as a non musician who calls and loves to dance - that was a terrific insight into how musicians "see & feel" the dance. THANK YOU --- Pamela Davis Green <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you for a great and timely discussion of how > inter-related the calls, the tunes, and the dancers > really are... As a new caller, a > young-and-gaining-experience dance fiddler, and an > I've-been-dancing-for-years dancer who wasn't why > some dances were FUN and some were pretty fun and > some were okay, I've been trying my darndest to > figure out how to match tunes with dances, to create > a WOW experience for the dancers... A new way to > look at the music, and to play the phrases with a > dance card in front of me! > > [email protected] wrote: Send > Callers mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, > visit > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > or, via email, send a message with subject or body > 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it > is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Callers digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Callers Digest, Vol 37, Issue 6 (Martha Wild) > 2. The balance thing. (Amy Cann) > 3. Re: The balance thing. (Cynthia Phinney) > 4. Re: The balance thing. (Chris Weiler) > 5. Re: The balance thing. (David Millstone) > 6. Re: The balance thing. (Dan Black) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 20:27:48 -0700 > From: Martha Wild > Subject: Re: [Callers] Callers Digest, Vol 37, Issue > 6 > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; > delsp=yes; format=flowed > > I'd do a nice set of polkas - like the Ballydesmond > Polkas. For the > more Old Timey minded, Rock the Cradle Joe or > perhaps Grub Springs > could work. > Martha > > > On Sep 9, 2007, at 9:00 AM, > [email protected] wrote: > > > Send Callers mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide > Web, visit > > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body > 'help' to > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it > is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of Callers digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: Can you name these dances? (Jerome > Grisanti) > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 09:46:50 -0500 > > From: "Jerome Grisanti" > > Subject: Re: [Callers] Can you name these dances? > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: > > > <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > Richard, > > > > I have called the dance below (St. Louis dance) > but I don't have > > the title > > and author. I danced it in Cincinnati with Kathy > Anderson calling. I > > describe the pull-bys in B2 as "square thru two." > (Partner balance, > > pull by, > > Neighbor pull by to face next) > > > > Because there are balances both at the top and the > bottom of the > > A1, it > > helps to have an appropriate tune. I wish I could > recommend one. > > Musicians? > > > > --Jerome > > > > > > On 9/6/07, [email protected] < > > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:16:30 -0400 > >> From: "Richard Green" > >> Subject: [Callers] Can you name these dances? > >> To: > >> Message-ID: > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >> > >> > >> St Louis Contradance > >> > >> Duple Improper > >> > >> Start wave across, Neighbor by RH, Ladies in > center by LH > >> > >> A1 Balance Wave(4), Allemande R 1/2 way(4) > >> > >> Gents Almde L 3/4 to long wave(4), balance > wave(4) > >> > >> A2 Gents Almde L 3/4(4), Swing Ptnr(12) > >> > >> ------ > >> > >> B1 Ladies Allemande R 1.5(8) > >> > >> Swing Neighbor > >> > >> B2 R to Ptnr, balance(4), pull by Neighbor L(4) > >> > >> Do Si Do New Neighbor, form wave across > >> > >> -- > >> Jerome Grisanti > >> 660-528-0858 > >> 660-528-0714 > >> http://www.jeromegrisanti.com > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > > > > End of Callers Digest, Vol 37, Issue 6 > > ************************************** > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:38:48 -0400 > From: "Amy Cann" > Subject: [Callers] The balance thing. > To: "Caller's discussion list" > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Dead silence for weeks and then a four page rant? > OK, I'm going to stop lurking and finally jump in. > Brace yourself. > > >> Because there are balances both at the top and > the bottom of the A1, it > >> helps to have an appropriate tune. I wish I could > recommend one. > >> Musicians? > === message truncated === Mavis L McGaugh 510-814-8118 (answering machine-leave message) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/
