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From: Bob Isaacs <isaacsbob@hotmail.com>
To: "Tepfer, Seth" <labst@emory.edu>, Chris Page <chriscpage@gmail.com>
Cc: Shared Weight Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>
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Date: Wed, 7 May 2025 20:19:06 +0000
Subject: [Callers] Re: Chase figure with neighbor?

Here's the one Chris mentioned - Bob

Cut to the Chase                               Becket-L                                 Intermediate

A1.      8          Long lines forward and back

            8          Circle L ¾ and pass through

 

A2.      8          Ladies allemande L 1½

            8          Partner allemande R 1½                                                         (1)

 

B1.      8          1L around two and 2G around one and he cuts through        (2)

            8          2G around two and 1L around one and she cuts through

 

B2.      8          Actives swing

            8          Partner swing

 

Written on December 1, 2005, and first called on April 5, 2006 at Princeton, NJ.  It was about time for a neighbor chase sequence.  Short sets are necessary to make this fair to both pairs of neighbors.

(1) – By varying the length of this allemande, partners can choose who will be active.

(2) – The 1L and 2G are above their partners when the chase starts, which is worth emphasizing in the teaching.  If the 2L and 1G chase it works equally well.  By identifying the neighbors above as the active couple, the call is “active couple chase – lady ‘round two and gent ‘round one and he cuts through, gents ‘round two and lady ‘round one and she cuts through.” 

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From: Chris Page via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>

Sent: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 1:24 PM

To: Tepfer, Seth <labst@emory.edu>
Cc: Shared Weight Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Subject: [Callers] Re: Chase figure with neighbor?

 

"Cut to the Chase" by Bob Isaacs.

You'll have to ask him for the specific figures.

Cheers,
-Chris Page
Los Angeles, CA