{"request":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/contradance\/thecallersbox\/dance.php?format=JSON&id=4516","download_date":"2026-04-26T22:47:49+00:00","ID":"4516","Name":"Ease About Things","Authors":["Cis Hinkle"],"InterpretedBy":[],"Permission":"full","Status":"","BasedOn":["\"Ease About Mixer\" by Gene Hubert"],"FormationBase":"Circle Mixer","FormationDetail":"","Progression":"Single","Direction":"C-1","Mixer?":"Yes","Virtual?":"","PhraseStructure":"","Music":[],"Tunes":[],"phrases":[{"name":"A1","figures":["(4) P1 partner balance","(12) P1 partner swing"]},{"name":"A2","figures":["(8) P1 partner promenade counterclockwise","(8) P1 partner promenade into center and back"]},{"name":"B1","figures":["(8) Women weave counterclockwise (in front of P0; behind P-1)","(8) In a big ring, go forward and back"]},{"name":"B2","figures":["(8) Men weave counterclockwise (in front of P-1; behind P0)","(8) P1 partner allemande right 1 & 1\/2; face P2"]}],"CallingNotes":["The weave is counterclockwise is relative to the entire circle, not the individual person you're weaving around.","","","From the author: \"The name is so varied because I still introduce it as Gene Hubert's Ease About Mixer, which I barely changed and mostly rearranged. The folks who published it in the past decided it was changed enough to deserve a new name, but I don't even remember which one(s) I actually came up with. Take your pick.\""],"Appearances":[{"source":"2008 RPDLW syllabus","lo":"#page=30","p":"29"},{"source":"Community Dance Journal","vol":"2005","no":"Nov","p":"4","altnames":["Round About"],"lo":"3170#page=4"},{"source":"2012 RPDLW syllabus","p":"7","altnames":["Ease About Thing"],"lo":"#page=9"}],"OtherNames":[],"Videos":["http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aOoo26Kr7KU"],"VirtualVideos":[],"VariantVideos":["https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9hxReRTSBL0 {B2: Allemande is left}","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oz2GUYjGvo0 {B1: Women weave; Women go forward and back}","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bn8qFxDSlH8 {B1: Women weave; Women go forward and back}","http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DolPRqFGrIA {Starts in A2 with 16-beat promenade. Swing is 8 counts. Both forward and backs in a big ring}","http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GxWsA7X_Png {A1: Forward and back; women weave. A2: Forward and back; women weave. B1: Men weave; P1 swing. B2: Promenade; men walk forward to P2; promenade}","http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ov22TwX_x9M {A1: Forward and back; women weave. A2: Forward and back; women weave. B1: Men weave; P1 swing. B2: Promenade; men walk forward to P2; promenade}","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MuTnUTxQKv4&t=13m40s {A1: Forward and back; women weave. A2: Forward and back; men weave. B1: P1 partner allemande right 1; P2 partner swing. B2: P2 partner promenade}","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sADW0MnE9u4 {B1, B2: weaves are clockwise. B2: Allemande is left}"],"VariantVirtualVideos":[]}