Sorry, crossed wires and hit send before final proofing.

A2 would need to amount to a zero move, so:

Chain + Back, or
LLFB+Rollaway x2 or
R+L Thru + Back

Etc.

On Tue, Apr 18, 2023, 10:21 PM Julian Blechner <[email protected]>
wrote:

> So... it occurred to me that it'd be really easy to do a mixed-role contra
> corners from Becket position.
>
> A few weeks ago, I danced Jim Kitch's Equinox, which had a fun setup and
> you finish Contra Corners by passing R , but ... do people know any simpler
> ways? Like, for example, dance below. I can't possibly have been the first
> to figure this out, eh?
>
> (If not written yet: Buttered Corners)
> Becket
>
> A1. Circle L 3/4
>        NS
> A2. Robins Chain
>        LLFB*
> B1. Bottom couples Contra Corners**
>        Same Couples Pass R, to P
> B2. P B + S
>        ... slide L to New Ns
>
> * opportunity in the lines for partners to rollaway to swap roles
> ** and can alternate top couples, bottom couples, doing bottom couples -
> who were original 1s - first. This way, the top of the set has corners for
> people, always.
>
> Like, literally this gives 16 measures to progress and have a neighbor
> swing if you want. If we opened up to the idea of contra corners with a
> neighbor from Becket, it opens up immense numbers of dances that can be
> written.
>
>
> In dance,
> Julian Blechner
>
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