Right. Dibs it is, then. Unless someone else knows of either the dance
names or the figures that are similar, in which case, I happily stand
aside. :)
As per my previous thread a few days ago:
A Slow Walk In The Park
Ron T Blechner
Duple Improper
A1: N B+S (16)*
A2: Circle L 3/4 (6)
P S (10)
B1: LLF+B (8)
Star L 1x (8)
B2: P Alle L 1x (8, forgiving)**
Ladies Chain (8) (to N)
Notes:
* for slower music, a gypsy swing might be more appropriate, as the ladies
chain may end early, as Trip to Lambertville can do.
** Yes, the allemande once around is traditionally 6 beats. Stepping into a
star from a long lines can eat up an extra beat. This dance is intended for
basically two situations: 1. Early in the evening, when newbies will need
more time, especially with a star. 2. This should work well with faster
music, like Old Timey, and that slow allemande is going to feel a-ok. Just
remember to teach it something like: "A nice, easy allemande once around,
until the ladies face in". Similar timing slow-down can be seen in the
delightful dance "Joyride", where a gypsy 1x occupies 8 beats, and a novice
caller can easily forget to remind dancers to take it slow.
Wait. This gives me an idea. I now dub this dance "A Slow Walk In The
Park", and Re-dub "A Walk In the Park" as below.
I wrote this dance to teach all of the basic moves in contra, minus a
do-si-do. (David Kaynor's "The Baby Rose" or Becky Hill's "Simplicity
Swing" are two of my mainstays for that.) It lacks a Down-the-Hall, but
I'll pull out Scott Higgs' "Appetizer", or Gene Hubert's "A Nice
Combination", or Bob Isaacs' "A Pocket Full of Rye" for DTH+DSD. But I
didn't have anything good with an everyone-allemandes.
A Walk in The Park
Ron T Blechner
Duple Improper
A1: N B+S (16)*
A2: Circle L 3/4 (6)
P S (10)
B1: LLF+B (8)
Star L 1x (8)
B2: P Alle L 1.5x (8)
Gents Trade Places by R Shoulder (4)
P California Twirl (4)
-Ron
(Thanks to Linda Leslie for bouncing name ideas off of!)
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Michael Dyck <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 13-10-09 04:25 PM, Karin Neils wrote:
>
>> 'happen to be looking for ONS dances in Thomas Green's "A Barn Dance
>> Repertoire" ....
>> Check out this dance, The Carousel, by Bill Wolding
>> http://barndances.org.uk/**dance-detail.php?**danceNameParam=carousel-the<http://barndances.org.uk/dance-detail.php?danceNameParam=carousel-the>
>>
>
> Bingo! Thanks, Karin!
>
> (Annoyingly, Thomas Green's site is in my index, so I should have found
> that page when I was searched for "Carousel". The thing is, I only index
> his Longways page -- I'll definitely have to add his Sicilian circles page.)
>
> The source is given as "Caller's Choice", which I don't think I've heard
> of. Antony Heywood's database lists its dances:
>
> http://www.heywood.nl/antony/**dances/sourceresult.php?ID=850<http://www.heywood.nl/antony/dances/sourceresult.php?ID=850>
> but doesn't say anything about its publication. After some poking around,
> it appears to be the EFDSS book:
> http://folkshop.efdss.org/**Books+and+Publications/**
> Callers+Choice+2.html<http://folkshop.efdss.org/Books+and+Publications/Callers+Choice+2.html>
> Maybe I'll order 1+2 and add them to my index.
>
> So, Ron, I think we can safely assume that Marian collected the sequence
> for "The Carousel" but didn't get the name, and just called it "A Walk in
> the Park" (or possibly that happened with the person that Marian collected
> the dance from, etc.). So I'd say that that doesn't constitute the name
> being "taken".
>
> (Of course, there still might be some *other* dance by that name.)
>
> -Michael
>
>
>
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