I got to premier this at the pre-NEFFA caller showcase last night. It seemed to go well!
https://www.facebook.com/juliancalls/videos/614416073608212/ On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 10:34 PM Julian Blechner < juliancallsdan...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm sorry, maybe it's because I'm doubting that this can be so simple and > I'm triple-guessing myself. > > Yeah, original. > > Progress and swing neighbor on Lark's home side. > Trade one role to be opposite neighbor. > Top or bottom couple do Contra Corners > Pass Neighbor, swing partner somehow. > > > On Tue, Apr 18, 2023, 10:31 PM Julian Blechner < > juliancallsdan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sorry, crossed wires and hit send before final proofing. >> >> A2 would need to amount to a zero move, so: >> >> Chain + Back, or >> LLFB+Rollaway x2 or >> R+L Thru + Back >> >> Etc. >> >> On Tue, Apr 18, 2023, 10:21 PM Julian Blechner < >> juliancallsdan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> So... it occurred to me that it'd be really easy to do a mixed-role >>> contra corners from Becket position. >>> >>> A few weeks ago, I danced Jim Kitch's Equinox, which had a fun setup and >>> you finish Contra Corners by passing R , but ... do people know any simpler >>> ways? Like, for example, dance below. I can't possibly have been the first >>> to figure this out, eh? >>> >>> (If not written yet: Buttered Corners) >>> Becket >>> >>> A1. Circle L 3/4 >>> NS >>> A2. Robins Chain >>> LLFB* >>> B1. Bottom couples Contra Corners** >>> Same Couples Pass R, to P >>> B2. P B + S >>> ... slide L to New Ns >>> >>> * opportunity in the lines for partners to rollaway to swap roles >>> ** and can alternate top couples, bottom couples, doing bottom couples - >>> who were original 1s - first. This way, the top of the set has corners for >>> people, always. >>> >>> Like, literally this gives 16 measures to progress and have a neighbor >>> swing if you want. If we opened up to the idea of contra corners with a >>> neighbor from Becket, it opens up immense numbers of dances that can be >>> written. >>> >>> >>> In dance, >>> Julian Blechner >>> >>
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