I modified Bob Dalsemer's dance, Dog Branch Reel, so that the transition into the neighbor swing would be more conventional.
To give it even more English flavor, I tried changing B2 to fall back, turn single while advancing, 2s swing, but it was a hard sell at the contra dance. In my own records I call this version "Dog Branch, Really?". duple, improper A1 N do-si-do; 1s swing A2 Line of 4 down the hall 4 steps turning alone on step 4, continue down the hall walking backwards; up the hall 4 steps turning alone on step 4, continue up the hall walking backwards, bend the line B1 Circle L; N swing B2 Long lines forward and back; 2s swing On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Tavi Merrill via Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > >
