Susan --

You're the only one who's reported having done the dance, so it doesn't seem to
be a current favorite among the members of the list.

I like your reconstruction, and mean to try it at, say, the September Carriage
House dance.  (I want to give it a rest for a month because th emusicians
weren't crazy about it.)

Your version has the advantages of not requiring an assumption that the original
text is mistaken, as well as seeming to be physically possible to do.  (And it
preserves the A parts, which are fun.)

What tempo are you thinking of for it?


Susan's reconstruction:

> Here's mine, A is 8 bars, B is 12 bars; the "b" below means bars, not
> beats.  The music is 6/8, so I'm thinking each bar is two steps
> (YA-da-da, YA-da-da).  In other words, still in the land of the old
> doubles, more or less.

> Cottey House	A=8b B=12b

> A1
> 4b first couple cast down and cross over
> 4b neighbors lead out to walls & back

> A2
> 4b second couple cast down and cross over
> 4b neighbors lead out to walls & back

> B1
> 2b turn away from partner and clap
> 2b turn to face partner and clap
> 2b right hands across half round
> 2b all turn single
> 4b first couple half figure (to outside of second couple only)

> M1=W2=M2=W1  (= means hands)

> B2
> 4b hands abreast to the top and back
> 2b first couple loop above 2s to between 2s (all face down)

> W2 M1 W1 M2

> 2b abreast (no hands) to bottom, first couple changing places and
>  ending in second place

> W2 M2
> W1 M1

> 2b all clap twice
> 2b turn partners halfway to (progressed) places

> Notes:

> (B1) This gives the livelier turn away/faces again as "turn-2-3-CLAP!
> back-2-3-CLAP!" instead of "turn-2-3-4, clap-wait-wait-wait, repeat"
> which seems unlikely to me.  Using only four bars for the turn/clap
> bit means I can move the first half figure into B1.  I am also not
> taking the first couple all the way into the middle -- that's more
> than a half figure.  I like a more leisurely less-than-half taking
> them just outside the second couple with a stylish loop at the end to
> face upward.

> (B2) I think the short loop between by the ones (essentially, each
> neighboring pair turns as a couple, though since they don't want hands
> afterwards I wouldn't do it literally as a couple, though I bet
> MECDers will ignore me and do that anyway) fits the "lead between the
> 2. cu."  original instruction nicely -- they lead TO between the 2s.
> And it can easily be done in four steps (two bars), though since they
> don't take hands it will blend gracefully into the 1s then changing
> sides and sneaking ahead of the 2s to end in progressed places,
> improper.  Then there's a nice clapping sequence of one per bar and
> plenty of time for turning partners halfway to places.

-- Alan
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