08.03.25 Monterey

Author's Notes:
The transition from left hand star to allemande left is especially nice if a New England style (hand on wrist) star is used. This is the only dance I can think of for which I specifically request that type of star in those parts of the country where the default is hands-across.
Unfortunately, the origin of the name is lost in the mists of time. All I can say is that "Al" is not Al Olson, although had I known who he is when I wrote this, it might have been. Composed sometime around 1989.

This dance is from William Watson's mirror of American Country Dances On Line
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Added to database 9/14/1997; last revised 3/5/1999; edited by Russell Owen

Variation on Back to Front by Luke Donforth - swaps the ladles allemande for a more symmetrical petronella to follow up on the truncated double petronella in the A1 - on Luke's website he mentions - "I often think of Rory O’More and Petronella in happening in pairs, but the following two dances use them in singletons to transition into something else." It seemed appropriate to double up on single petronellas.

Rotated to de-becketize, which also brings it pretty close to Brain Dead Balance also by Luke Donforth, who based Back to Front on A-1 Reel by Chris Weiler and clearly had a similar idea because he also wrote Double Balanced Brain which is a more symmetrical version of either dance than this one (but without a petronella left, the coward).......dances aren't really "written" or "original" - the dances don't need us to write them, they've always existed.

Becket-ized version of Tom Hinds' The Carousel, but without the chunky feeling of long lines forward and back (technically the slice is almost lines forward/back, but dancers can ooze it a bit more, especially since it's a slice and take).

Queue-less, not clueless, because this time The Carousel has no lines. Unlike my program, which at the time had 5 LLFB and one just had to go.

at the of the balance square you go on to new neighbors
I have always like the way this dance turn out Don Flaherty

Composed September 11, 2012

Choreographer's notes:

Often, when we pull across by the right hand, if we hold on too long, it leads to ladles turning over their right shoulder, which is bad for e.g. a right and left thru. But in this dance, it's good flow for the ladles to keep turning right into the neighbor swing.
Teaching notes:
* B2 needs to be zippy. After the star 3 places, we've come to original place.

video available: http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/496-triassic-poetry-by-lindsey-dono-duple-improper