Martha wrote: > I'm surprised not to see The Spanish Waltz on this list, as I love to dance > it. Is it not English enough, or is there some authenticity problem with it?
Which flavor Spanish Waltz? The one I'm generally used to is a duple minor or Sicilian Circle; a keeper, not a mixer. -- Alan > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Michael Clark <[email protected]>wrote: > > It's interesting to see the votes for The Wood Duck, which has always been > > a favorite of mine, too. > > > > About 15 years ago I was asked to call a series of dance parties for a > > church social group, one a month for 3 months. One night I thought I'd try a > > waltz mixer. Knew The Wood Duck would be too much of a challenge, so I > > worked up the following substitute figures for the same tune (Bare > > Necessities recording): > > > > Formation: Circle of couples with partners facing, gents with backs to > > center, ladies facing the center. > > Music: 32 bar waltz tune > > A1 Right hand balance together and apart, box the gnat to trade places. > > Joining left hands as well, do a cross-hand two-hand turn once around. Now > > gents are facing the center. > > A2 That again. Now everyone is back in the starting place. > > B1 With partner, dos-a-dos. On left diagonal, dos-a-dos neighbor (=next > > partner). > > B2 With neighbor (new partner) waltz promenade (those who can and wish to > > may do a turning waltz), end facing this partner and give right hands to > > start next round of dance. > > > > Didn't give it a title at the time but came to think of it as The Wood > > Phoenix, which incorporates the church name as well as the dance and tune > > that were its inspiration. I probably used the recording of The Wood Duck > > the first time I called it but have used other tunes, recorded and live, as > > well. > > > > The two-hand turns in A1 and A2 could go just half-way, or even once and a > > half around, as long as everyone is back in the starting position at the end > > of A2. > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > At 11:40 PM 10/11/2010, you wrote: > > > >> I agree with Alan's choices, and will just add that Circle Waltz (or > >> Family Waltz) works very nicely to the tune Tombigbee Waltz, especially at > >> the chassee steps. > >> > >> Richard > >> > >> On Oct 11, 2010, at 10:41 PM, Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing wrote: > >> > >> > Chrissy wrote: > >> > > >> >> A poll: What's your favorite waltz mixer, and why? > >> > > >> > For experienced English dancers: > >> > "The Wood Duck", because of the trance-inducing match of tune and dance, > >> > elegant flow, partner and neighbor interaction. > >> > > >> > For everybody else: > >> > "Circle Waltz" (Big circle, balance and roll-away 4x, with this one > >> balance > >> > in and out, roll in, repeat going out, chassee in, chassee out, waltz > >> around) > >> > or some variation, because it's so accessible, connects the whole room > >> > repeatedly, lets you see most of the opposite-sex people in the room if > >> only > >> > for a fleeting moment, and works with many flavors of waltz.) > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- Alan > >> > > >> > -- > >> > > >> =============================================================================== > >> > Alan Winston --- [email protected] > >> > Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL Phone: > >> 650/926-3056 > >> > Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA > >> 94025 > >> > > >> =============================================================================== > >> > > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 -- =============================================================================== Alan Winston --- [email protected] Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL Phone: 650/926-3056 Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025 ===============================================================================
