Not sure if anyone mentioned the 5 person dance called either Hot Tub Rag, or Jack Turn Back, or sometimes Cottontail Rag. It's by Steve Schnur and you can find instructions for it here: http://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2012.pdf#page=15b
Martha On Mar 3, 2014, at 9:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Send Callers mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Callers digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: three couples or less (Sue Robishaw) > 2. Re: Three Couples or Less Dances (Jacob Nancy Bloom) > 3. Re: three couples or less (Yoyo Zhou) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 21:33:09 -0500 > From: Sue Robishaw <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Callers] three couples or less > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > <snip> In the B2 of the dance, Microchase you say "Turn Single (spacer if > needed.") Is that because there's music left over after the arch and all > thru? <snip> > > Yes, I'd simply changed from the Contra Corners in the original to DoSiDos > but almost always had time left so ended up adding the TS. I like your > arrangement though and look forward to trying it. Even better, it starts with > something other than F&B! I just realized I only have one dance in about 50 > that has arming in it (other than ECD). Don't know why I didn't notice that > before. Thanks! > Sue > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 21:46:43 -0500 > From: Jacob Nancy Bloom <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Callers] Three Couples or Less Dances > Message-ID: > <CAJPS8NhT+vUyB+4qZVFtET72EVWJ6gzTKZM=dk2tsbxhdhk...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi Rich, > > Ted's Triplet #3 has already been mentioned. Of Ted's Triplets, it's the > only one I know of that's suitable for a less-experienced group. > > My dance The Luck of the Morris is in Zesty Contras, in Larry Jennings' > version. Here's my version: > Formation: From a three couple longways set, have ladies #1 and #3 change > places, and have lady #2 and gent #2 change places with each other, to get > a circle with each dancer's partner across from them. Dancers retain their > numbers throughout the dance. The dance is not square with the walls of > the room. > > A1: Couple #1 lead a forward six and back [1] > All swing opposite. End couples end their swing facing the center > of the set, and the active couples end facing either of the other two > couples > A2: Active couple ladies chain with the couple you face > Chain back with an extra half turn to face the other couple > B1: Actives half R&L with the couple they face > Actives down center of set and cast off > B2: Circle 6 to the left > All go forward and back > > Repeat with couple two leading the first Forward & Back, then couple three. > > [1] The forward and back is oriented so that the active couple is going > forward and back to each other, and the other four dancers are going > forward and back towards someone who is not their partner. > > For two-couple dances, both Billingsdale Pattern by Chip Hendrickson and > O'Donnell Anew by Tony Saletan are in Zesty Contras. > > General Dummer's Reel (for five), my dance Shira's Seven (for seven), and > Cornish Six Hand Reel (for six) are three other dances I've found useful. > They are described in the archives, at: > > http://www.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers/2013-February/005742.html > > Jacob Bloom > > > Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 08:01:29 -0800 (PST) >> From: rich sbardella <[email protected]> >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Callers] >> >> Three Couples or Less Dances >> Message-ID: >> <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >> >> Friends, >> I have a small weekly dance session with seniors in CT and often lack >> dancers.? If anyone could share dances for 5 or 7 people, or two or three >> couples, I would?greatly appreciate it.? I often fall back on solo lines >> similar to the electric slide, or I dance them in squares with a phantom >> (not too successful). >> Thanks, >> Rich Sbardella >> Stafford, CT >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 22:15:07 -0800 > From: Yoyo Zhou <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], "Caller's discussion list" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] three couples or less > Message-ID: > <capncxwhznyefyv_c6brrurebkd3gtkwafusgdgfavmna9zw...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 6:33 PM, Sue Robishaw <[email protected]> wrote: >> <snip> In the B2 of the dance, Microchase you say "Turn Single (spacer if >> needed.") Is that because there's music left over after the arch and all >> thru? <snip> >> >> Yes, I'd simply changed from the Contra Corners in the original to DoSiDos >> but almost always had time left so ended up adding the TS. I like your >> arrangement though and look forward to trying it. Even better, it starts >> with something other than F&B! I just realized I only have one dance in >> about 50 that has arming in it (other than ECD). Don't know why I didn't >> notice that before. Thanks! > > I believe the original (Microchasmic) has B1 partner balance and > swing, B2 all cast off and 1s arch and the rest go through. It looks > like your variation changes the 16-count balance and swing to an > 8-count 2-hand turn, which is where the extra time to turn single > comes from. The cast off and arch ("peel the banana" I've heard it > called) feels to me like a single figure, so I like it being all in > one phrase. > > I do like Tom's suggestion; the partner left arm turn flows nicely to > the first corner. > > Yoyo Zhou > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > End of Callers Digest, Vol 115, Issue 2 > ***************************************
