Luke,
You wrote:
> I'm especially curious if something similar exists in the square dance
> repertoire; specifically the figure used in B1
Ron Buchanan's dance "Heymania"
http://www.quiteapair.us/calling/acdol/dance/acd_210.html
includes interlocking heys similar to the your "all 8 half hey
through", except that his are full heys. Ron refers to the figure
as a "grand hey".
I've also a similar figure, but with dancers taking hands as the
pass (so that when four meet in the center they form an actual
star), in a square dance chorus that I first learned from Larry
Edelman. I don't know where Larry learned it or whether he
invented it. It might be something out of the 1950s.
--Jim
On Apr 3, 2018, at 6:04 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I was playing around with a new (?) composition; and since it's a 4x4, it's
> unlikely I'll get a house-party together to test it any time soon. I'd
> appreciate feedback on flow (would it work), timing (is it too much?) and how
> you'd teach it. I'm especially curious if something similar exists in the
> square dance repertoire; specifically the figure used in B1
>
> Tamlin's Cross
> Bent 4x4 (i.e. 4x4 formation, but with couples facing into the middle on an
> X, instead of straight up and down in lines of four)
>
> A1
> (4) All 8 go into the middle and shout
> (4) Gents roll partners away on the way out
> (8) Neighbor Do-Si-Do
> A2
> (16) Neighbor Balance and Swing (square the set and face in)
> B1
> (8) Gents left hands across star 1x
> (8) start passing neighbor you swung by right, all 8 half hey through,
> then turn away from neighbor you swung
> B2
> (16) Partner Balance and Swing
> End the swing facing new couple, having swapped sides with your trail-buddy
> couple
>
> For the half hey through, all 8 folks are moving at the same time. At the end
> of A2, there are couples in head and side position (nobody is with their
> partner). The heads are heying up and down, while the sides are heying
> across. When four people of the same role come into the middle, what would
> normally be a left shoulder pass is (in my mind's eye) half of a left hand
> star
>
> I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
> Thanks
>
> --
> Luke Donforth
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