The name of Ron's dance is *Mange Tak - *Danish for "thank you very much".
Bob Green On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 10:08 PM, Laur via Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Jim. I also retrieved this from one of the RPDLW lists. Ron is > alwasy tweaking his dances as he finds needed. LOL. I asked him once if I > could look over his "book" and he said sure but some of them really don't > work. I said, so do you have them marked in some way, he laughed then said > No. > > Laurie > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad <https://yho.com/footer0> > > > On Monday, December 7, 2015, 10:43 PM, James Saxe via Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I believe the correct title for the dance described below by Laur > is "Mange Tak" (not "Mange Talk", "Mongatack", or "Manga Tok"). > That's how it's spelled in the 2009 RPDLW syllabus > > http://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2009.pdf > > It's the correct spelling for "many thanks" in Danish, which is > what the title is based on. > > The dance Maia asked about has a clear resemblance to "Mange Tak" > but also is clearly different, with more balances (which Maia > says she definitely recalls) and with no shadow allemande. It's > apparently an intentionally written variation, perhaps to achieve > a little simplification, since Maia collected it from Ron > Buchanan's calling, and it's unlikely he would unwittingly have > called a folk-processed garbling of his own dance. I don't know > whether this variation is one that Ron came up with himself nor > whether it has a more specific title than something like "Mange > Tak (variation)". > > --Jim > > > On Dec 7, 2015, at 6:38 PM, Laur via Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Is this it???? > > > > Mange Talk By Ron Buchanan Formation: Contra, duple improper > > > > A1 - Give left hand to neighbor : balance and swing > > A2 - Pass through to an ocean wave (see note), balance Allemande right > neighbor halfway, gents allemande left halfway, allemande right partner ¾ > > B1 - Turn shadow by the left and swing your partner > > B2 - Pass through to an ocean wave, balance Allemande right partner > halfway, gents allemande left halfway, allemande right neighbor ¾ to a new > neighbor The title is Danish for “Many Thanks.” > > > > > > To pass through to an ocean wave: start to pass opposite by the right > shoulder, ladies catch left hands and turn just ¼ as gents walk all the way > to the other side and take right hands with the lady to form a wavy line > -of- 4 across. > > > > Laurie P > > West MI > > > > > > > > On Monday, December 7, 2015 9:10 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Ron Buchanan this one at Contracopia, and it was a lot of fun! > > > > ???, by ??? (becket) > > A1: pass the ocean and balance > > partner R 1/2, gents L 1/2, balance > > A2: neighbor R 3/4, new neighbor swing > > B1: pass the ocean and balance > > neighbor R 1/2, gents L 1/2, balance > > B2: partner swing > <snip> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >
