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Today's Topics:
1. squares for house parties of mostly contra dancers? (Jeff
Kaufman)
2. Re: squares for house parties of mostly contra dancers?
(Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing)
3. Re: squares for house parties of mostly contra dancers?
(Jeff Kaufman)
4. Re: squares for house parties of mostly contra dancers?
(Jack Mitchell)
5. Re: squares for house parties of mostly contra dancers?
(Richard Allen Fischer)
6. Re: squares for house parties of mostly contra dancers?
(Richard Allen Fischer)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:15:07 -0500
From: Jeff Kaufman <[email protected]>
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Subject: [Callers] squares for house parties of mostly contra dancers?
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I'm looking for some squares to learn to do at house parties. The
dancers would probably be contra dancers who haven't done many
squares, but squares work a lot better in kitchens. Easy stuff that
wouldn't need to be walked would be best. Looking online (probably
not in the right places) I'm mostly finding pretty complicated squares
or ones with lots of easy-for-square-dancer stuff like "separate, go
around two". Any suggestions?
Jeff
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Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:16:12 -0800 (PST)
From: Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing
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Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:21:47 -0500
From: Jeff Kaufman <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: [Callers] squares for house parties of mostly contra
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Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing wrote:
Not what you were asking, but if the reason you want to do this is
space limitations rather than an interest in getting into square
stuff, why not do triplets? They're aimed at contra dancers
already, and they take up even less room.
Triplets are good too. Squares just allow another two people to
dance in the same kitchen.
Jeff
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:24:33 -0500
From: Jack Mitchell <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: [Callers] squares for house parties of mostly contra
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Here's a great one. A nice simple break (corner alle L, R&L Grand,
promenade home....) can work well
Geezy Peezy
Heads go forward and back
Up to your opposite and swing, face sides
with sides Circle left 1x
Sides make an arch, rip and snort (heads dive through the arch, heads
let go of partner, sides turn under arch (don't let go)
to lines at the sides
forward up 8 and 8 fall back
up to your opposite, box the gnat
right left thru, go the other way back
roll away with a half sashay
all swing partner
On 1/16/2010 9:15 PM, Jeff Kaufman wrote:
I'm looking for some squares to learn to do at house parties. The
dancers would probably be contra dancers who haven't done many
squares, but squares work a lot better in kitchens. Easy stuff that
wouldn't need to be walked would be best. Looking online (probably
not in the right places) I'm mostly finding pretty complicated
squares
or ones with lots of easy-for-square-dancer stuff like "separate, go
around two". Any suggestions?
Jeff
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:24:34 -0500
From: Richard Allen Fischer <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: [Callers] squares for house parties of mostly contra
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Hi Jeff,
I like Ladies Star by Tony Parkes
A1 Ladies L hand star, allemande R partner 1 1/2
A2 Gents L hand star, allemande R partner 1 1/2
B1 Corners balance and swing
B2 Promenade your corner (your new partner) to gent's home place
The traditional Nine-Pin square should be fun at a house party, but
you probably won't have room to gallop--the first figure. You could
change that. (Maybe head (sides) promenade around the square.) The
second figure is head (sides) circle L and R around the nine-pin.
Then the nine-pin dancer swings one person in turn from each couple
while their partner heads to the center of the square. Then the music
stops and people scramble to find a partner.
Irish sets are fun for kitchens too!
Richard
On Jan 16, 2010, at 9:15 PM, Jeff Kaufman wrote:
I'm looking for some squares to learn to do at house parties. The
dancers would probably be contra dancers who haven't done many
squares, but squares work a lot better in kitchens. Easy stuff that
wouldn't need to be walked would be best. Looking online (probably
not in the right places) I'm mostly finding pretty complicated
squares
or ones with lots of easy-for-square-dancer stuff like "separate, go
around two". Any suggestions?
Jeff
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:59:30 -0500
From: Richard Allen Fischer <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: [Callers] squares for house parties of mostly contra
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Well here's a favorite triplet:
Melanie's Triplet Melanie Axel-Lute
A1 Lines of three fwd and back; top couple lead down center and cast
to second place
A2 Active couple (in center) turn contra corners
B1 All balance and swing partners; end facing up
B2 Top couple casts to bottom place, others follow single file enough
to invert the set; dosido partner
Micah Smukler's Triplet # i has the end couples of the triplet
turning contra corners (making use of imaginary friends). You can
find it at
http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~msmukler/dances.html
RAF
On Jan 16, 2010, at 9:21 PM, Jeff Kaufman wrote:
Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing wrote:
Not what you were asking, but if the reason you want to do this is
space limitations rather than an interest in getting into square
stuff, why not do triplets? They're aimed at contra dancers
already, and they take up even less room.
Triplets are good too. Squares just allow another two people to
dance in the same kitchen.
Jeff
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