I'm guessing this is what I have always called a Balanced Square Through. Typically it is a 16 beat figure. You take right hands with your partner, balance, pull by right, pull by left with neighbor, take right hands again with your partner, balance, pull by right, pull by left with neighbor. You end up where you started.
Sometimes it starts with the neighbor, but the sequence is the same. It is basically 4 changes of rights and lefts with a balance thrown in before each right hand pass. Thus interupting. Jonathan ________________________________ From: Claire Baffaut via Contra Callers <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 9, 2025 12:59 PM To: Angela DeCarlis <[email protected]> Cc: Sam Winter <[email protected]>; Shared Weight Contra Callers <[email protected]> Subject: [Callers] Re: Interrupting Cow - ("new" dance ) Could you explain what is interrupted square through 2? I have not heard that yet. Claire Claire Baffaut On Sat, Aug 9, 2025, 08:32 Angela DeCarlis via Contra Callers <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I think the bit is hilarious, and I like the dance too! I may call it in the next couple weeks — I'll try to remember to take a video if I do. Nicely done! On Fri, Aug 8, 2025, 7:16 PM Sam Winter via Contra Callers <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hey all, Long time lurker, first time poster. This dance came to me on a hike. It's based on my favorite knock-knock joke as a kid and the wonderful dance "Cows are Watching" by Bill Pope and Judy Goldsmith. Knock-Knock. Who's there? Interrupting cow. Interrupting cow wh- MOOOO! I haven't tested it and I don't really know if it counts as a "new" dance, but I think it's funny and wanted to share it with someone who might appreciate it! Cheers, Sam Interrupting Cow by Sam Winter Contra / Becket / CCW based on "Cows are Watching" by Bill Pope and Judy Goldsmith A1: (8) Interrupted Square Through Two (NR, PL) (8) Interrupted Square Through Two (NR, PL) A2: (4) Neighbor balance across the set (12) Larks draw Neighbor across and swing B1: (4) Balance ring (4) With Partner across, Robins roll away, Larks half sashay (8) Zig left, zag right to N2 B2: (8) Larks allemande left 1 (and a bit) with new Lark (8) Partner swing Notes: I like the idea of starting with the B1 (so the interruption happens in the middle), but not sure I really want to complicate things with an indecent starting formation. _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
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