yes, that's the one. my apologies for misremembering/mangling the name. have called it a number of time and it's fun - people seem to enjoy the part where the lines are going opposite directions and they high-five people as they walk, etc. thanks, jim, for the info. cheers, barb
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:01:32 -0800 > Subject: Re: [Callers] Dances for 3s > > On Jan 30, 2012, at 11:59 AM, barb kirchner wrote: > > > gleeful threesome, by ? kirsten koth ? > > So far as I know "Gleeful Threesome" is by Christy Keevil, > not Kirston Koths (note correct spelling of the latter'e > name, btw). > > A description appears in Larry Jennings' book _Give-and-Take_ > (p. 163) under the title "Wild Waves"--a name invented "with > apologies to the genuine composer" by Larry, who had not > managed to identify title and composer by the time of > publication. > > Here's a description of the dance. I've borrowed many of > Larry's words but been somewhat more verbose, added > numbers of beats for the figures, and made one change > (see note below) to the ending. > > Start in large circle of trios in waves, center person > facing cw, others ccw. > > 1. Balance waves (4), those with R hands joined almd R 1x (4). > 2. Balance waves (4), those with L hands joined almd L 1x (4). > 3&4. Hey for three (pair of phrase 1 starting by R shoulder) (12), > balance waves (4). > 5. All promenade individually in direction faced (i.e., center > dancer of each wave goes cw around big circle while end > dancers go ccw) and turn alone (8). > 6. Promenade individually to meet original group (8). > 7. Circle L (8) > 8. Circle R 1/2 (4) and pop original center person cw under an > arch made by the other two to form new waves of three (4). > > Note: Larry's description of the last 8 beats of the sequence > reads "8. Cir three R & pop any ind cw ..." I learned the > dance from Charlie Fenton, whose card for the dance (which he > believes he got from Penn Fix over 25 years ago) reads > "Circle R 1/2 (ends crossed - that's OK); pass thru to next." > > So [Charlie says] in the version I have, the center person > always stays in the center and progresses CW, while the > outside 2 people swap ends but stay together as they > progress CCW. > > I'm guessing (though I don't have any other confirmation) that > that's Christy's original version. Note that if dancers take > turns popping through the arches, they will often find themselves > reuniting with the people they danced with in previous rounds. > > > Charlie also notes that he has sometimes noticed dancers who > are unfamiliar with heys for three and may need a bit of extra > teaching, even though they have no trouble with heys for four. > > During the walkthrough of another dance done in lines of three, > I once heard the caller refer to the "center people" (meaning > the person in the middle of each line of three) and observed > some dancers who apparently thought he was referring to the > people nearest the center of the hall. > > * * * * * * * * * * * * > > Here's a video of "Gleeful Threesome" as performed by several > groups of costumed Italian children: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyztneh4N1o > > The groups aren't dancing identical versions of the choreography. > Some circle to the right in phrase 7. The balance after the > hey for three is generally omitted, and one group has simplified > the dance further by eliminating the hey and simply having > dancers step while turning around in place. > > --Jim > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
