Just as another example of MR across: Holy Cannoli! - DI - Don Veino 20160415
Written while driving home from NEFFA 2015 after indulging in a delicious chocolate chip dipped one. First called by Linda Leslie at the Scout House Monday Contras 4/26/2015. It danced well, requires good spacing up and down. A2 timing depends on the crowd and music selection. A1 (4,12) N B&S A2 (6) Circle Left 3/4 (to face up/down, looking at your P - on Gent/Larks' home side) (10) Mad Robin 1+1/2 (across set, Gents/Larks going Left to Right through center first) B1 (16) Partner RSR & Swing (on Ladies/Robins' home side) B2 (8) Ladies/Robins Chain (8) Half Hey, LDY/RBN Pass Right to start (and look towards progression...) On Fri, Apr 11, 2025, 11:45 AM Julian Blechner via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > Scene: Beantown Stomp, dancing with another caller, Alex D-L on stage. > Dance has a balance ring, pass thru to ocean wave. > > Me, to my partner: "How stupid would it be to have a balance, Mad Robin > across the set?" > Her: "Do it!" > > It's across a musical phrase. And I was skeptical that space was > available, but, if you can balance and pass through to an ocean wave, you > can Mad Robin facing up and down, it turns out. > > Called last night in Philly, positive feedback after, band picked music > that worked with the cross-phrase. > > Mad Robin Across > Julian Blechner > Becket (CW) > > A1. Circle L 3/4 (8) (with "next as a typical Butter progression) > NS (8) > A2. LLFB (8) > Robins Chain to P (8), form ring of 4 > B1. Bal Ring (4) > Mad Robin Across (8) > Larks catch LH early, Alle L 1x (4) > B2. P R. Shoulder 'Round and Swing (16) > > Notes: > Larks catch left hands about 3/4 the way through the Mad Robin, so their > 1x allemande is 6 beats of music. Telling Larks they will catch LH early is > important. > > I assumed dancers would arrive early to the B2, and made it a Right > Shoulder 'Round instead of a balance. However, perhaps with the timing of > the music being not super sluggish, dancers seemed to arrive with timing > that would have worked for the balance. > > Will likely call something with this at NEFFA, but the dance is tested, > danced, and I'm confident in it. > > In dance, > Julian Blechner > He/Him > Western Mass, USA > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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