I'm going to echo Michael Fuerst's confusion with specific comments: On Sun, Mar 29, 2015, Don Veino via Callers wrote: > > *Hey, Let's Zig-Zag!* > [Type]: Contra [Formation]: Duple Improper [Author]: Don Veino > [Status]: DV:: > [Comments]: Zig-Zag into Hey dance (first of it's kind?). Tricky two > forward, one back progression. > :: > [A1]: > (4,12) NEIGHBOR BALANCE, SWING > :: > [A2]: > (4,4) CIRCLE LEFT 1/2, Ladies lead P ZIG LEFT [past CURRENT Ns] > (4) ZAG RIGHT [passing NEXT Ns, to face 3rd Ns] and SEPARATE from P > #PROGRESSION 1&2
This is what I'd call a zig-zag followed by a zag-zig. See e.g. "Coriolus Effect": http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/441 It is not clear where people are supposed to go after the separate (though I'm making some assumptions based on the hey). > (4) HEY 1/8, GENTS START BY LEFT [across set, GL, PR, etc.] "GL" and "PR" are not at all clear. The body flow for the hey is IMO somewhat awkward because the gents are facing up/down lines after the zag-zig and need to do a tight turn in toward the partner when starting with the left shoulder. I think a right shoulder start would probably work better. > [B1]: > (8) HALF HEY [so 5/8 total, until meet P 2nd time] > (8) PARTNER SWING [on Lady's home side] > :: > [B2]: > (4,4) RING BALANCE, LADIES ROLL GENTS [DIAGONALLY back-to-back across set, > NO Half Sashay] *OR* Alternate: Gents Cross by Right Not clear what "NO Half Sashay" means. > (4,4) RING BALANCE, PASS THROUGH [Up/Dn] in REVERSE of progression > #DE-PROGRESSION This looks like the dancers end up facing the wrong direction for the balance/swing. If my understanding is correct and you really want to do it like this, you should have the dancers set up half-sashayed with the neighbor before the start of the dance. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
