i call this fairly regularly and know a couple of others who also do occasionally. i haven't had much trouble teaching the celtic hey. i find that if i tell them it's easy and they can do it, they usually will. i have a different conceptual vision of it than described below. everybody needs to find their own vision so they can teach it well. and of course, if you have a chance to do it more often, it becomes easier for both caller and dancers.
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 20:21:37 -0600 > Subject: Re: [Callers] celtic hey > > Tropical Gentleman is sooo cool - but hard to teach. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Page > Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 7:34 PM > To: Caller's discussion list > Subject: Re: [Callers] celtic hey > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Tom Hinds <[email protected]> wrote: > > Could someone tell me what a celtic hey is? Are there any contras > > containing a celtic hey?_______________________________________________ > > > There's maybe only two or three dances with this figure. Best known is > one by Kathy Anderson -- I think it's "The Tropical Gentleman." > > Only one on the web I know of is the since-deprecated "Knit the Knot": > http://web.archive.org/web/20080226231928/http://www.richgoss.com/rgdancecomp.html > > Conceptual version of it is a hey on two axes, or two spin the tops > without hands. > > In detail, starting in a wave of four, gypsy right half way on the > side. Then centers gypsy left 3/4 while others orbit clockwise 1/4. > Then in the middle all gypsy right half original person. New centers > gypsy left 3/4 while new ends orbit clockwise 1/4. And that's how the > contra dancer gets to the other side, in about twelve+ beats. (Less or > more.) > > Sometimes the first gypsy is replaced by a pull by. I presume there's > also a mirror image version of it. > > It's not a move I care for, personally. (Complexity-wise and > space-wise.) But there are others who do. > > -Chris Page > San Diego > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
