Thanks. --- On Sat, 7/6/13, Allison Aldrich <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Allison Aldrich <[email protected]> Subject: [Callers] Oh, Johnny To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> List-Post: [email protected] Date: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 4:26 PM > Is there a dance figure tied to Oh Johnny? I recently met a delightful local guy who grew up playing for his father in southwestern NH, who promised to sing me the whole dance when we meet again next week! I will duly write it down and share it here. 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. Re: Singing Calls (Jack Mitchell) > 2. Coconut Cream Pie: easy 4-facing-4s (Tina Fields) > 3. Re: Coconut Cream Pie: easy 4-facing-4s (Mac Mckeever) > 4. Re: Coconut Cream Pie: easy 4-facing-4s (Dorcas Hand) > 5. Re: Coconut Cream Pie: easy 4-facing-4s (Tina Fields) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 14:31:21 -0400 > From: Jack Mitchell <[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 > > If you don't have the two collections of singing squares that Nils > Fredland has edited, you may want to check them out. In the case of Oh > Johnny, the chorus is a grand square. > > Here are links to the CDSS store pages for the two collections. > > > New River Train: Singing Squares from the Collection of Keith > Blackmon > <http://www.cdss.org/product-details/product/new-river-train.html> > > > On the Beat with Ralph Sweet > < > http://www.cdss.org/product-details/product/On-the-Beat-with-Ralph-Sweet.html > > > > > On 7/6/2013 1:15 PM, rich sbardella wrote: > > Is there a dance figure tied to Oh Johnny? > > Rich > > > > --- On Sat, 7/6/13, Allison Aldrich <[email protected]<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > > > > From: Allison Aldrich <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > > Subject: Re: [Callers] Singing Calls > > To: "[email protected] <javascript:;>" > > <[email protected]<javascript:;> > > > > 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:;> <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:;><javascript:;> > >> > >> You can reach the person managing the list at > >> [email protected] <javascript:;> <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:;> <javascript:;>> > >> To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected] > >> <javascript:;><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:;><javascript:;>> > >> To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected] > >> <javascript:;><javascript:;>> > >> Subject: Re: [Callers] Need name and author of a dance > >> Message-ID: <[email protected] <javascript:;><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:;> <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:;> <javascript:;>> > >> To: <[email protected] <javascript:;> <javascript:;>>, "Caller's > discussion list" > >> <[email protected] <javascript:;> <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:;> <javascript:;> > >>> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Callers mailing list > >> [email protected] <javascript:;> <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:;><javascript:;>> > >> To: "[email protected] <javascript:;> <javascript:;>" < > [email protected] <javascript:;><javascript:;> > >> Subject: Re: [Callers] Cone shaped swings > >> Message-ID: > >> > >><[email protected]<javascript:;> > <javascript:;> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> From: jean francis <[email protected] > >><javascript:;><javascript:;>> > >> To: Gary Shapiro <[email protected] <javascript:;><javascript:;>>; > >> callers web < > >> [email protected] <javascript:;> <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:;><javascript:;>> > >> To: jean francis <[email protected] <javascript:;><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:;> <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:;><javascript:;>> > >> To: "[email protected] <javascript:;> <javascript:;>" < > [email protected] <javascript:;><javascript:;>>, > >> jean > >> francis <[email protected] <javascript:;><javascript:;>> > >> Subject: [Callers] Singing Calls > >> Message-ID: > >> < > [email protected]<javascript:;> > <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:;> <javascript:;>> > >> To: [email protected] <javascript:;> <javascript:;> > >> Subject: [Callers] 3-33-33 > >> Message-ID: > >> <[email protected]<javascript:;> > <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:;><javascript:;>> > >> To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected] > >> <javascript:;><javascript:;>> > >> Subject: Re: [Callers] Singing Calls > >> Message-ID: <[email protected] <javascript:;><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:;> <javascript:;> > >>> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > >>> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Callers mailing list > >> [email protected] <javascript:;> <javascript:;> > >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > >> > >> > >> End of Callers Digest, Vol 107, Issue 10 > >> **************************************** > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 12:48:42 -0700 (PDT) > From: Tina Fields <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > To: "[email protected] <javascript:;>" > <[email protected]<javascript:;> > > > Subject: [Callers] Coconut Cream Pie: easy 4-facing-4s > Message-ID: > ><[email protected]<javascript:;> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi everyone, > > I had the pleasure of calling Lynn Ackerson's 4x4 "Coconut Cream Pie" for > the first time last night. It was, forgive me, easy as pie for everyone to > get - which I suppose was her reason for writing it as it's a simplified > version of Apple Pie