Seth, it took a few times walking/drawing this dance through before I made it work correctly. The key is making sure that everyone remembers that you make a 180-degree turn when you "pass through" the end. And when you're an inside couple headed out, itt becomes clumsy.. First move- angle left (4)... second: back up AND inward, AND turn 180, AND THEN start/finish angling left (4).. third: angle right to pass... fourth: angle left to face P (4).
So, to your timing question, the people dancing on the ends need 6-7 counts to get things done without hurrying... That can be fixed in B2 if you just go directly to a P swing with no balance.. Don't see any time for a P-round at the end... And the 2nd half of the half-hey might feel a little strange because you're out of sync with the tune's emphasis. Unless you just make the end move combination 8 counts. It's a cool dance! Hope I get to call and/or dance it sometime. Keith Tuxhorn Springfield IL On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 2:13 AM Winston, Alan P. via Contra Callers < contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > I think the coordination problems of a promenade hey will make it take > more longer than do-si-do as couples. The exterior of the hey is > extra-wide, if you pass in the hey you have to pass wide of two people - > it's going to take longer than solo heys. (I can't tell you how much > longer.). I'm mentally drawing lines for individual dancers in the pairs > and I think each dancer has to cover significantly more ground than in a > solo hey. I think you could do a different kind of tandem hey - couples as > a unit, one in front with hands behind, one behind holding those hands in > something closer to solo hey timing.; > > But you've got 16 beats there, which is usually good enough for a whole > hey for four, so it only has to fit in double the time a solo half hey > takes. It might work! > > The unhurried neighbor b&s seems like a good set up for the hey as > couples; the "face partner" should orient everybody easily with the only > landmark they're bringing with them, and the transition could be sweet. > > I'm not sure you recomend getting into promenade position out of the swing > but I'm having some trouble seeing how a right shoulder pass in the hey is > inevitable and I think there might be a moment of hesitation there in the > first few rounds. > > -- Alan > ________________________________________ > From: Tepfer, Seth via Contra Callers < > contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2022 11:32 PM > To: Caller's discussion list > Subject: [Callers] Timing on 1/2 hey as couples? > > Hello knowledgeable and experienced folks > > Do you have any sense of how long that ½ hey for four in couples in > promenade position should take? I know in "Cranky Ingenuity" the couple DSD > is to take 8 counts but it is always tight and really should take 10 and > steals from the individual DSD. > > Any ideas? Comments on this choreography? > > Title: 4am > Formation: double contra; aka 4-face-4; aka Mescolanza > A1: Lines forward and back (8); neighbor (directly in front of you) DSD (8) > A2: Neighbor balance and swing; end swing in promenade position facing > partner (16) > B1: As couples, ½ hey for four, start passing right shoulder (16). When > you are at the end of the line of the hey, turn individually (a la Gay > Gordons) rather than as a couple [if extra time, partner Right shoulder > round] > B2: Partner balance and swing (16) > > Notes: This dance is a riff on a 'lost' Ron Buchanan square called 2am; > named after when he woke up in the middle of the night to write the square. > However, my version of the dance was composed at 10pm immediately prior to > going to sleep. > > Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP > Pronouns: he, him, his > > < > https://app.oxford.emory.edu/WebApps/Directories/index.cfm?fuseaction=v.searchresults&searchname=tepfer > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net >
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