There's also a recent Wizard's Walk variant called "Gee Wiz" by Jeremy Korr:
A1 Neighbor balance and swing A2 Gents allemande left 1 & 1/2 Partner swing B1 Balance ring, Petronella turn Balance ring, California twirl B2 Wizard's Walk figure https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=19725 Cheers, -Chris Page Los Angeles, CA On Sat, Oct 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM Andrew Stout via Contra Callers <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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, 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 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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]
