Rick and Mac and all, I also tried various "fixes" like promenading clockwise but like a lot of times I have tried to "fix" a dance, it gets clunky and I end up going back to the original. Since the "Wheel" is the most fun with a hall packed with dancers, I have settled on calling it only for large crowds when the original "circle up" has the dancers pretty much pushed up against the walls. Then when they get in promenade position, that all loosens up but during the circle lefts the women's arms are saved.
bill ________________________________ From: Callers <[email protected]> on behalf of Rick Mohr via Callers <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2018 1:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Callers] Looking for "fun" dances "The Wheel" has been a favorite of mine since 1994. Around here some call it "Wheel of Misfortune" -- hilarious! (i.e. who will the fates deliver unto you for a swing?) I could never find it in my Gene Hubert books -- apparently because it was published in his first collection "Dizzy Dances" (https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/index/DD1.txt<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibiblio.org%2Fcontradance%2Findex%2FDD1.txt&data=02%7C01%7C%7C697c6daa31f44b462fe008d569759a6a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636530876176927415&sdata=sHtXOykMuVYBbufQ70v4aoayq3Pe3RwFtzlHHkuqgEw%3D&reserved=0>) which I don't have. I never thought that was a problem, since "Dizzy Dances II" is subtitled "Featuring the best of Volume 1 plus...". But now I wonder how many other great dances that Gene didn't consider "the best" are hiding in that book! I've also long struggled with the "women's arms pulled out of their sockets" problem, and tried a couple fixes that failed spectacularly. Mac, your solution looks brilliant and I'm excited to try it! Rick
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