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A1 R/H Bal Neighbor(4), Box the Gnat (4), Star R 3/4 to wave across* (W in center joined by left hand) (8)
A2 Bal wave (4) W allem L x 1 (4), 1/2 hey, (start Partner R shoulder) (8)
B1 Partner Gypsy and Swing (16)
B2 1/2 Prom (8), Roll to Swap w/ partner**(2), L/H star x 3/4 (6)
This dance was written Sept 12, 1998 on the way to call a
dance in N. Yarmouth at the Westcustogo Grange. In March, I had
been talking with Carol Ormand about a dance called by Sue Rosen
at the 8th annual Downeast Country Dance Festival. The dance
was "Summer Sunshine" by Paul Balliet. It had a circle
L 3/4 to a wave across and it was a really smooth move that Carol
admitted she wished she had invented. *We figured a star to a
wave was a cool move too, but she had only seen a star to a long
wave, not a wave across. So this is it. It goes very smoothly,
the women just have to remember to reach left hands across the
star, but leave right hands joined with partners to form
a wave across with the active man facing down joined by R to
active woman, etc. **In B2, courtesy turn after the 1/2 Promenade
then flow into a Rollaway with a Half Sashay to change places
with partner. This has everyone moving in the correct direction
for the L/H star and if the women remember to put their left
hands in immediately there is a nice flow into the star, I think!
A possible alternative would be a Partner Balance and swing in
B1, but that makes the timing a little more critical in A2. Anyway,
Scrod Pudding played a set of modern reels for this dance at
Bowdoinham town hall on Sept 19: "Don Tremaine's" by
Graham Townsend (in D), "Evil Diane" by Sam Bartlett
(in A), and "Bus Stop Reel" (in Am) by Anita Anderson.
What a great mezmerizing set and it worked so well! Since this
dance also grew out of a dance I have been working on since April
to commemorate David Kaynor's 50th birthday, and since David
is continually threatening to ride the bus to gig's in order
to be able to carpool with someone to the NEXT gig, that iced
it for me. I figured I had to name the dance... "The Bus
Stop", just another stop along the way........
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