Interesting figures from Regency era include: M1 individually casts around neighbor then does something with partner. In a triple minor, 1s in middle place lead out the gentas side and then do not-quite-symmetrical full figure eight, lady around the 2s, gent around the 1s, finishing in middle place proper. (Gent does prety much a real figure eight, lady a 3/4 of one then cut in front of 2nd lady to progressed place.) Anyway, inspiration: 1-4: 1st corners loop right shoulder around each other then around same-role neighbor to home place into 5-8: same role neighbors asymmetric gate 1-8: first corners pass LEFT shoulder to start a whole hey for four --- 1-4: first corners forward into mad robin 5-8: first corners forward into half poussette -- 1-4: second corners (now in first corner places) forward into mad robin 5-8: Same four left hand star 1x, look for new neighbors. [First corners really need to turn that star all the way.] Woodshed 10/8/19 - lh star solves lh turn awkwardness and delivers first corners to next adequately. - Morrison's jig was pretty nice for this. - It's a fusion dance; most of the pieces are things that have been borrowed by contra from English. - With a great tune it could be pretty nice. (It's quite doable but contra feeling with Morrison's.) COMMENTS FROM WOODSHED 8/14/18 - "Left hand turn is awkward for both gent 1 and gent 2 (says gent)" - "I wanted to do a left swing" (Carol Ann) - "I kept translating first corners into first diagonals and second corners into second diagonals" (which is to say, hearing the prompts as positional references rather than identity references), so when prompting make it clear who you're talking about. [Juliette] - (because of story about finding loop around neighbor figure while looking for Frankenstein dances) "Maybe you should call it "Abby-something". - Dave Klper - Nice flow, fun dance. NEXT ACTION find niceish tune for it try ending myself, figure out a different ending if necessary (Left shoulder round?) Try "moonlight paddle" tune.