Friday Flourish: Double Star Buzz

This week's flourish is a flourish for four, on a star -- the easiest way to lead it is to offer the start of the top layer right after you join for the bottom star layer, and hope the other three join in. (As with any flourish, know your fellow partners in the minor set.) There are variants of this where the top layer is a hands-across star, but this one has two wagon-wheel (wrist-grip) stars. The tricky part is making sure that even if you speed up the star, you all end up in the spots you intend at the end since it's easy to end up a bit off on the timing if you aren't careful.

Dancers this week are Alex Dennis, Valerie Young, Steven Roth, and Ryan Holman. (Special thanks to Valerie & Alex for helping us out!)

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Hope to see many of you at Contrastock II, happening this Sunday at Glen Echo! Ten and a half hours of dancing to Wild Asparagus, Perpetual e-Motion, and Elixir's music with George Marshall, Will Mentor, and Nils Fredland calling! (All of those except for George Marshall and Wild Asparagus will also be in NYC this weekend for Contrashock II, a separate event.)

Also, for those of you who might make it to the Harrisburg, PA area: this weekend is Frolic in the Fall, which kicks off with a techno contra tonight (Friday)! It will be called by Perry Shafran and spun by Brian Hamshar (B-Ham).

Next week we'll hear from Janet Bertog, who organized and helped call the first ever techno contra in Louisville, KY!

Carry on dancing,

CS