A Nice Combination

Formation: Contra lines with 1, 3, 5, etc. active and crossed over
Music: “Walking the Floor Over You”, MacGregor C-302

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Prompts:
Intro or
57-64   – – – -; Face the corner, Dosado;
    1-8   – – – -; – Same one Swing;
  9-16   – – – -; Promenade down in fours;
17-24   – – – -; Wheel Around and Promenade up;
25-32   – – – -; Cast Off 3/4 and Circle Left 3/4;

33-40   – – – -; With the one you’re facing, Swing;
41-48   – – – -; Face across and Two Ladies Chain;
49-56   – – – -; Same four Star Left;
57-64   – – – -; Face the Corner, Dosado;

Description:
    1-8   All dancers turn to face their corner (ladies turn right, gents turn left) and those pairs Dosado.
  9-16   Swing the same corner and finish with the ladies on the right side of the gent and the couple facing down the hall (away from the prompter) in lines of four.
17-24   The lines walk away from the prompter six steps and then Wheel Around as a couple (as a unit the gent backs up while the lady walks forward pivoting to their left around their center point).
25-32   Finish the Wheel Around and walk back up toward the prompter.

33-40   Each adjacent pair Cast Off 3/4 (center dancers walk forward in a 3/4 circle around their near end dancer while the end dancer pivots on the spot). End in long facing lines. The same four dancers Circle to the Left 3/4 around ending facing up and down the hall. The couple who went down the hall on the right end of the line of four should be facing up.
41-48   Dancers Swing with the dancer they are facing, who should be their original partner. Finish the Swing with the lady on the right side of the gent and facing across the set in long lines.
49-56   The Two Ladies Chain across. They will end back in the long line in which they began the sequence but having progressed up or down the line.
57-64   Dancers should keep their left hands in towards the center after the Courtesy Turn and move smoothly into a Left-Hand Star once around. As dancers complete the Star they should look for their new corner and immediately face them to begin again with a Dosado.

Note: Partners must Cross at the head and the foot when neutral at the end.

Easier Variation:
— Replace the Wheel Around with California Twirl.
— Omit the Cast Off 3/4 and simply tell the man on the end of the line to curl the line into a Circle and begin the Circle Left 3/4.
— Make sure the dancers know that the 3/4 Circle Left will end with the couple that was on the right end of the line facing up the hall and everyone facing their original partner.

Prompts for Easier Variation:
Intro or
57-64   – – – -; – Face the corner, Dosado;
    1-8   – – – -; – Same one Swing;
  9-16   – – – -; Promenade down in fours;
17-24   – – – -; California Twirl and Promenade up;
25-32   – – – -; Men pull it in and Circle Left 3/4;

33-40   – – – -; With the one you’re facing, Swing;
41-48   – – – -; Face across and Two Ladies Chain;
49-56   – – – -; Same four Star Left;
57-64   – – – -; (Face the Corner, Dosado);

Choreography by: Gene Hubert, Ohio & North Carolina
Source: The MacGregor C302 Record; also printed in the CDP Journal, June 1995; and in Dancing For Busy People, page 177
Usage: This is “a Thinker”. It is intended for dancers with some contra experience including confidence with “Ladies Chain”, and “Wheel Around”. Although it has a nice body flow, it has unforgiving timing. If dancers fall behind in completing each call the only opportunity to recover is to omit the Dosado.

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