The band in the video is playing the old-time tune "Texas Gals", which is an AABBCC tune, with the C part played only once for this dance. This should work for many AABBCC tunes, but might feel weird to the band :).
Suzanne -----Original Message----- >From: Yoyo Zhou >Sent: Feb 14, 2013 11:33 PM >To: Caller's discussion list >Subject: Re: [Callers] Seeking on 80 beat "crooked" tune > >On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 9:41 PM, Jonathan LF King wrote: > >> Folks >> >> I'm looking for an online tune [presumably YouTube] for >> practicing calling "Major Hey" (Erik Hoffman's dance). >> It has five sixteen-beat parts (80 beats). Here is a nice >> called version: >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N62Ozg9Nm8Q >> >> It might be easier to find a tune that's AABBCC (for example, Reel >Beatrice or Banish Misfortune) and just pretend the partner swing is extra >long. Be careful when your actual band only plays 1 C part, though. > >The caller in the video is Cis Hinkle (her name appears in the last second >of the video, and at 2:56 you can see her). > >Yoyo Zhou >_______________________________________________ >Callers mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
