The transition in B2 can be very satisfying—without losing momentum from the circle left, partners turn and smoothly circle right with the next couple. I stop in the walkthrough after the circle left (making sure everyone is across from their partner) and use Jacqui Grennan's excellent wording: "Switch hands with your partner and open like a book to face new neighbors ... now continue your momentum to circle right with them."

The A1 and A2 "once and a half" allemandes have nice symmetry. But coming out of the B2 circle right the A1 ladies' allemande can feel like it's almost twice around, and slower dancers may not get an 8 count partner swing. One solution is changing the ladies' allemande to 3/4, giving easier timing and a longer partner swing. Let me know which you prefer!

In a dream around 1988 I was calling a dance, and the card in my hand clearly read "Comfort Deluxe". It took ten years to come up with a dance worthy of the name.