Together At Long Last
Together At Long Last
Ron T Blechner
Duple Improper Contra
(Start: Gents ID each other)
A1. Gents Alle L 1.5x (8)
       ½ Hey (8) (PR, LL, NR, GL)
A2. P Gypsy + Swing (16)
B1. Ladies Chain (8) (to N)
      Star L 1x (8) (to next Ns)
B2. Next N Gypsy 1x (6)
      Orig N Swing (10)
August 2016 - I danced "Here's to the Gents" and wanted a dance with a star to
next-neighbor and back to swing original neighbor - like in Lisa Greenleaf's
"Poetry in Motion". I still have a more complex dance that - as of writing this
- I have not yet called. Then I came up with this simple one. It turned out it
was really close to Beau Farmer's "Together At Last", hence the name. Beau's
version starts with the B2, as a balance and swing, and the progression is from
the star to that balance. My first, the progression happens at the very end,
where you leave one neighbor and the gents allemande shifts focus to the new
neighbors. The big difference there is that you're able to do the
star-with-the-next, and return to swing the original neighbor.

My goal with this was to have a flirty dance. Now, as a caller, I never suggest
on the mic that a dance should be flirty - I'm not there to *tell* people how
to dance, especially not tell people to be flirty if they don't want to (for
any number of valid reasons). But, I certainly will give dancers opportunity
with my choice of dances and suggested music.