Resham-ka and the Dueling Resham-ka w/ E.B - a question

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Hello,
I have a question about the “Dueling Resham-ka w/ Egyptian Basic (E.B.)” - I learned this step and how to use it as a dueling duet at TribalCon from Megha (I do remember this!) and would like to add it to my regular vocabulary but I feel like I am missing something.

For the dueling part, you face your partner and the leader queues the Resham-ka which is used to pass each other. Then 4 counts of E.B flat (back to partner), queue for the ½ turn of the E>B (even though your partner cannot see you, which bring you back to facing your partner.

If you are done dueling, easy peasy, you use a transition step to circle or someone just takes the lead.

But, if you want to duel again, this is where I get fuzzy…

Do you go right into the Duel again?

Or, if you want to Duel again, do you use an 8 count transition before doing the Resham-ka to pass your partner?

The latter is what we did and felt more natural to get hands at hip height for the Resham-ka, but perhaps I am just fighting the past 4 years of my own habits of not going for over head arms (E.B) to hip height arms.

Your advice is appreciated!!
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  • Hey, I haven't seen it done as a dueling duet- can anyone point to a video that has an example?

    I'm unclear on the formation. Does it start with Pair 1 & Pair 2 facing each other across the dance area, so that they start the move by scooting forward to pass each other, EB+ half turn and repeat back to starting position, like this? (L1 & L2 are Leaders 1 & 2, and the audience is at far left, so the crossing is back-and-forth across the stage)

    o L2
    /|\ | o
    | | /|\ |
    | | | |
    | \|/ | |
    o | \|/
    L1 o

    Or does Pair 1 face each other and dance as a self-contained unit, and Pair 2 does the same?
    o----------->
    <------------o L2
    L1 o------------>
    <--------------o

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