[Callers] Riffing on "The Nice Combination"
Hello all, I was programming for tonight, and looked at Gene Hubert's classic "The Nice Combination" (N B&S, Dwn 4, turn as cpls, C L 3/4, P S, Ld/robin chain, LHS); and wondered what the simplest variant that would flow well with a gents/larks chain instead of a ladies/robins chain. What I've come up with is below. Anyone got a prior on it? Anyone got a variant with a gents/larks chain they like more? The New Combination A1 --- (4,12) Neighbors balance and swing A2 --- (6) Down the hall four line (4) Pair on the right make an arch, gent/lark on the left lead through, lady/robin on the right walks to far side, inverting the line (8) Come back up the hall and bend the ends B1 --- (6) Circle left 3/4 (10) Partners swing B2 --- (8) Gents/Larks chain (pull by left, courtesy turn with neighbor) (8) Right-hand star 1x I'm planning on using Gene's original tonight in Belfast (and probably the vast majority of the time, it's a great dance); but I thought an accessible gents/larks chain would be nice. I appreciate hearing your thoughts. -- Luke Donforth luke.donfo...@gmail.com ___ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/
Re: [Callers] Riffing on "The Nice Combination"
No priors.. BUT FWIW, just off the top of my head.. N B&S Down in 4's wheel return bend line cir L3/4 sw partner M chain 1/2, R&L thru across N B&S Down in 4's wheel return bend line face across W allem R x 1.5 Sw Pt M ch 1/2, R/H star x 1 bill From: Callers on behalf of Luke Donforth via Callers Sent: Friday, August 2, 2019 6:27 PM To: Callers@Lists.Sharedweight.net Subject: [Callers] Riffing on "The Nice Combination" Hello all, I was programming for tonight, and looked at Gene Hubert's classic "The Nice Combination" (N B&S, Dwn 4, turn as cpls, C L 3/4, P S, Ld/robin chain, LHS); and wondered what the simplest variant that would flow well with a gents/larks chain instead of a ladies/robins chain. What I've come up with is below. Anyone got a prior on it? Anyone got a variant with a gents/larks chain they like more? The New Combination A1 --- (4,12) Neighbors balance and swing A2 --- (6) Down the hall four line (4) Pair on the right make an arch, gent/lark on the left lead through, lady/robin on the right walks to far side, inverting the line (8) Come back up the hall and bend the ends B1 --- (6) Circle left 3/4 (10) Partners swing B2 --- (8) Gents/Larks chain (pull by left, courtesy turn with neighbor) (8) Right-hand star 1x I'm planning on using Gene's original tonight in Belfast (and probably the vast majority of the time, it's a great dance); but I thought an accessible gents/larks chain would be nice. I appreciate hearing your thoughts. -- Luke Donforth luke.donfo...@gmail.com<mailto:luke.do...@gmail.com> ___ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/
Re: [Callers] Riffing on "The Nice Combination"
I think this works: A1 N B&S A2 Down hall, turn as couple, up hall B1 Circle RIGHT 3/4, swing partner B2 Gents/Larks chain, RH star This preserves the simple turn as a couple. The momentum of the transition from circle into swing changes in a way that might be thought of as foreshadowing the changed chain. > On August 2, 2019 at 1:27 PM Luke Donforth via Callers > wrote: > > Hello all, > > I was programming for tonight, and looked at Gene Hubert's classic "The > Nice Combination" (N B&S, Dwn 4, turn as cpls, C L 3/4, P S, Ld/robin chain, > LHS); and wondered what the simplest variant that would flow well with a > gents/larks chain instead of a ladies/robins chain. > > What I've come up with is below. Anyone got a prior on it? Anyone got a > variant with a gents/larks chain they like more? > > The New Combination > > A1 --- > (4,12) Neighbors balance and swing > A2 --- > (6) Down the hall four line > (4) Pair on the right make an arch, gent/lark on the left lead through, > lady/robin on the right walks to far side, inverting the line > (8) Come back up the hall and bend the ends > B1 --- > (6) Circle left 3/4 > (10) Partners swing > B2 --- > (8) Gents/Larks chain (pull by left, courtesy turn with neighbor) > (8) Right-hand star 1x > > I'm planning on using Gene's original tonight in Belfast (and probably > the vast majority of the time, it's a great dance); but I thought an > accessible gents/larks chain would be nice. > > I appreciate hearing your thoughts. > > -- > Luke Donforth > luke.donfo...@gmail.com mailto:luke.do...@gmail.com > ___ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ > ___ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/
Re: [Callers] Riffing on "The Nice Combination"
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Re: [Callers] Riffing on "The Nice Combination"
I believe the star would be once around. Note that the Gents/Larks would chain by the left hand, ending on the left of their respective neighbors. --Jim On Aug 2, 2019, at 1:37 PM, DAVID HARDING via Callers suggested > A1 N B&S > A2 Down hall, turn as couple, up hall > B1 Circle RIGHT 3/4, swing partner > B2 Gents/Larks chain, RH star and on Aug 2, 2019, at 1:51 PM, Paul Wilde via Callers replied > Star is half way around? ___ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/
Re: [Callers] Riffing on "The Nice Combination"
