Originally I had a slightly different B1/B2, which allowed a bit more
time, at the expense of losing one Rory slide. Here it is in full, although
just the second half is different:
Aurora O’More
19 May 2024
Becket
A1 (8) Rights and lefts
(8) Left hand star
A2 (8) Women allemande left once around WHILE men turn out and orbit
clockwise halfway
to short wavy lines (right hand with neighbour)
(8) Balance right and left, then Rory O'More slide right
B1 (8) Balance left and right, then pass through on the left diagonal to
a new wavy line (right
hand to new neighbour, women left hands in the middle)
(4) Balance in line
(4) Allemande right just halfway
B2 (8) Men allemande left once around WHILE women orbit clockwise halfway
(8) Swing partner
Note the start of B1. Instead of the slide left, you instead move
forward on
the left diagonal to a new wavy line (this diagonal pass through is from
Eleanor's
Reel by Bill Olson). I have not tried this version, but I think this
diagonal
movement would feel a bit like the second half of a Rory slide.
I actually discarded this version because I though that the explicit
allemande
halfway in 4 steps at the end of B1 would be too slow. Maybe I should
try it out.
Peter
On 23/05/2024 6:36 pm, Peter Foster via Contra Callers wrote:
Yes, the allemande in B2 is a bit tight. The allemande 1/2 is actually
less than 4 beats, and the
momentum helps launch the women into the orbit. There were some
scrambles there, but
there were actually more scrambles in the in the first orbit, when the
men were a bit slow to
turn out. It was certainly interesting to watch.
Peter
On 23/05/2024 2:39 pm, Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers wrote:
Allemande 1 1/2 in 8 beats is certainly possible, though doing half
with one person and once around with a different person probably
makes the timing a bit trickier than 1 1/2 with the same person.
However, I think the timing of the orbits halfway in 4 beats is also
tricky, assuming 4 beats for the allemande halfway. Typically 8
beats are allowed for this move since the orbiters need to make a
larger diameter circle than would they would if they were just doing
a regular circle, since there are dancers doing an allemande inside
the circle. So though circling halfway would usually be 4 beats,
orbiting halfway in the same amount of time will be challenging.
Jonathan
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On 5/22/2024 11:28 PM, Alex Burka via Contra Callers wrote:
Allemande 1 1/2 is only 8 counts!
On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 12:03 AM Joe Harrington via Contra Callers
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Interesting!
Sorry to nitpick, but how did the B2 go? It appears there are
12 counts in the first half of B2 (allemande 1 1/2 = 12 counts).
Are you encouraging them just to cheat in the extra beats by doing
the allemandes faster? Did that create the scrambles?
--jh--
On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 8:47 AM Peter Foster via Contra Callers
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<mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
I've put together a dance with stars, orbits, shifting waves
and Rorys, but no planets (circles). Here it is:
Aurora O’More
Peter Foster 19 May 2024
Becket
A1 (8) Rights and lefts
(8) Left hand star
A2 (8) Women allemande left once around WHILE men turn out
and orbit clockwise halfway to short wavy lines (right hand with
neighbour)
(8) Balance right and left, then Rory O'More slide right
B1 (8) Balance again, then pass through to a new wavy line
(left hand to new neighbour, men right hands in the middle)
(8) Balance left and right, then Rory O'More slide left
B2 (8) Allemande right just halfway, then men allemande left
once around WHILE women orbit clockwise halfway
(8) Swing partner
I tried it last night and it went fairly well. Some people
were not very familiar with the orbit move, which resulted in
some interesting scrambles.
Peter
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