Luke, The flow works better with the bands chaining, so I say keep it. Forget what I was saying about the star and leading, I was confused.
But notice we would not be uncomfortable with the role reversal. It's merely the way the arms have to be reversed, which feels unfamiliar. But we've always gotten it. \bob On Dec 9, 2011, at 8:21 AM, Luke Donforth wrote: > Bob, I'm not sure what you mean by the band being in the lead. I think the > band is in front of their partner in the star. > > The whole thing could be flipped to end with the more traditional > chain->left hand star, which might transition into a neighbor do-si-do and > swing transition instead of a balance and swing. Would that help? Or do you > just think that changing focus from a star to a new neighbor is difficult. > > *A1* > Neighbor Do-si-do > Neighbor swing > *A2 > *Bands chain (pull by left and courtesy turn) > Promenade with partner across set (Barearms passing right) > *B1 > *Bands do-si-do 1x > Partner Swing > *B2 > *Barearms chain across > Left hand star 1x > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Bob Peterson <b...@contracorner.com> wrote: > >> Dang. I hit send before verifying. No, the band is not in the lead in the >> star. My bad. Still, looks likes fun dance. >> >> \bob >> >> On Dec 9, 2011, at 7:39 AM, Luke Donforth <luke.do...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello All, >>> >>> In the near future, I get to call for my first gender free dance. I'm >>> looking forward to it, and thinking about my program. I was contemplating >>> putting in Bands chains. The gents chain is a move that seems by and >> large >>> ignored in conventional contra dancing; the occasional dance I've seen >>> using it is usually greeted with grumbling. Are gender free dancers more >>> open to the move? >>> >>> I was thinking of the following dance (where barearms are on the right >>> after a swing) >>> >>> *A1* >>> Neighbor Balance and Swing >>> *A2* >>> Promenade Neighbor across and courtesy turn >>> Barearms chain across the set (pull by right) >>> *B1* >>> Barearms do-si-do 1x >>> Partner swing >>> *B2* >>> Bands chain across (pull by left, courtesy turned by neighbor) >>> Right Hand Star 1x >>> >>> I've sent the question directly to the dance organizer, and I'm >>> cross-posting on facebook, but I also wanted to poll the folks here. >>> Thoughts? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Luke Donforth >>> luke.donfo...@gmail.com <luke.do...@gmail.com> >>> www.lukedonev.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Callers mailing list >>> call...@sharedweight.net >>> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> call...@sharedweight.net >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> > > > > -- > Luke Donforth > luke.donfo...@gmail.com <luke.do...@gmail.com> > www.lukedonev.com > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
