Hi Seth and all, The name of the dance is "Diagonal Discovery" by Gene Hubert. I've called it quite a bit and it's always well received. I call it with the two hand turn, but choosing the P Swg (again) in the B2 is also fun creating 2 P Swgs in one dance....
A teaching note which I "borrowed' from Nils Fredland, for the A1 when the Gents AL Left 1.5x is this..... A1: LL, ...(identify the cple on L Diag) "Gents - identify the Gent on the L Diag, in just a moment, Gents, you are going to B&S HIS P..... Ladies, you've got a very important job to do here... do not move, stay absolutely still, let the Gent come to you!" Seems to work well. And, of course, there's the joke of the "gents doing all the work".... Sometimes, before or after this dance, or in the same half of the evening, I'll call a dance where the Ladies are "doing all the work" - getting to the right place in the right time etc, and make a joke that's now it's the "Ladies turn to do all the work".... which usually gets a good laugh. Of course, appropriateness of the joke depends on the community, group, and caller's style.... Have fun! See below Karen Fontana http://web.archive.org/web/19990504072442/kooshball.kcomputing.com/contra/genescontras.html Diagonal Discovery by Gene Hubert Contra Becket A1 F&B, M on L diagonal Almd L 1&1/2 A2 B&S L diagonal N B1 Cir L 3/4, PT, Sw P B2 1/2 hey w/M by L, Two hand turn with P or swing P again Gene Hubert's Notes: An excellent dance. I like to give the dancers the option of a two hand turn or a swing in B2. Composed in July '95. Seth Tepfer <la...@emory.edu> wrote: Anyone recognize this dance? I got it from Ron Buchanan in January in FL (at Snowball) but have not been able to get a title or author ... Title:? Author: ? A1: (8) F&B; (8) on left diagonal, gents allemande left 1.5 A2: (16) that neighbor balance and swing (partner of guy just allemanded) B1: (6) circle left .75, (2) pass thru; (8) partner swing B2: (8) gents start 1/2 hey; (8) partner swing ========================================================================= Seth Tepfer: Director of Administrative Computing & Innovative Technology Oxford College of Emory University - 770-784-8487 - la...@emory.edu For fast and easy computer help, try... http://help.emory.edu Jex Raven Eidson Tepfer - Born 6/5/05 00:52! Say hi at: http://www.jexRaven.com/ ========================================================================= "A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought." -Dorothy L. Sayers _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list call...@sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers <>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<> Karen Fontana www.karenscontracorner.com karen_font...@yahoo.com (H) 650-691-9663 <>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>
