One cycle through a double progression dance moves everybody onew place up or down the line. One cycle through a double progression dance moves everybody two places up or down the line. In Happy QueerJjew, the left diagonal chain moves the robins 3 places and the right diagonal chain moves them one place more, leaving them 4 places from where they started. The roll away and then the swing each moves the robins back one place resulting in at total progression of two places.
The larks, meanwhile, do not move up or down until the rollaway (on place) and the swing (one more place for a total of two. Your dance can be made single progression by using rights and lefts on the 1/2 diagonal ( https://aptsg.org/Dance/dances.html#RL ) , in which case the robins move 3 places forward and 2 places back. Work out the details with coins or pencil & paper if you wish. Your dance is also single progression if only one of the chains is on the 1/2 diagonal On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 12:57 PM Maia McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > I mean I'm not positive about your definition of a "place" but it's a > double progression so that seems to check out? > -- > Maia McCormick (she/her) > 917.279.8194 > > > On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 6:15 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hmmm... In Happy Queer Jew the robins advance four places and return >> two places, while the larks only advance two places >> >> On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 8:12 PM Maia McCormick via Contra Callers < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Committing discussion necromancy because I just found this at the bottom >>> of my inbox. >>> >>> Seconding Cary Ravitz' "Reflections", which continues to be the wonkiest >>> dance in my box. I've also had Chris Weiler's mixer No Use Crying Over >>> Spilled Milk >>> <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=1608> fall >>> apart in entertaining ways even with pretty advanced dancers. >>> >>> Happy Jew Queer >>> <https://contra.maiamccormick.com/dances.html#happyjewqueer> is one of >>> mine, and has been revised several times to make it a little more >>> tractable, but it's still a fun gnarly double-prog double shadow dance. >>> >>> - Maia >>> -- >>> Maia McCormick (she/her) >>> 917.279.8194 >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 4:27 PM Michael Fuerst via Contra Callers < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> In Happy as a Cold Pig in Warm Mud, the allemande 1 1/2 and the 1 3/4 >>>> can causes the excitement. I suspect emphasizing one's shadow can help a >>>> bit. >>>> But the direction change at the end of set guarantees temporary chaos. >>>> Happy also appears in the "MIdwest Folklore" book mentioned in my >>>> response to Woody >>>> >>>> On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 7:11 PM Dale Wilson <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> "Happy as a Cold Pig in Warm Mud" y Mike Boerschig doesn't seem like >>>>> it would be very difficult when you read the card, but it is amazing how >>>>> many creative ways it can go wrong. There is usually at least one star >>>>> for >>>>> five somewhere in the line at the same time there's a star for three going >>>>> on elsewhere. I call it sometimes with the right crowd of experienced >>>>> dancers because it's fun to watch the recovery process. >>>>> >>>>> Dale >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 6:47 PM Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> "Would You Do It for Twenty?" by Robert Cromartie. We have >>>>>> discussions about "glossary" dances, this one is a "kitchen sink" dance, >>>>>> as >>>>>> in "everything you can think of but the kitchen sink." Contra corners, >>>>>> petronella, diagonal hey, alternates between proper and improper. >>>>>> >>>>>> Maybe in a workshop, on a bet, hence the title. >>>>>> >>>>>> Jerome >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Sep 25, 2023, 6:38 PM Michael Fuerst via Contra Callers < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> What are the most difficult contras (improper, proper, indecent or >>>>>>> becket) that you have danced, have called, and remain afraid to call? >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >>>>>>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >>>>>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Penultimatum: Surrender now or next time I threaten you I'll really >>>>> mean it. >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>> [email protected] >>> >>
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