Hi Callers,
I have a gig on Oct 30, so naturally I'm plumbing the archives for
Halloween-themed choices. There have been several threads on this, I'm not
trying to start another one, I have two more specific questions:
1. Anyone got tips for teaching the Wizard's Walk figure? I've danced it
(although not recently); I've never called it. (I'm interested in all tips,
but FWIW I'm expecting a relatively experienced semi-monthly local crowd.)
2. The specific W'sW descendant I'm planning to use is Cis Hinkle's The
WItches Way
<https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=3804>,
which has the Wizard's Walk figure in A1. It seems to me that to better fit
the original Wizard's Walk tune the dance should be "rotated" thus:
A1: (4,4) balance the ring (with Nbr1s); Petronella turn 1 place to R (no
claps)
(8) Partner swing
A2: (4,4) balance the ring; Petronella turn 1 place to R (no claps)
(8) Neighbor1 swing
B1: (8) Robins chain (to Ptr)
(6) circle RIGHT 3/4
(2) Ones arch, twos dive [to meet next Nbrs)
B2: (16) Wizard's Walk:
| (4) Nbr 2 mirror pass through along (ones split twos)
| (4) Nbr 3 mirror pass through along (twos split ones)
| (4) backing up Nbr 3 mirror pass through along (ones split twos)
| (4) backing up Nbr 2 mirror pass through along (twos split ones)
Has anyone done that? Do y'all agree? (The original dance
<https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/dances/ruth_ungar/wizards_walk.html>
has the W.W. figure in B2.) I don't know if such a variant deserves its own
name, but if so it seems like it should be called "Wayward Witches".
Cheers,
--Andrew Stout