Hi Folks! Thank you all for your very prompt responses to my inquiry! Of the several suggestions you sent along, I opted to call Bob Isaac;s dance Triple Double. I felt it provided the best match to the band's request. As Bob advised, I did end up prompting at least some of the moves all the way through (every more following the three swings). I think it all worked well, and I'm happy to have the addition(s) to my repertoire!
In addition to the new dance, I was warned in advance of another potential challenge: a fairly new dancer decided that she wanted to celebrate her 14th birthday by bringing all her friends to our dance. Luckily, they all accepted the suggestion of arriving in time for the newcomers' session. Almost all of them, nearly twenty, danced every dance of the first half. At least a few danced in every dance, all the way to the end of the evening. They received a warm welcome from our community, and all appeared to have a good time. We very much hope to see them return. Thanks again, and very best regards, William Portland, Oregon P. S. Bree: Thank you for the kind words about The Devil's Backbone. I'm delighted to see it occasionally surface, fifteen years after I composed it. On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Les Addison <les.addi...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > -- -- wjw1...@gmail.com This is my bulk mail / mailing list address. William J. Watson
