A minor (ha!) correction to what I posted, in case it causes any confusion:
"I penned several 4F4s in 2016 with a single role doing a hey for 4 in the center while others orbit the *major* set (oval/racetrack circulate) theme" (emphasis added) Of course I meant orbit the *minor* (4 face 4) set, not the perimeter of the whole line of 4F4 sets. -Don On Tue, Apr 22, 2025, 8:39 PM Don Veino <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've been holding off sharing dances I've not yet called but I've written > a boatload of 4F4s. So here's a few of differing difficulty and status: > > PokéCon (Gotta Swing ‘em All) DRAFT - 4F4 - Don Veino 20181206 > > A1 G&T to Opp GNT/LRK, Opp Swing (face center) > > A2 GNT/LRK LHStar 1/2x, TB Swing (look Up/DN to Neighbor) > > B1 G&T to Neighbor GNT/LRK [ALT: LDY/RBN Allemande Right 1+1/2x or Cir. > LT 3/4x], Neighbor Swing > > B2 LDY/RBN RHStar 1/2x, Partner Swing, face progression > > > This should be a not very hard yet swing happy dance! Walked through with > friends but not yet called IIRC (hence "DRAFT" status). > > > *Hey, Let's Take a Cruise - 4F4 - Don Veino 20250324* > > A1 G&T to OPP GNT/LRK, Opposite SWING > A2 PASS THE OCEAN up/down, WAVE/4 BAL; GNT/LRK ORBIT the Oval 2PL *WHILE* > LDY/RBN facing in PASS RT for a same role 1/2 HEY across > B1 RH to same OPP in WAVE/4 BAL, SWING THRU (Opp RT 1/2x, GNT/LRK LT > 1/2x); LDY/RBN ORBIT the Oval 2PL > *WHILE* GNT/LRK facing in PASS RT for a same role 1/2 HEY across (and as > you approach your PNR...) > B2 PASS PNR RT to WEAVE the RING of 8 1/2x; PNR SWING, face next > > I penned several 4F4s in 2016 with a single role doing a hey for 4 in the > center while others orbit the major set (oval/racetrack circulate) theme, > but recently hit on how to give everyone the chance to hey and orbit in a > single/ non-alternating 32 bar sequence as here. Called it for the first > time at the April 2025 Concord Scout House challenging benefit dance. Works > fine but blew some minds! It was great to hear folks laughing and cheering > once they got it. Where some seemed to go wrong was when they were in the > center hey group but the person facing out at the start of the move (if > they looped right instead of left...?). There's no forgiveness for recovery > anywhere - I prepped folks to bail to their diagonally opposite end spot to > try again next round. Sadly, no video of this one. > > There's a variation of this where everyone simply circulates on the > outside or inside tracks (vs. the inside heys). I prefer the hey approach > as it handles the timing difference between the inside and outside > circulate track distances, but concede it's "harder". > > One more, well proven, in the lineage of all the "Pie" dances: "All the > Pies" https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=18611 > > -Don > > > On Sat, Mar 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM Maia McCormick via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> What it says on the tin—I want more four-face-fours in my collection (not >> least because I’m calling a session of them at NEFFA 😅), drop your >> favorites here! Accepting recommendations of any difficulty level. >> >> Thanks all! >> - Maia (Brooklyn, NY) >> >> -- >> Maia McCormick (she/her) >> 917.279.8194 >> _______________________________________________ >> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> [email protected] >> >
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