I learned this one originally from John Gardiner Garden's Christmas dance book - done to "Good King Wenceslas," but it works with any good jig or reel.
Patricia Campbell Newtown, CT Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 17, 2015, at 3:09 PM, Robert Livingston via Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Same dance, but the formation is already set up with a square of 4 and a 5th > couple facing couple 1. > Do the Dip & Dive once or twice thru - until back to original positions. > Couples 1 & 5 circle half (or equiv) -- Outside 4 couples now circle 3/4. > Begin again. > Alternative: each couple can 1/2 promenade in and out of the center to > progress one position. > > Maybe call it tonight up in Chesterfield, MA but those "Eastern" old timers > like to keep it in squares > unless it's Oh Johnny, Climbing Up Them Golden Squares or Wearing of the > Green. > > Bob Livingston > Middletown, CT > > > From: Rich Sbardella <[email protected]> > To: Tom Hinds <[email protected]>; Robert Livingston > <[email protected]> > Cc: Laur <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 6:13 PM > Subject: Re: [Callers] Dances For Short Line > > Bob Livingston has another great Dip and Dive for a five couple square. > Perhaps he will share it. > Rich > > > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Tom Hinds via Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: > Laur, > > Even with great music and calling it's tough to create excitement when the > hall feels empty. I've tried to think of everything I can do to make that > kind of evening fun. My personal choice is to call a large proportion of > contras where the dancers swing their partner not their neighbor. The logic > is this: If you swing your neighbor in every dance, especially early in the > evening, what is there to look forward to? With partner swing dances only, > when you get a new partner you haven't swung him/her 10 times before hand. > > In general I usually run contras until everyone has swung their neighbors and > then end the dance. So for me contras with a partner only swing is preferred > when numbers are small. > > And I include many dances that are in other formations and also take some > time to teach and dance. Here's one. > > Dip and Dive for Five (my name) > Formation is a small circle of 4 couples numbered 1-5. There's sort of a > home place but this is not critical. > I learned this from Fred Park and if my memory is correct it comes form the > border area between West Virginia and Ky. > > Couple 1 swings in the center of the set, others form a square around couple > 1. > > Couple 1 faces up or down, heads dip and dive- takes 16 beats > > Couple 1 faces a side couple, dip and dive.... > > 8 dancers join hands and go forward and back. Go forward and back again and > bring couple 1 back where they belong. > > Break > Allemande left grand right and left. With partner, turn back (5th hand is > with partner and is a left allemande). Swing partner at "home". > > I usually call break, figure, break, figure etc..... > > Tom > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
