I see that Tom published his dance in 1991 in his book "Dance All Night 2". I can't say when I wrote the dance down that I have, but it could very well have been before that date since I've been calling since 1981. However, I have no problem with two different types of dances with the same name!
Suzanne -----Original Message----- >From: Bill Olson >Sent: Oct 9, 2013 2:26 PM >To: Caller's discussion list >Subject: Re: [Callers] A Walk In The Park > >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 > >_______________________________________________ >Callers mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
