Hi,

                Further to our earlier discussions about "Cowboy Dances", I
have enjoyed studying old moves called "dosido" (or some variant of the
spelling that sounds roughly the same!) and thought I would try getting some of
them into a contra dance.  I know the Rang Tang has been used before in contras
, but I haven't seen a Mountain Dosido in a contra before.

 

                This is the result:

DosiWhat? by John Sweeney

Contra; Becket (C)

 

A1: Men Dosido; Ladies Dosido 1 & 1/2 - Men turn to the Left and take Mans'
Right Hand to Partner's Left Hand to face a New Couple (progression)

 

A2: Mountain Dosido ("DoSi the Ladies"): Lasso Partner AC around self and along
to the other Man; Neighbour Swing*

 

B1: Open Ladies' Chain: Ladies Pull by Right; Partner Allemande Left - continue
into a

 

       Rang Tang (Dosido): Men pass B-to-B; Neighbour Allemande Right; Men pass
B-to-B, weave into a

 

B2: Partner Gypsy Meltdown

 

Notes: Teach the Ladies Dosido as Dosido and Pass Thru, otherwise they will
spin and face where they think they are going.

Lasso means the man raises his right hand and leads the lady around him - he
doesn't move (except to help the ladies avoid any crashes) *"You swing mine and
I'll swing yours"

 

                I called it for the first time yesterday at Barrie Bullimore's
Sunday afternoon contra and it went well.

 

                Feedback appreciated if you try it :-)