My favorite 48 bar dance *as a dancer* is this dance of Seth Tepfer's, http://www.dancerhapsody.com/calling/dances.html#PP40Years
It is a quintuple progression :-) Les On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Erik Hoffman <e...@erikhoffman.com> wrote: > Major Hey is an AABBC dance, or 40-bars, not 48. > > Just in case that's also include-able: > > Major Hey > 4-face-4 Becket > > Line up as a four face four, identify your traveling partners (your "hey > buddy") then identify your direction of travel -- ones progressing down, > twos up. Then in circles of four, circle left one place. Now traveling > buddies are facing the "same wall," so identify "your original wall." > > A1 Circle left 3/4, pass through up and down (direction of travel), and > swing the new neighbor end facing in (facing partner) > > A2 Long lines forward and back (toward partner) (there are four lines, > sort of two contras); Men (in lines facing) allemande left 1-1/2 to make > waves of 8 -- partner in right (women in center lines that were back to > back join left hands) > > B1 Rory O'More Balances towards and away from partner -- you know, twice > > B2 Half hey for 8, start passing partner's right shoulder, when you meet > your partner the next time > > C Partner Balance & Swing > > Note that though I call it AABBC, there are tunes that work fine that are > played AABCC, like Little Billy Wilson or Three Thin Dimes. > > I've had experiences calling this and having it run really smoothly -- > with 1 walk through, and times when I've called it to dancers I thought > could do it, and couldn't successfully teach it -- even after 3 > walk-throughs, thus watched it fall apart with confusion. > > ~erik hoffman > Oakland, CA > > > On 12/2/2013 6:19 AM, Bree Kalb wrote: > >> Major Hey by Erik Hoffman. I think you can find it with a quick search; >> if not, I'll write it out for you. >> >> BTW, William, you wrote one of my favorite dances: Devil's Backbone. >> Thank you! >> >> -----Original Message----- From: William Watson >> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 3:27 AM >> To: Caller's discussion list ; trad-dance-call...@yahoogroups.com >> Subject: [Callers] Favorite AABBCC contra dances? >> >> Hi All, >> >> A band I'm working with on an upcoming contra dance gig has asked me if I >> can find a dance to fit some AABBCC tunes they have. They mentioned Real >> Beatrice, and suggested that a balance at the top of C1 might work very >> well. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> William >> -- >> wjw1...@gmail.com >> This is my bulk mail / mailing list address. >> William J. Watson >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> call...@sharedweight.net >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> call...@sharedweight.net >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
