I have seen several variations of the dance, all called "Le Brandy".
Minor differences, and the counting, of course, is in French. I, like
Chrissy, use this dance frequently with novice dancers and at family
dances. Always a sure-fire winner!
Here is one of the variations:
Un-deux-trois poussez! (Le Brandy)
Formation: long ways set dance 6-8 couples
A1: (8) forward and back; (8) right elbow turn
A2: (8) left elbow turn; (8) partner do si do – and end standing back
to back
B1: (4) all shout ‘un deux, trios, poussez” (12) partner
swing
B2: (16) first couple sashay, or strut down the center in some
while other couples move up
var: top couple separate, dance down the outside, dancers in
line follow ("peel the banana")
top couple arch, all others duck through
Linda
On Sep 5, 2012, at 2:05 AM, Chrissy Fowler wrote:
Hi Jim,
I'm copying the SW list to save others the hassle of searching. And
to point others toward New England Dancing Masters (NEDM)
Flat Tire is in the NEDM books - New England Dancing Masters are a
GREAT resource, by the way - books, recordings, overall attitude/
perspective. http://www.dancingmasters.com/ Might be in Listen to
the Mockingbird.
You could email Peter directly if you want more info (and Peter, if
you are lurking, yay for you!) He wrote it with students during a
residency in Quechee VT
Flat Tire by Peter Amidon & students
Whole set dance
(16) In whole set oval (take hands in lines and around the end)
'circle' L/R
(16) P dsd, sw
(widely varied) Face up hall, waving hands in the air (over head)
count loudly to 3, on the 4 count-yell 'wooh!' as you bump P on hip
All cast off, top couple leading lines around outside of set, top
cpl meet at bottom make arch, all others meet P below the arch, duck
thru, dance up the set to new progressed place.
I do it every week at two weekly summer dances - unfailingly popular/
fun. Also my 4yo requests it by name whenever he's at a dance I'm
calling.
Chrissy
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 17:52:58 -0400
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: re: Flat Tire
Hi Chrissy,
I saw your description of the student orientation on
shared_weight. It
sounds like a lot of fun.
I've been through ten pages of Google search and can't find Flat
Tire by
Peter Amidon listed anywhere. Can you tell me where to find it?
Thanks,
Jim McKinney
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