I wish people who document dances on the forum would not write things like
“ladies’/robins’ chain”. We all know what you mean if you say either “ladies’
chain” or “robins’ chain”. You don’t need to say both. Trying to parse a
dance with extra words scattered throughout it can be very
I believe the star would be once around. Note that the Gents/Larks would chain
by the left hand, ending on the left of their respective neighbors.
--Jim
On Aug 2, 2019, at 1:37 PM, DAVID HARDING via Callers
suggested
> A1 N B
> A2 Down hall, turn as couple, up hall
> B1 Circle RIGHT 3/4,
Star is half way around?
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I think this works:
A1 N B
A2 Down hall, turn as couple, up hall
B1 Circle RIGHT 3/4, swing partner
B2 Gents/Larks chain, RH star
This preserves the simple turn as a couple. The momentum of the transition
from circle into swing changes in a way that might be thought of as
foreshadowing
It's interesting to note that raven has other connotations. In the
Pacific Northwest, especially among the Native Americans and First
Nations, the raven is very important in history, legend, and culture,
but not necessarily in a good way. The raven character is a trickster,
someone who cannot
No priors.. BUT FWIW, just off the top of my head..
N B
Down in 4's wheel return bend line
cir L3/4 sw partner
M chain 1/2, R thru across
N B
Down in 4's wheel return bend line face across
W allem R x 1.5 Sw Pt
M ch 1/2, R/H star x 1
bill
From: Callers on
Hello all,
I was programming for tonight, and looked at Gene Hubert's classic "The
Nice Combination" (N B, Dwn 4, turn as cpls, C L 3/4, P S, Ld/robin
chain, LHS); and wondered what the simplest variant that would flow well
with a gents/larks chain instead of a ladies/robins chain.
What I've
Fun fact (though not at all relevant since the point is to remove the
association between gender and dance role): in birds this generally
works the other way around from mammals. The female tends to be
larger. In birds of prey this lets them carry back larger prey since
they also tend to do the
I still prefer Man and Ladies (and I'm aware this is old-fashioned and
inconsistent), but I certainly prefer Robins to Ravens.
I think of a Raven as a large bird, and since men are generally larger than
women I get confused! I think of a Robin as a
small bird (though maybe the American Robin is
