The Connectrix
| A1: |
Balance the ring (4) Swing neighbor (12) |
| A2: |
Down the center, four in line (6) 2s in center turn away from partner (bringing joined hands over heads); 1s join free hands behind them to make a cozy line of four (2) Return (6) 1s make an arch; 2s duck back under to form a "cloverleaf" (2) |
| B1: |
Circle left 3/4 in the cloverleaf (6) Swing partner (10) |
| B2: |
Circle left 3/4 (8) Balance the ring (4) California twirl (4) |
Once when my foursome improvised the A2 (from Fred Feild's classic modern contra "Symmetrical Force") in a different dance, I noticed the seamless transition from cloverleaf to swing. The result is this pleasing straightforward dance, with the additional quality that hand connection is never broken.
Video:
Beth Molaro & Flying the Tune at a 2013 River Falls Lodge Contra, River Falls, SC (posted by Sean Green):