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====== Gene's Gambol ======


Schiarazula Marazula" (Giorgio Mainerio, c. 1580), AABB \\
Triple minor longways\\
Orly L. Krasner, l999\\
Tune: Gene's Gambol


<code>
A1 1-4  ls and 2s star right (skipping). 
A2 1-4  2s and 3s star left (skipping). 
B1 1-2  1" corners cross right shoulder, while 3s set right and left. 
   3-4  2"" corners cross left shoulder, while 3s gypsy right shoulder halfway. 
        All progressed but improper. 
B2 1-4  Partners set right and left, then gypsy right shoulder halfway.</code>

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udRrH5q9fjs\\

Teaching tips: The 2nd man should avoid a "twiddle" between stars by reaching directly from one 
star to the next. After the second star, the 2nd woman should be alert for the corner crossing. 
For an **easier alternative**, let the top two couples dance both stars as follows:

<code>
A1 1-4  ls and 2s star right (skipping). 
A2 1-4  1s and 2s star left (skipping). 
B1 1-2  1" corners cross right shoulder, while 3s set right and left. 
   3-4  2"" corners cross left shoulder, while 3s gypsy right shoulder halfway. 
        All progressed but improper. 
B2 1-4  Partners set right and left, then gypsy right shoulder halfway.</code>

I've always loved this tune and when I heard it anew as a choreographer, my 
first thought was, "Aha! A dance tune!," but I was discouraged by its four-bar 
phrases. Sometime later, Gene Murrow and I were discussing tunes, and he said 
that he thought this one would workjust fine, in spite of its short phrases. Ever 
one to rise to a challenge, I wrote this dance. The title, a pun on "Gene's Gamble," 
is my way of thanking him for championing my dances right from the start.
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