Tom, Ben & Jane:
Thanks for your responses; I feel relieved.
The dance I've written is as follows and includes a ring balance followed
by R'n'S then down the hall. the transition A2->B1 will be a bit of a run
(X trails to a ring balance).
Here it is, in case you are curious.
The name? Inspired
Jane's Rip & Snort Dec 2011
Dup Im
A1 See-Saw N, Bal Cir
2's Rip & Snort up thru 1's
A2 4 in Line-Turn Alone, Back & bend to ring
B1 Circle Left 3, Partner Sw
B2 Ladies Chain, Star Left
Jane Ewing
Grant, AL
Regarding timing... on its own A1 is technically longer
All,
I wrote the following dance with a Rip and Snort. Due to the slight
modification and squishy timing of down the hall it works out. I think it
usually takes about 4 -6 beats in my dance.
Rip and Snort
duple improper
Ben Werner
I think you're correct about it taking between 4 and 8 beats (more like 6).
If you want someone to ask, I'm pretty sure Jane Ewing of Alabama wrote a dance
with this move in it.
I don't think that we need to be rigid about the names we use today, but I
suspect that historically cowboy loop was
I've looked in the usual places and came up with only two examples of a
dance with a Rip/Snort (Rip 'n' Snort?) but one is inaccessible online.
How many beats does it take to dance a rip/snort for two couples? My brain
says 4 is too short and 8 is too long. I found one dance that pairs it with
a
