Here is a photo of The Wheel from the original Dizzy Dances Sent from my iPad
> On Feb 1, 2018, at 9:27 AM, Bill Olson via Callers > <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > 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 <callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net> on behalf of Rick Mohr > via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> > Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2018 1:11 PM > To: callers@lists.sharedweight.net > 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) 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 > > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/
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