Last weekend Susan Moffett called this dance at the Lexington dance. I loved the first part. Cary Ravitz and I worked on another alternate version of it that he has up on his page now: http://ravitz.us/miscdances/#rr. He just called it Raeden Reel alternate, but it is actually very very close to Seven Sevens.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Isaacs Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 2:30 PM To: Shared Weight Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance: The Raeden Reel Hi All: Nice to see this dance has been well received so far. I'm sure it makes a proud Dad even prouder. For those interested, here's some background on the choreography of this dance. The A1 is not new, and goes back over 10 years to a dance I wrote for Jim Kitch: Kitch as Kitch Can Improper A1. Balance, box the gnat, Mad Robin A2. Gents allemande L 1 1/2, 1/2 hey (PR, LL, NR, GL) B1. Partner gypsy and swing B2. Ladies chain, star L Jim in turn found a way to include a second swing: Seven Sevens Becket A1. Circle L 3/4, neighbor swing A2. R and L through, star L B1. W/next balance, box the gnat, Mad Robin B2. Gents pass L, partner gypsy and swing It is this dance that has become better known. Lesson learned; whenever one writes a good dance with one swing, try to find a better dance with two swings. So to write The Raeden Reel, I just switched the swing connectors. I also went back to improper to emphasize the balance. The new transition in The Raeden Reel is the Mad Robin/circle, which as far as I know isn't in other contras - Bob > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 17:16:28 -0400 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Callers] New Dance: The Raeden Reel > > Hi Folks, passing along a new dance I'm partial to (not the least > reason being that it's named after our baby daughter). The dance is by > Bob Isaacs and the composition was won as an auction item at a recent > Concord Scout House fundraiser by a friend of ours, whom named it after our young maiden. > It was first called at the Thursday 4/19/12 dance before NEFFA, to our > total surprise (and with Raeden dancing with us!). > > There's a video of it being called by me this past Saturday (not my > best go of the evening :) to music by the new band Firefly at > http://youtu.be/tDtih1tgdVs . > > -Don > > The Raeden Reel - DI - Bob Isaacs > > A1 > > (4,4) Bal., box the gnat > > (8) Mad Robin > > A2 > > (6) Cir. Lt. 3/4 > > (10) p swing > > B1 > > (8) G allem. Lt. 1+1/2 > > (8) n swing > > B2 > > (8) Rt. & Lt. Thru > > (8) star Lt. > > *Bob says: "In the Mad Robin, gents pass in front to start. All push > off from the box the gnat and can confidently look at their partner > because they know where their neighbor is."* > > *Sponsored by Robin Humes for Don and Sage Veino's daughter Raeden. > Robin won it at the Concord Scout House auction 11/12/11. Composed > 4/12/12, called first at the Scout House on 4/19/12.* > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list [email protected] http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
