Is there a dance figure tied to Oh Johnny? Rich --- On Sat, 7/6/13, Allison Aldrich <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Allison Aldrich <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Callers] Singing Calls To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> List-Post: [email protected] Date: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 1:01 PM Here in the Monadnock region of NH, where I call mostly community, school and camp "barn dances," whenever there are folks over 60 they invariably request, "Oh, Johnny, Oh"! On Saturday, July 6, 2013, wrote: > Send Callers mailing list submissions to > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Callers digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Need name and author of a dance (Bree Kalb) > 2. Re: Need name and author of a dance (Jack Mitchell) > 3. Re: Need name and author of a dance (Bree Kalb) > 4. Re: Cone shaped swings (jean francis) > 5. Singing Calls (rich sbardella) > 6. 3-33-33 (Tom Hinds) > 7. Re: Singing Calls (Joseph Kwiatkowski) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 12:22:51 -0400 > From: "Bree Kalb" <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > Subject: [Callers] Need name and author of a dance > Message-ID: <70741C892E8B4389B50D49509FC62B02@BreeHomeLaptop> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I apparently scribbled this on a card after dancing it, but never got the > name and author. I?m also not completely confident that I wrote it > accurately so am hoping to find a video of it somewhere. > > It?s improper. > > A1 Star Rt 1/2 way; men drop out and loop behind partner as the women > continue to turn; men rejoin the star and all end up where they started > Repeat > > A2 Hey for four (I assume women start by the Left?) > > B1 Partner Bal and Swg > > B2 Women chain, Left hand star > > Thanks for even considering helping me out with this. > > Bree Kalb > Carrboro, NC > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 12:45:25 -0400 > From: Jack Mitchell <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Need name and author of a dance > Message-ID: <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > The name is Of The Mills by John Gallagher > > It can be found here: > http://www.quiteapair.us/calling/acdol/dance/acd_112.html > > The A1 should be: > > RHS 1/2, gents loop back to fall in behind partner > RHS 1/2, gents loop back at home and face across while the ladies > allemande R 3/4 to face partner > > Hey starts passing partner by L shoulder > > Is this possibly going to show up in your program saturday? It's a > great dance and it's been a long time since I've gotten to dance it. > > Jack > > > On 7/5/2013 12:22 PM, Bree Kalb wrote: > > I apparently scribbled this on a card after dancing it, but never got > the name and author. I?m also not completely confident that I wrote it > accurately so am hoping to find a video of it somewhere. > > > > It?s improper. > > > > A1 Star Rt 1/2 way; men drop out and loop behind partner as the women > continue to turn; men rejoin the star and all end up where they started > > Repeat > > > > A2 Hey for four (I assume women start by the Left?) > > > > B1 Partner Bal and Swg > > > > B2 Women chain, Left hand star > > > > Thanks for even considering helping me out with this. > > > > Bree Kalb > > Carrboro, NC > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 13:03:04 -0400 > From: "Bree Kalb" <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > To: <[email protected] <javascript:;>>, "Caller's discussion list" > <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Need name and author of a dance > Message-ID: <281ABC1CB50C472BAF8EBEB3B1B8906E@BreeHomeLaptop> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8"; > reply-type=response > > Jack, as usual, to the rescue! Thanks very much. Yes, it is a contender > for > Saturday. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jack Mitchell > Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 12:45 PM > To: Caller's discussion list > Subject: Re: [Callers] Need name and author of a dance > > The name is Of The Mills by John Gallagher > > It can be found here: > http://www.quiteapair.us/calling/acdol/dance/acd_112.html > > The A1 should be: > > RHS 1/2, gents loop back to fall in behind partner > RHS 1/2, gents loop back at home and face across while the ladies > allemande R 3/4 to face partner > > Hey starts passing partner by L shoulder > > Is this possibly going to show up in your program saturday? It's a > great dance and it's been a long time since I've gotten to dance it. > > Jack > > > On 7/5/2013 12:22 PM, Bree Kalb wrote: > > I apparently scribbled this on a card after dancing it, but never got the > > name and author. I?m also not completely confident that I wrote it > > accurately so am hoping to find a video of it somewhere. > > > > It?s improper. > > > > A1 Star Rt 1/2 way; men drop out and loop behind partner as the women > > continue to turn; men rejoin the star and all end up where they started > > Repeat > > > > A2 Hey for four (I assume