I went to college with Martin Sirk. He's an astronomer. He discovered contra dance much later in life.
Lisa On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Martha Edwards <[email protected]>wrote: > Leda - > > It worked on me... > > And it should be noted that the dance at which I was charmed by Venus and > Mars was the Fiddling Frog, lo these many years ago... > > M > E > > On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Leda Shapiro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Bob is such a great flirt! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martha Edwards > > Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 4:44 PM > > To: Caller's discussion list > > Subject: Re: [Callers] Question about Venus & Mars timing... > > > > Notice the gypsy in B2. I think that's your answer. I remember being very > > charmed by this dance at a time when I really didn't like gypsies - > mostly, > > I think, because the centrifugal force of walking around someone had no > > counterbalance (like holding on to your gypsy-mate, aka "allemande"...). > > This dance, this Venus and Mars, however, where the ladies spiral in to > the > > gypsy from the orbit, had a more "natural" feel to it. The physics works. > > > > Now that I've learned the trick of leaning in slightly on gypsies (and > > gotten confident enough NOT to do what the callers told me to do, which > was > > essentially to be as intimate as possible with every gypsy-mate), I've > > begun > > to enjoy gypsies. > > > > This dance, however, was the first one to show me I might really like > > gypsies one day. Good thing, since my husband's idea of a perfect dance > is > > "gypsy your neighbor, circle left 3/4, gypsy your partner, circle left > 3/4 > > and pass through." > > > > M > > E > > > > On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Liz and Bill > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Hi Bev, > > > > > > The version that I have has same A1 and B2, but > > > A2 Circle Left 3/4 w/partner (on the side) rollaway with 1/2 > sashay, > > > Gents Allemand Left 1 1/2 while Ladies orbit clockwise > halfway > > > around > > > B1 Partner Gypsy and Swing > > > > > > I assume it is the men are rolling their partners from left to right. > > I've > > > never danced or called it, but > > > it looks like A2a can be done in 8 beats as effectively the men will CL > > > once in 8 beats then have 8 beats for > > > AL 1 1/2, while the women's rolling (which might take more than 2 > beats) > > > merges into their orbiting. > > > > > > Nice that you back into the swing of things. Dancing here is low key, > > I've > > > got one on Sat evening of > > > Easter weekend. Lots of people will be busy, so we will probably have > it > > at > > > our house. The llamas are keeping > > > me busy, and they can now come right up to the house and they like to > > watch > > > us dancing! > > > > > > Cheers, Bill > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Callers mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > For the good are always the merry, > > Save by an evil chance, > > And the merry love the fiddle > > And the merry love to dance. ~ William Butler Yeats > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > > > > -- > For the good are always the merry, > Save by an evil chance, > And the merry love the fiddle > And the merry love to dance. ~ William Butler Yeats > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
