Gretchen, This sounds fun. Is the formation a single circle or a Sicillian circle?
I don't know the dance, but the figure you describe sounds like some sort of progressive "strip the willow." I'm trying to picture how it would work in a circle. And was there more to the dance with this being the finishing flourish? Also, would just the active lady allemande the neighbors with the active gent allemanding only his partner, or would the active gent be allemanding ladies on his side of the set as well? --Jerome List-Post: [email protected] Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:12:46 -0700 (PDT) > From: Gretchen Caldwell <[email protected]> > Subject: [Callers] Shoofly Swing > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > I'm looking for a circle dance called, I believe, "Shoofly Swing".? Cubby > Whitehead used to end every evening with it in Bradenton Florida in the late > 1980s.? It involves one couple starting with an allemande right, lady then > allemandes next gent by left, then partner by right, next gent by left, and > so on.? After the allemanding partners have passed you by, you and your > partner join until the whole circle is peeling off in one amazing mass of > allemandes. > Anyone have it? > I've just joined the list, have been calling for two years, and appreciate > the support of the community.? I plan to try Microchasmic soon for our > weekly?Monday night dance, where the level of dancing is, surprise surprise, > improving as we three local callers try more challenging dances.? Not a lot > of contracorners going on.? This triplet might be just the thing. > Gretchen Caldwell > Charlotte NC > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > End of Callers Digest, Vol 44, Issue 12 > *************************************** > -- Jerome Grisanti 660-528-0858 660-528-0714 http://www.jeromegrisanti.com
