On 2022-07-08 10:18 a.m., playford1651--- via Contra Callers wrote:
Hi,
Does anybody recognise this dance:-
Duple minor, improper, double progression
Star right all the way, star left halfway, balance neighbour.
Swing neighbour, promenade across set, cross trail.
Square through 2 changes, swing next person.
I'm not sure there are enough figures there for a standard-length contra.
What's the timing? (E.g., how does it fit to the musical phrases?)
Is the "balance neighbour" with someone from the next minor set?
"Promenade across" followed by "cross trail" is unusual. Normally, the
promenade has you (and your neighbor, in this case) wheel around to face
back in; so then you do a cross trail from there? Or do you mean that after
the promenade, you *pass through* and then cross trail? (That would be less
unusual.)
And a cross trail would typically leave you moving up or down the set
(toward a new neighbor). So does the square-through start with a change on
the side, and then across?
I found one dance that starts the way you describe:
"Revisiting Reel" by Al Olson
https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=3978
Textually, the rest is fairly different, but I think it has a similar feel.
-Michael
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