Of course, (the) Carousel is also a duple inproper contra by Tom Hinds.. hmm,... so, that's sort of *the point* here, right?? bill
> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 14:23:47 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Callers] A Walk In The Park > > Michael, that is indeed the dance I have on my card "Carousel" as a > Sicilian circle. It looks like a dance I got a long time ago, and the > callers that were travelling at that time were very different from > these days. And, I didn't write down who I got it from, unfortunately. > It could have been Fred Park, or Frank Hall, or John Krumm, or soemone > else. Sorry I can't be more help on the provenance. > > > However, it is a fun, very accessible dance, and goes really well with > bouncy rags. > > > Suzanne > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Michael Dyck > >Sent: Oct 8, 2013 10:34 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [Callers] A Walk In The Park > > > >On 13-10-08 06:05 PM, Ron T Blechner wrote: > >> Has the dance name "A Walk In The Park" been taken? If not, dibs. > > > >In my personal collection, I have the following dance: > > > > "A Walk in the Park" > > author unknown > > Sicilian circle > > > > A1 neighbor dosido > > partner dosido > > > > A2 ring balance x 2 > > circle left > > > > B1 ring balance x 2 > > circle right > > > > B2 men link left arms, > > partner star promenade 1.5 > > (and whirl to face new neighbors, presumably) > > > >I collected it in 1990 from Marian Rose. (Are you on this list, > Marian?) > > > >Given that the author is unknown, it's possible that the true title is > >also unknown (i.e., that "A Walk in the Park" was simply a name that > >Marian attached to the sequence). My notes indicate that Suzanne > >Girardot also called it, but under the name "Carousel". (But it's > >certainly not the dance of that name by Tom Hinds, nor the one by Don > >Flaherty.) > > > >(It's 3/4 the same as another dance I have, "Wobbler's Jig" by Tim > >Gerard, collected in 1994 from Marian again.) > > > >Does anyone have better information on this sequence? Note that it > might > >originally have been longways rather than Sicilian. > > > >-Michael > >_______________________________________________ > >Callers mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
