what is your conceptual vision of it and how do you teach it?
Thanks-Susan
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From: barb kirchner
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 10:10 PM
To: call...@sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] celtic hey
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: hand...@tekkmail.com
To: call...@sharedweight.net
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 20:21:37 -0600
Subject: Re: [Callers] celtic hey
Tropical Gentleman is sooo cool - but hard to teach.
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From: callers-boun...@sharedweight.net
[mailto:callers-boun...@sharedweight.net] 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 <twhi...@earthlink.net> 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
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