[Callers] Re: Interrupting Cow - ("new" dance )

On Sat, Aug 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM Bob Hofkin via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: Thank you for the vote of confidence, but sometimes these things "just happen". I picked up interrupted square through from Bob Isaacs, who used to notate his dances with two balances and four square throughs within the same minor set as A1: 4,4 Balance, interrupted square through four 4,4 Balance, interrupted square through four In his more recent dance transcriptions, he no longer uses the word "interrupted." I picked it up anyway, and used that as a standard, which then wound up getting used when my database got ported over to Caller's Box years later. The notation used to be (4) Partner balance (RH) (4) Interrupted square through 2 (PR;NL) (4) Partner balance (RH) (4) Interrupted square through 2 (PR;NL) It bothered me enough to tweak things about a year or two ago. (16) Interrupted square through 4: (4) Partner balance (RH) (4) Square through 2 (PR;NL) (4) Partner balance (RH) (4) Square through 2 (PR;NL) At least this is clearer because there's no longer a figure called "interrupted square through" that is in some way different from "square through", and it serves as a searchable term. The downside is some callers will see it and inflict the additional word "interrupted" on dancers. Having danced on the coasts, I hadn't heard the phrase "balanced square through" enough. Thoughts on switching out "interrupted square through" with "balanced square through"? It still preserves the block structure, so it's clear it's one large figure. And it's still a searchable term, so people can check for that category of thing. Cheers, -Chris Page Los Angeles, CA