For title, might I suggest "The Dixie Combination"? The couple trading figure is often called a Dixie Twirl, and there already exist "A New Combination" and "The Nice Combination". On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 2:28 PM Luke Donforth via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Hello all, > > I was programming for tonight, and looked at Gene Hubert's classic "The > Nice Combination" (N B&S, Dwn 4, turn as cpls, C L 3/4, P S, Ld/robin > chain, LHS); and wondered what the simplest variant that would flow well > with a gents/larks chain instead of a ladies/robins chain. > > What I've come up with is below. Anyone got a prior on it? Anyone got a > variant with a gents/larks chain they like more? > > The New Combination > > A1 --- > (4,12) Neighbors balance and swing > A2 --- > (6) Down the hall four line > (4) Pair on the right make an arch, gent/lark on the left lead through, > lady/robin on the right walks to far side, inverting the line > (8) Come back up the hall and bend the ends > B1 --- > (6) Circle left 3/4 > (10) Partners swing > B2 --- > (8) Gents/Larks chain (pull by left, courtesy turn with neighbor) > (8) Right-hand star 1x > > I'm planning on using Gene's original tonight in Belfast (and probably the > vast majority of the time, it's a great dance); but I thought an accessible > gents/larks chain would be nice. > > I appreciate hearing your thoughts. > > -- > Luke Donforth > luke.donfo...@gmail.com > ___ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ > ___ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/
Re: [Callers] Riffing on "The Nice Combination"
Ooh, neat stuff! As long as we're messing with classic dances: *I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! *(improper) A1: LLFB new LARKS right-hand chain (to P) A2: full hey (larks by R) B1: P b&s B2: larks allemande L 1.5 N swing On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 9:11 AM Gregory Frock via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > For title, might I suggest "The Dixie Combination"? The couple trading > figure is often called a Dixie Twirl, and there already exist "A New > Combination" and "The Nice Combination". > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 2:28 PM Luke Donforth via Callers < > callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I was programming for tonight, and looked at Gene Hubert's classic "The >> Nice Combination" (N B&S, Dwn 4, turn as cpls, C L 3/4, P S, Ld/robin >> chain, LHS); and wondered what the simplest variant that would flow well >> with a gents/larks chain instead of a ladies/robins chain. >> >> What I've come up with is below. Anyone got a prior on it? Anyone got a >> variant with a gents/larks chain they like more? >> >> The New Combination >> >> A1 --- >> (4,12) Neighbors balance and swing >> A2 --- >> (6) Down the hall four line >> (4) Pair on the right make an arch, gent/lark on the left lead through, >> lady/robin on the right walks to far side, inverting the line >> (8) Come back up the hall and bend the ends >> B1 --- >> (6) Circle left 3/4 >> (10) Partners swing >> B2 --- >> (8) Gents/Larks chain (pull by left, courtesy turn with neighbor) >> (8) Right-hand star 1x >> >> I'm planning on using Gene's original tonight in Belfast (and probably >> the vast majority of the time, it's a great dance); but I thought an >> accessible gents/larks chain would be nice. >> >> I appreciate hearing your thoughts. >> >> -- >> Luke Donforth >> luke.donfo...@gmail.com >> ___ >> List Name: Callers mailing list >> List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net >> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ >> > ___ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ > ___ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/
Re: [Callers] Riffing on "The Nice Combination"
Good suggestion. And thank you all for the other variants and ideas :-D On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 9:05 AM Gregory Frock wrote: > For title, might I suggest "The Dixie Combination"? The couple trading > figure is often called a Dixie Twirl, and there already exist "A New > Combination" and "The Nice Combination". > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 2:28 PM Luke Donforth via Callers < > callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I was programming for tonight, and looked at Gene Hubert's classic "The >> Nice Combination" (N B&S, Dwn 4, turn as cpls, C L 3/4, P S, Ld/robin >> chain, LHS); and wondered what the simplest variant that would flow well >> with a gents/larks chain instead of a ladies/robins chain. >> >> What I've come up with is below. Anyone got a prior on it? Anyone got a >> variant with a gents/larks chain they like more? >> >> The New Combination >> >> A1 --- >> (4,12) Neighbors balance and swing >> A2 --- >> (6) Down the hall four line >> (4) Pair on the right make an arch, gent/lark on the left lead through, >> lady/robin on the right walks to far side, inverting the line >> (8) Come back up the hall and bend the ends >> B1 --- >> (6) Circle left 3/4 >> (10) Partners swing >> B2 --- >> (8) Gents/Larks chain (pull by left, courtesy turn with neighbor) >> (8) Right-hand star 1x >> >> I'm planning on using Gene's original tonight in Belfast (and probably >> the vast majority of the time, it's a great dance); but I thought an >> accessible gents/larks chain would be nice. >> >> I appreciate hearing your thoughts. >> >> -- >> Luke Donforth >> luke.donfo...@gmail.com >> ___ >> List Name: Callers mailing list >> List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net >> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ >> > -- Luke Donforth luke.donfo...@gmail.com ___ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/