women start by the Left?) > > > > B1 Partner Bal and Swg > > > > B2 Women chain, Left hand star > > > > Thanks for even considering helping me out with this. > > > > Bree Kalb > > Carrboro, NC > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 10:17:05 -0700 (PDT) > From: jean francis <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > To: "[email protected] <javascript:;>" > <[email protected]<javascript:;> > > > Subject: Re: [Callers] Cone shaped swings > Message-ID: > ><[email protected]<javascript:;> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > > ________________________________ > From: jean francis <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > To: Gary Shapiro <[email protected] <javascript:;>>; callers web < > [email protected] <javascript:;>> > Sent: Friday, July 5, 2013 11:07 AM > Subject: Re: [Callers] Cone shaped swings > > > > you may want to take that up with the folks who cited you at > http://www.cocoabeachcontra.org/contrais.htm > > > ________________________________ > From: Gary Shapiro <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > To: jean francis <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > Sent: Friday, July 5, 2013 1:04 AM > Subject: Re: [Callers] Cone shaped swings > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 6:35 PM, jean francis > catherineaura-at-yahoo.com|sharedweight-garyes| < > [email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: > > ? ? * > >? ? ? ? * adapted from information created by Gary Shapiro ? > >? ? ? ? * > Huh? I don't see anything of mine anywhere in the conversations about > swinging and frames etc. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 17:59:35 -0700 (PDT) > From: rich sbardella <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > To: "[email protected] <javascript:;>" > <[email protected]<javascript:;>>, > jean > francis <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > Subject: [Callers] Singing Calls > Message-ID: > ><[email protected]<javascript:;> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hello folks, > ? > I am considering a recording project?that spans the?gap between modern > club dancing and traditional squares.? From a traditional perspective, what > are the most common singing calls in your area of the country?? What are > the most well received by the dancers?? Are there any that you wish were > available in an instrumental?pre-recorded version?? > ? > My vision is to use traditional dance figures with traditional music in?a > format?that club? callers would use and that club dancers would enjoy.? > (That typically means 7x64? beats) > ? > I have enjoyed Ralph Sweet's recent CD and Bob Dalsemer's two sets,? Some > of those songs would be appropriate for my project as well as songs like > Goodbye My Lady Love, and many others. > ? > I'd appreciate any input and/or suggestions. > ? > Rich Sbardellla > Stafford, CT? > ? > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 08:34:48 -0400 > From: Tom Hinds <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > To: [email protected] <javascript:;> > Subject: [Callers] 3-33-33 > Message-ID: <[email protected]<javascript:;> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > Dave, > > I came up with that variation on my own but that doesn't make me the > first to do so. > To me and others the variation is pretty obvious. > > Tom > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 11:49:06 -0400 > From: Joseph Kwiatkowski <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Singing Calls > Message-ID: <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > CDSS just published Nils Fredland's work "New River Train, Square Dances > from the Collection of Keith Blackmon". There's a lot of 30s-40s-50s > popular songs in that book. Living in the area, I'm certainly biased, > but I would hope some of those might pick up popularity in the rest of > the country. > > Joe Kwiatkowski > > > On 7/5/2013 8:59 PM, rich sbardella wrote: > > Hello folks, > > > > I am considering a recording project that spans the gap between modern > club dancing and traditional squares. From a traditional perspective, what > are the most common singing calls in your area of the country? What are > the most well received by the dancers? Are there any that you wish were > available in an instrumental pre-recorded version? > > > > My vision is to use traditional dance figures with traditional music in > a format that club callers would use and that club dancers would enjoy. > (That typically means 7x64 beats) > > > > I have enjoyed Ralph Sweet's recent CD and Bob Dalsemer's two sets, > Some of those songs would be appropriate for my project as well as songs > like Goodbye My Lady Love, and many others. > > > > I'd appreciate any input and/or suggestions. > > > > Rich Sbardellla > > Stafford, CT > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > End of Callers Digest, Vol 107, Issue 10 > **************************************** > -- "Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent." 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