Hi Callers, I have a gig on Oct 30, so naturally I'm plumbing the archives for Halloween-themed choices. There have been several threads on this, I'm not trying to start another one, I have two more specific questions:
1. Anyone got tips for teaching the Wizard's Walk figure? I've danced it (although not recently); I've never called it. (I'm interested in all tips, but FWIW I'm expecting a relatively experienced semi-monthly local crowd.) 2. The specific W'sW descendant I'm planning to use is Cis Hinkle's The WItches Way <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=3804>, which has the Wizard's Walk figure in A1. It seems to me that to better fit the original Wizard's Walk tune the dance should be "rotated" thus: A1: (4,4) balance the ring (with Nbr1s); Petronella turn 1 place to R (no claps) (8) Partner swing A2: (4,4) balance the ring; Petronella turn 1 place to R (no claps) (8) Neighbor1 swing B1: (8) Robins chain (to Ptr) (6) circle RIGHT 3/4 (2) Ones arch, twos dive [to meet next Nbrs) B2: (16) Wizard's Walk: | (4) Nbr 2 mirror pass through along (ones split twos) | (4) Nbr 3 mirror pass through along (twos split ones) | (4) backing up Nbr 3 mirror pass through along (ones split twos) | (4) backing up Nbr 2 mirror pass through along (twos split ones) Has anyone done that? Do y'all agree? (The original dance <https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/dances/ruth_ungar/wizards_walk.html> has the W.W. figure in B2.) I don't know if such a variant deserves its own name, but if so it seems like it should be called "Wayward Witches". Cheers, --Andrew Stout
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