On 2019-12-12 7:35 p.m., Kalia Kliban via Contra Callers wrote:
This dance appears in the RPLDW syllabus from 1990, transcribed from the
previously-taped calling of Ralph Page. It's a triple minor (1s) improper
contra. The notes are pretty minimal:
"Allemande left 1-1/2
To next below for a dosido
Circle 6 to the left once around
Star left below
Swing the one above
Right and left four (over and back)"
Since it's a triple minor and we need to get the 1s into the middle somehow,
the obvious place for that to happen is during that initial allemande
1-1/2. And instructions in this period usually talked to the 1s, which
makes most of the rest of the dance pretty self-driving. Anyone know whether
that final over-and-back is with the 2s above or the 3s below? If it's with
the 2s above, then the propriety is right for the courtesy turns.
If you've danced this, or have it in your files, could you confirm or
correct my guesses?
See Northern Junket vol 13, #11, p 27:
http://digital.unh.edu/fedora/objects/northernjunket:0155/datastreams/APPLICATION-PDF/content#page=32
(That's dated June 1981, so I think it's the first appearance.)
The printing is fairly bad, but you can still read:
"Actives allemande left the one below - once around and a little more"
and
"Top two couples right and left four (over & back)"
So both of your guesses are confirmed.
Less authoritatively, but more readably, there's also RPDLW 2013:
https://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2013.pdf#page=46
-Michael
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