Re: [Callers] Does a 1/2 figure 8 and cast off exist in ECD? In Contra?

Hi John, While there isn't a person there for the ladies to go around, I'd envisioned them looping around as if they were, and using the space and time to make the move flow. So they'd trace the path of what they'd do with a half figure eight, without a physical presence of the standard post. That

Re: [Callers] Does a 1/2 figure 8 and cast off exist in ECD? In Contra?

Hi Luke, I am not sure why you are calling it a Half Figure Eight. Unless I have misunderstood something, you just have the ladies crossing the set, going around each other instead of straight across, while the men move out of the way. Since the active dancers don't go around a gatepos

Re: [Callers] Does a 1/2 figure 8 and cast off exist in ECD? In Contra?

Luke -- This isn't directly responsive to your actual question, but here's what it reminded me of: In proper duple formation, the place where same-sex neighbors would stand in improper formation is diagonally opposite.  Most longways English dances are proper, so in English for these purpose

Re: [Callers] Does a 1/2 figure 8 and cast off exist in ECD? In Contra?

On 2018-07-10 11:46 AM, Luke Donforth wrote: I'm not sure about prompting it as an all cast, since that implies the ladies facing back in after the move, and then casting out again. I was envisioning more of a swoop wide, I was too! For me, that qualifies as a "cast". See, e.g. https://

Re: [Callers] Does a 1/2 figure 8 and cast off exist in ECD? In Contra?

As a couple of folks have pointed out (thank you), there's a typo there. The ladies take their partner's place, not neighbors. Thank you for catching that and sorry for the confusion. Michael, I'll track down some videos of dances with chevrons, thanks for the aside. I'm not sure about prompting

Re: [Callers] Does a 1/2 figure 8 and cast off exist in ECD? In Contra?

On 2018-07-10 08:18 AM, Luke Donforth via Callers wrote: Hello all, I've been thinking about half figure eights, and variations on them. Is anyone familiar (in ECD, contra, or other traditions), where instead of the 1s or 2s half figure eight, having the gents or ladies do the move from impro

[Callers] Does a 1/2 figure 8 and cast off exist in ECD? In Contra?

Hello all, I've been thinking about half figure eights, and variations on them. Is anyone familiar (in ECD, contra, or other traditions), where instead of the 1s or 2s half figure eight, having the gents or ladies do the move from improper formation? As soon as you have something like the ladies