I like the concept of the "tight courtesy turn" - in effect achieving the
same goal as the half-slice. Neat!

On Wed, Apr 19, 2023, 1:35 PM Don Veino <[email protected]> wrote:

> See My Hovercraft is Full of Eels by Luke Donforth for another mixed CC. I
> have an unpublished riff off that  called Alternative Transport (not near
> my cards or I'd provide the choreo) which can alternate easily.
>
> And just for another take for swings out of CC, there's this (definitely
> not beginner friendly) one:
>
> Contraventional Corners (Rev 2) - Becket RIGHT/CCW - Don Veino, Revised
> 20190329
> Your Shadow is past your PNR if facing up/down from hands 4.
>
> A1 Slice Right 1+1/2x (forward on right diag. until NEW GENTS are face to
> face, fall straight back)
> Gents Turn 1/2 Reverse Contra Corners (LH w/NBR1 GNT Center, RH with NBR1
> LDY)
>
> A2 Gents Turn 1/2 Reverse Contra Corners (LH w/NBR1 GNT Center, RH with
> NBR2 LDY)
> end facing back along side to NBR1 Swing
>
> B1 NBR1 Promenade Across (Past PNR) and tight Courtesy Turn to face across
> (end so Ladies are directly opposite each other like the Gents were)
> Ladies Turn 1/2 Contra Corners (RH w/NBR1 LDY, LH with PNR)
>
> B2 Ladies Turn 1/2 Contra Corners (RH w/NBR1 LDY, LH with Shadow)
> end facing back along side to PNR Swing
>
> First time through could be on slight right diagonal (Slice 1/2x) so
> original foursome gents start the A1 CC, with ghost corners for the 2s.
>
> On Tue, Apr 18, 2023, 10:34 PM Julian Blechner via Contra Callers <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I'm sorry, maybe it's because I'm doubting that this can be so simple and
>> I'm triple-guessing myself.
>>
>> Yeah, original.
>>
>> Progress and swing neighbor on Lark's home side.
>> Trade one role to be opposite neighbor.
>> Top or bottom couple do Contra Corners
>> Pass Neighbor, swing partner somehow.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 18, 2023, 10:31 PM Julian Blechner <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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