Re: [Callers] Name this Robert Cromertie dance!

On Jul 23, 2014, at 4:23 PM, Michael Dyck via Callers wrote: > On 14-07-23 03:53 PM, James Saxe via Callers wrote: >> ... the 2007 Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend syllabus contains a dance >> titled "Jane's Contra" by Ken Bonner with a Dixie Twirl. The syllabus

Re: [Callers] Name this Robert Cromertie dance!

On 14-07-23 03:53 PM, James Saxe via Callers wrote: ... the 2007 Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend syllabus contains a dance titled "Jane's Contra" by Ken Bonner with a Dixie Twirl. The syllabus lists the source as _Ken's Contras_ (published in the late 1980s, I think) Yup, 1988. ... The note

Re: [Callers] Name this Robert Cromertie dance!

Linda Leslie wrote: > ... > > And I believe that some of the confusion might be caused by interchanging the > phrase “Dixie Twirl” with a different move: right hand high/left hand low. … Like Linda, I would reserve the name "Dixie Twirl" for an action that reverses the order of a line of four

Re: [Callers] Name this Robert Cromertie dance!

Melanie Axel-Lute's "Pam's Four" does use the sequence (Lady 2 does a RH high LH low WHILE Lady 1 simply turns in place). Pam's Four Melanie Axel-Lute A1 Down hall, 2s in cntr, Lady 2 RH hi LH lo – Lady 1 trn alone – up the hall A2 Partner is with you B/S long swing, end face across

Re: [Callers] Name this Robert Cromertie dance!

The Dixie Gal by Robert Cromartie (verified in Give & Take), is quite a different dance from that shared by Vicki Herndon. Here it is: The Dixie Gal by Robert Cromartie A1 --- (8) Long lines, forward and back (8) Men allemande Left 1-1/2 A2 --- (16) Partner balance and swing B1

Re: [Callers] Name this Robert Cromertie dance!

smartphone Original message From: Keith Tuxhorn via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> Date:07/23/2014 2:06 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Dave Casserly <david.j.casse...@gmail.com> Cc: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Subject: Re: [Callers] Name this Robert Cromertie dance! First of all

Re: [Callers] Name this Robert Cromertie dance!

Oops. I should have read my own card more carefully. The dance titled “Dixie Gal” starts with: A: Long lines F & B, gents allemande left 1-1/2; Bal & Swing *partner* Different dance. Sorry. Back to work. -Eric Eric Black e...@mirador.com http://eric-black.com On Jul 23, 2014, at 1:21

Re: [Callers] Name this Robert Cromertie dance!

Ok, sounds like I was wrong. If the line gets inverted entirely, then Keith is correct that this dance doesn't work. Neighbors are on the same side of the set to start the lines down, so they'll be on the same side coming back up, which won't work with a partner swing next. I'm pretty sure I've

Re: [Callers] Name this Robert Cromertie dance!

Sorry, I forgot that I have scanned images of my cards so I can check before I go home. I misremembered, the dance as I have it from Robert Cromartie is called “Dixie Gal”. The note about the Dixie Twirl move is: Dixit Twirl: don’t let go! Left-most leads under arch made by right-most

Re: [Callers] Name this Robert Cromertie dance!

Yes, that's my interpretation as well (or, in Keith's words, "W2 Dixie twirls the two M, while W1 lets go and turns alone"). On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > So while the rest of the line is turning itself inside out, W1 is not

Re: [Callers] Name this Robert Cromertie dance!

So while the rest of the line is turning itself inside out, W1 is not involved at all? I thought W1 was part of the inversion, thus ending up on the R end of the line once it was facing up. I was having the same confusion Keith was. So to clarify, lines of 4 down the hall after the N swing.

Re: [Callers] Name this Robert Cromertie dance!

I believe it’s called “Dixie Twirl”, and the confusing move is also called a Dixie Twirl. Kind of a cousin to “Right hand high, left hand low”. The end result is that the line is inverted and facing up, the same people on each end, no hand changes. -Eric Eric Black e...@mirador.com

Re: [Callers] Name this Robert Cromertie dance!

First of all, do you know the name of this dance? That's what the original Q was. I researched the R Cromartie dances I could find, and this is none of them. And I've now figured out the bad wording in A2 and understand the dance. A2 Down the hall; W2 Dixie twirls the two M, while W1 lets go and

Re: [Callers] Name this Robert Cromertie dance!

Ahh, I see: it's the A1/A2 where there's confusion. It's the second *lady* who does the right hand high, left hand low. So, after that move, she is facing up the set, with her neighbor in her left hand, and her partner in her right hand. The first lady is on the left end of the set, facing up.

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A1/A2... I'm on the outside, holding my N's R hand... With the Dixie twirl, I'm still in that spot. When we bend the line, my P and I are above the 2s, in reversed position. B1: All are swinging in the center of the set. When the swing finishes, all are back to IMP position where they started. B2:

Re: [Callers] Name this Robert Cromertie dance!

Hi Keith, The dance works fine-- I'm not sure where the confusion is. Partner swing is on the side of the set, so one petronella means you're facing up and down the set, next to your partner. A CA twirl then makes you progress. 1s and 2s are indeed across from each other when they swing, which

Re: [Callers] Name this Robert Cromertie dance!

This dance doesn't work the way I read it. 1s and 2s are across from each other to swing, and when they finish. A petronella would put your partner on the same side; a CA twirl would then send you and your P in opposite directions. Keith Tuxhorn Austin TX On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Chip

Re: [Callers] Name this Robert Cromertie dance!

This dance seems to be another quantum level up from David Smukler's Nova Nova Scotian and Supernova Scotian (both at http://davidsmukler.syracusecountrydancers.org/dances-i-have-created/#nova), which derive in turn from Maurice Hennigar's Nova Scotian. All feature a RH-high-LH-low move. Call it

[Callers] Name this Robert Cromertie dance!

Improper A1: circle L 1.0; N swing A2: DTH, #2 lady right hand high, left hand low, so #1 man ducks under arch and men swap sides and lady twists around; return B1: P B B2: Bal ring, pet; Bal ring, CA twrill. It's an easy dance but with a twist, literally! Thanks, Vicki Herndon, for sharing.