps forward turn alone and 3 steps
backward. Note: dancers end facing down the hall)
A2
(Bend the line) Circle Left 1x
Do-Si-Do Neighbor
B1
Actives Gypsy (or Neighbor Balance)
Neighbor Swing
B2
Long Lines Fwd and Back
Actives Swing
To honor the wedding of Mark and Robin Schaffer on Oct 19, 2003, and
the home (nest) they created.
Donna
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From: Mac Mckeever via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
To: Tavi Merrill <melodiouswoodch...@gmail.com>; callers
<callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Mon, Jan 16, 2017 5:48 pm
Subject: Re: [Callers] Contras which feature a "Dublin Bay" figure
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 L
A2 B&SW P
B1 Down hall 4 steps - turn alone - back up 4 steps
For 4 steps - turn alone back up 4 steps
B2 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 <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
To: callers@lists.sharedweight.net
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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