The flutterwheel..sweep a quarter - pass thru, is the heart of Roger Whynot's S.W. Contra. (SW for South Windsor, CT) Not a partner swing to be found.
Bob Livingston ________________________________ From: Gary Shapiro <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, February 8, 2014 8:23 PM Subject: Re: [Callers] Flutter Wheel Bob Dalsemer wrote a contra with flutterwheel: Jolly Roger *A1* N balance & sw *A2* Promenade ccw in the big oval & back *B1* Flutterwheel & sweep 1/4, pass thru, star thru *B2* Cir L; L/H star [or 1s swing] It doesn't have a partner swing. I added the optional 1s swing. Or could alternate between 1s and 2s. On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Chris Page chriscpage-at-gmail.com|sharedweight-garyes| <[email protected]> wrote: > People have been trying adding flutterwheel for decades, but it's never > stuck. I've only danced it at MWSD contra events. > > Some people who've written flutterwheel contras: > Cary Ravitz (Butterflies) > Seth Tepfer (Swingin' on a Star, Split Tree Flutterwheel) > Ken Bonner (several) > Tom Hinds (Ova's Dance, Mixing Bowl, Double Take) > > along with a number of lesser known choreographers. > > Flutterwheel isn't quite the same as gent's chain, as the initial momentum > need is different. And it's not a strongly connected figure. > > So maybe it's just that it's not really needed, and it's not that exciting > a figure. Or it could be because it comes from MWSD. > > It also may appear more in British contras, where there's more > cross-pollination of moves. > > -Chris Page > San Diego > > _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list [email protected] http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
