Michael Left His Brain In Bed
Introduction
Author:
Michael Barraclough (Nov 2003)
Formation:
Longways duple improper
Music:
32-bar contra jigs or reels
Published:
Rhonda's Romance (Michael Barraclough)
Choreography
A1
1-4
1s gypsy
5-8
Neighbor swing
A2
1-4
Lines forward & back
5-8
1s half-figure up
B1
1-8
Contra corners (1s right with partner, left with right-hand corner, right with partner, left with left-hand corner)
B2
1-8
1s balance & swing
© Michael Barraclough, 2016
Notes
Notes
1
I lke to do this alternating the 1s and 2s (who gypsy in A1, half-figure down instead of up in A2 and swing in B2)
2
Written on the spot in a complete panic and first called on 9 Nov 2003. It was Sunday afternoon and I was calling at my annual Zesty Contra House Party at Halsway Manor, Somerset, UK. Having called about 70 dances ov er the weekend my brain went completely blank. I knew I was planning to call The Tease but could not find my card anywhere. I knew how it started and that it included a contra corners, but that was all I could remember. The reslt - a combination of Alternating Corners by Jim Kitch and The Tease by Tom Hinds. The title seems kind of appropriate.
Music
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