Hi all -- been lurking for awhile, but posting for the first time now. Sorry
for any formatting issues I create.
Jo, I like this new dance. I'd been toying with the idea of a
reverse-progression improper dance, but never quite got around to implementing
it. Your dance seems different, but still accessible. I'm writing it down.
Laila Lewis
>This is a fairly new dance, just written in June. I've called it twice,
and people like it very much. Callers ask me for it afterwards.
It has two quirks, which need to be explained at the beginning. One is
that it is a reverse progression dance. The ones progress up the hall,
the twos progress down.
The other is that when you and your partner progress out of the line,
during A2, you will naturally swing each other at the end of the line.
After you swing, while you are waiting to get back into the dance, the
lady needs to be on the gent's LEFT.
Galena
Duple Improper
Jo Mortland, 2009
Begin in wavy lines of four, ones facing down, twos facing up,
women holding left hands, everyone's neighbor is in their right hand
A1 Balance right and left, slide right
Balance left and right, slide left (as in Rory O'Moore)
A2 with neighbor, allemande right half way and walk forward to the
next neighbor (progression is here)
Swing
B1 Circle left 3 places
Partner swing on the side of the set
B2 Circle left 3 places
With neighbor (the one you swung) do si do to wavy lines of four
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Re: diagramming dances, Jerome suggested some terrific web flash, then wrote,
> And of course, there's always salt and pepper shakers....
then Alan responded,
> I like coins.? (Different denominations for different numbers - pennies,
nickels, dimes, quarters tells you who's who in a square, face-up or face-down
for? gender, and you can have them face one way or the other.)
Me, I like Extreme Visual, No-Tech style. My dirty secret is this: Smurfs. I
borrowed a bunch of figurines from a friend, each of which sports a
different-colored hat. I have male and female red, blue, and yellow hat
couples. The fourth couple is a pair of green toy soldiers, with the one
holding his gun up higher in the air designated as male. I walk them around
through the dance, noting when each is facing her/his neighbor, etc., when the
progression happens, and potential weird effects. It's goofy but it really
works.
Tina
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This is a fairly new dance, just written in June. I've called it twice,
and people like it very much. Callers ask me for it afterwards.
It has two quirks, which need to be explained at the beginning. One is
that it is a reverse progression dance. The ones progress up the hall,
the twos progress down.
The other is that when you and your partner progress out of the line,
during A2, you will naturally swing each other at the end of the line.
After you swing, while you are waiting to get back into the dance, the
lady needs to be on the gent's LEFT.
Galena
Duple Improper
Jo Mortland, 2009
Begin in wavy lines of four, ones facing down, twos facing up,
women holding left hands, everyone's neighbor is in their right hand
A1 Balance right and left, slide right
Balance left and right, slide left (as in Rory O'Moore)
A2 with neighbor, allemande right half way and walk forward to the
next neighbor (progression is here)
Swing
B1 Circle left 3 places
Partner swing on the side of the set
B2 Circle left 3 places
With neighbor (the one you swung) do si do to wavy lines of four
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Thanks Alan and Lark for the wonderful and positive feedback.
Incidentally, amused to see Cary Ravitz's name in the message following mine -
his mother is one of my infrequent dancers who provided me with the loveliest
quote. To paraphrase; three hours after the dance I was aching, but found it
was my face that was aching because I was still smiling. This is the experience
I am used to with my dance group, and the experience I want to bring to the
estates contra.
In refering to "real contra", I meant keeping away from set dance or
ceili/ceilidh type barn dances which I also call. Nothing against them, but
want to emphasize contra. I will be repeating the first session as the second
session, and think I can build up to a (one) longways duple improper. But,
Alan, thank you so very much for the dances you included.You gave me a lot to
consider.
A band member gave me a copy of Good Morning last night, and the estates are
working on getting me copies of programmes from dances Ford would have
attended. But, I didn't like feeling pushed for time in getting a programme
like this together, which is why I asked for help from the list - and I'm glad
I did. Thanks, and wish me luck!
Gillian Carney
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