Hi, Angela, I've been calling the figure a "facing star," when I bother naming it at all while teaching or prompting it.
Also, nice dance, though I suspect that since experienced dancers tend to take fewer than eight beats to do half poussettes and 3/4 stars, I suspect that dancers may end up swinging for as many as 20 beats. Dugan Murphy Portland, Maine dugan at duganmurphy.com www.DuganMurphy.com www.PortlandIntownContraDance.com www.NufSed.consulting > Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 14:03:37 -0400 > From: Angela DeCarlis <[email protected]> > To: callers <[email protected]> > Subject: [Callers] New Dance? > Message-ID: > <CA+h6_BYyybaF3qCeyDrJO1p=DLn9x+CyJ75xEgGWiut3+4R+YA@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hey y'all! > > After a lovely weekend of both Contra and English at Youth Dance Weekend, I > had an itch for programming some English-inspired choreography at BIDA last > night. Since I didn't have a dance with the figures I wanted, I whipped one > together on the drive home, tested it in the driveway, and debuted it last > night. Success! > > Now the question, of course, is whether or not someone already wrote it! > > -===- > > Amble On East > Becket CCW > > A1: Long Lines Forward & Back > Ladies Chain Across (to Neighbor) > A2: Ladies Dosido 1x > Neighbor Swing > B1: Give & Take, Gents draw Partner into 1/2 Poussette CCW > With NEXT, Gypsy Star* 3/4 (Ladies backing up) > B2: Partner (Long) Swing > > -===- > > *Do we have a new name for this figure yet? I called it Gypsy Star in the > walkthrough once or twice before realizing I should maybe figure something > else out, and the phrase "Special Star" actually escaped my mouth, to the > absolute delight of some of the dancers. During the dance itself, I just > called "Star."
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