Quadrille. (It was also perfect for an American 4th of > July weekend dance, featuring both stars and stripes [long lines]. Ha.) > > > Do you have other favorite, not too difficult, 4-facing-4 dances you're > willing to share? > > ? > Tina > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 13:05:39 -0700 (PDT) > From: Mac Mckeever <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > To: Tina Fields <[email protected] <javascript:;>>, Caller's > discussion list > <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Coconut Cream Pie: easy 4-facing-4s > Message-ID: > ><[email protected]<javascript:;> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > are we thinking of the same dance?? I agree - this is a easy 4X4 and I > like it - but I don't see any resemblance to Apple Pie Quadrille - which I > really like to call - especially with newer dance groups.? I find it much > easier than Lynn's dance. > > Mac McKeever > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Tina Fields <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > To: "[email protected] <javascript:;>" > <[email protected]<javascript:;> > > > Sent: Saturday, July 6, 2013 2:48 PM > Subject: [Callers] Coconut Cream Pie: easy 4-facing-4s > > > Hi everyone, > > I had the pleasure of calling Lynn Ackerson's 4x4 "Coconut Cream Pie" for > the first time last night. It was, forgive me, easy as pie for everyone to > get - which I suppose was her reason for writing it as it's a simplified > version of Apple Pie Quadrille. (It was also perfect for an American 4th of > July weekend dance, featuring both stars and stripes [long lines]. Ha.) > > > Do you have other favorite, not too difficult, 4-facing-4 dances you're > willing to share? > > ? > Tina > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 15:06:57 -0500 > From: Dorcas Hand <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > To: Tina Fields <[email protected] <javascript:;>>, Caller's discussion > list > <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Coconut Cream Pie: easy 4-facing-4s > Message-ID: > > <68BE1BAE269CBC4B80BD58B034C86C9901DB077E1D32@mx1.networkservice.local> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Could you post the calls? Sounds great! > Dorcas Hand > Houston > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <javascript:;> [mailto: > [email protected] <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of Tina Fields > Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 2:49 PM > To: [email protected] <javascript:;> > Subject: [Callers] Coconut Cream Pie: easy 4-facing-4s > > Hi everyone, > > I had the pleasure of calling Lynn Ackerson's 4x4 "Coconut Cream Pie" for > the first time last night. It was, forgive me, easy as pie for everyone to > get - which I suppose was her reason for writing it as it's a simplified > version of Apple Pie Quadrille. (It was also perfect for an American 4th of > July weekend dance, featuring both stars and stripes [long lines]. Ha.) > > > Do you have other favorite, not too difficult, 4-facing-4 dances you're > willing to share? > > ? > Tina > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 13:14:10 -0700 (PDT) > From: Tina Fields <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > To: Mac Mckeever <[email protected] <javascript:;>>, Caller's > discussion list > <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Coconut Cream Pie: easy 4-facing-4s > Message-ID: > ><[email protected]<javascript:;> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Interesting, Mac. Now I wonder if we have different variations on the > Quadrille, because the only difference I see between that and Coconut Cream > Pie is the added B2 Bal the Ring/CA twirl that allows the dance to continue > on in a contra line formation rather than being static among the same 8 > dancers. Would you post your version? > > ? > Tina > > > > > > >________________________________ > > From: Mac Mckeever <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > >To: Tina Fields <[email protected] <javascript:;>>; Caller's discussion > list <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > >Sent: Saturday, July 6, 2013 2:05 PM > >Subject: Re: [Callers] Coconut Cream Pie: easy 4-facing-4s > > > > > > > >are we thinking of the same dance?? I agree - this is a easy 4X4 and I > like it - but I don't see any resemblance to Apple Pie Quadrille - which I > really like to call - especially with newer dance groups.? I find it much > easier than Lynn's dance. > > > >Mac McKeever > > > > > > > > > > > > > >________________________________ > > From: Tina Fields <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > >To: "[email protected] <javascript:;>" > ><[email protected]<javascript:;> > > > >Sent: Saturday, July 6, 2013 2:48 PM > >Subject: [Callers] Coconut Cream Pie: easy 4-facing-4s > > > > > >Hi everyone, > > > >I had the pleasure of calling Lynn Ackerson's 4x4 "Coconut Cream Pie" for > the first time last night. It was, forgive me, easy as pie for everyone to > get - which I suppose was her reason for writing it as it's a simplified > version of Apple Pie Quadrille. (It was also perfect for an American 4th of > July weekend dance, featuring both stars and stripes [long lines]. Ha.) > > > > > >Do you have other favorite, not too difficult, 4-facing-4 dances you're > willing to share? > > > >? > >Tina > >_______________________________________________ > >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 12 > **************************************** > -- "Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent." Victor Hugo www.huntandallison.net www.animaterrasings.org _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list [email protected] http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
