What if the turn alone were turn as a couple? The larks would then do a right allemande after the LLFB, ending by passing left shoulders with their partners. The robins would start the hey with their right shoulders in the center (as is most common) and wind up back to the right the larks in the correct position for the progression.
Dave Harding (Chicago) > On 05/28/2025 10:57 AM CDT Katherine Kitching via Contra Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada! > > As some of you know, I write a lot of my own dances because of the > specific needs of our crowd- I'm always working on contra dances that > are simpler than what most of you folks consider a "simple" dance :) > > For my upcoming dance I am doing a Hey as a "feature figure" - meaning > it is the one more complex figure we will focus on that night. > Am trying to write a dance that introduces the Hey, builds on other > simple things we've done that night, without introducing anything else > new or confusing. > > Other notes: > - we are dancing only in Becket > - swings are not necessary in each dance > > I like the flow of what I've written - which ends with a full Hey-- > But my issue is that the Lark will be following the Robin and I need the > Lark to get ahead at the end -- so everyone can progress in the correct > order. > > I've experimentally written that at the end of the hey, the Robin should > look behind them and see their partner following them - and reach a hand > to give them a little tug, to pull them ahead of them, back to home > place and then seamlessly progress onwards to the next couple. > But it's hard to predict if this will work ok or be too confusing. > > Would welcome your thoughts on this and any other aspect of the dance. > I think I borrowed the Larks left hand turn 1.5 into a Hey from another > dance on Contra DB, though my memory is foggy now...anyhow happy to give > credit to that, if any is due :) > > Simple (maybe?) Hey Dance > Becket, CW (progressing by sliding left) > > Star right > Circle right - the #1 Lark leads out the line - at some point dropping > hands with their partner who will end up at the opposite end of the line > (This figure I've done before without any issues) > Lines of 4 down the hall, > Turn *alone*, come back up, bend line > > LLFB (you will be facing your partner for this figure, if I am not > mistaken!) > Larks: Allemande left 1.5x to face partner > All start fuly Hey - partners pass right on the ends, then Robins pass > left in the middle... > Once Robins get back to their home side, turn over their right shoulder > to see their partner right behind them - Robins reach with their right > hand, to their partner's left hand (i.e. partners briefly take inside > hands) - and Robins give a tug on the hand, to guide their Lark ahead of > them, to progress to the next group - Robins follow the Larks in single > file. > > Thank you for your thoughts, if any! > Kat Kitching > Halifax Contra Dances > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
