Mary Wesley called a dance tonight with Five allemandes. Perhaps someone at Flurry remembers what it was.
On Saturday, February 15, 2014, Joy Greenwolfe <[email protected]> wrote: > When I think "lots of allemandes," I usually think first of Gene Hubert's > Ben's Spinoff #3 (4 allemandes in the A1), and Susan Kevra's Hume Fogg Reel > (3 in the B1). They both have a series of allemandes in succession, and are > not too challenging otherwise. > > Other, more challenging, dances with lots of allemandes (again, I am > thinking of a series of allemandes) are Fuller Park Fantasy by Paul Balliet > (4 throughout the A parts), and Reel to Reel by Cary Ravitz (4 in the A1) > (the latter with the extra bonus of orbits). > > This is apart from many other dances that include several allemandes to > change between wave formations, another fun way to do it. Snake Oil Reel, > Chuck the Budgie, or Amherst & Wooster come to mind. > > Joy > Durham, NC > > > On Feb 15, 2014, at 1:18 PM, Michael Fuerst wrote: > > > When I started contra dancing, people know how to allemande. But over > the years people starting bending and twisting the wrists of those with > whom they allemanded, so today, in defense, dancers often allemande with a > stiff open, bent non-thumb fingers, or wrist to wrist. Thus I was > pondering a workshop on correct allemanding: > > > > 1) thumbs interlocked, the other four fingers wrapped over the other's > hand, > > > > 2) the top of your hand and top of forearm forming a straight line, > ensuring the other's wrist is not contorted > > 3) arm not held stiff, but used as a spring to maintain comfortable > tension with the other dancer. > > > > Such a workshop should be held in the middle of the evening, last 5-8 > minutes minutes, and precede a dance with multiple allemandes. > > > > So I am asking for dances which have at least three, and preferably four > allemandes > > > > Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 > 217-239-5844 > > Links to photos of many of my drawings and paintings are at > www.ArtComesFuerst.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
