I thought up a cool little ending to a Revolving Door and have incorporated it into a couple of new dances. I call the action "Revolving Door to a Wave" and it's as follows:
from couples facing across - Ladies start an Allemande Right 1x while depositing the gent they were with on the other side, as the ladies come back across and are finishing, they slide nose-to-nose past the other gent (who has turned a 3/4 turn to their right) to put the gents in the middle of a wave across. Gents have left hands in the middle and right hands with the lady they did not start with. If you are familiar with MWSD, it feels a bit like the call Spread. Here are the dances that use it. Only the second has been road-tested. Please share your reactions. Title of Contra by Andy Shore Contra/Becket-CCW A1 ----------- (8) Revolving Doors (Ladies RH) **to a wave (gents in middle, N in RH) (4,4) Balance the Wave, Walk Forward to the Next A2 ----------- (16) Next Neighbor Balance & swing B1 ----------- (8) Mad Robin - gents in front to the right (8) Gents allemande Left 1.5 B2 ----------- (16) Partner balance and swing when out, wait with partner on the 'wrong side' Doorbits by Andy Shore Contra/Improper/Int A1 ----------- (16) Neighbor balance and swing A2 ----------- (8) Revolving Door (Ladies RH) **as if to a wave** (8) Men allemande Left 1.5 while Ladies Orbit CW across B1 ----------- (16) Partner balance and swing B2 ----------- (8) Ladies Chain (8) Star Left In this dance, they do not actually form the wave, but gents take LH in the middle for the Allemande ** as you finish the revolving door, Slide Past Parnter nose-to-nose to put Gents in the middle to star the next move, gents are facing in original direction of progression, ladies are anti -- /Andy Shore http://site.andyshore.com/ best email - [email protected]
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