Tony, I keep trying to imagine you saying "Braaaaiins" to a bunch of zombies, and I keep getting a fair amount of cognitive dissonance/pushback...
On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 10:16 PM, Tony Parkes <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you, Amy! I used it tonight at a wild church party, calling it > Zombie Escape. This was a record dance, so I used the track of Brisk Young > Lads that the Canterbury made for CDSS in the 1970s. It’s a jig in A minor > like Coleraine, so it worked perfectly. > > > > Tony > > > > *From:* Callers [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Amy Cann via Callers > *Sent:* Saturday, October 29, 2016 12:54 PM > *To:* Caller's discussion list <[email protected]>; > [email protected]; Lisa Sieverts <[email protected]>; Don > Primrose <[email protected]>; Laurie Indenbaum <[email protected]>; > Carol Compton <[email protected]>; David Kaynor <[email protected]>; > Dave Bateman <[email protected]>; Tod Whittemore < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* [Callers] Calling a Halloween dance tonight? Try this circle > mixer... > > > > I try and call the dances of Rich Blazej whenever I can and this one's a > Halloween favorite, re-done as "Werewolves and Zombies". > > *Garfield's Escape* -- circle of couples PLUS ONE EXTRA in the center > (Garfield) > > A1 All into the center EIGHT steps and back, menacing the Garfield > > A2 Circle left, circle right > > B1 Women (werewolves) promenade single file to the right, while men > (zombies) "star" by the right -- each man puts his right hand on right > shoulder of the man in front - including Garfield. > > B2 Caller hollers "Escape!" ("Boo!", or maybe "Braaaiiins") and all men > run to the outside and swing with a woman in the outer circle. A new > Garfield remains in the center. > > Rich himself named this after Garfield the comic-strip cat, way back when > he was cynical and funny (the cat, not Rich). > "The single man remaining at the end of the dance is entitled to a pan of > lasagna and some fresh kitty litter". > > My favorite normal tune for this is the minor jig Coleraine, played at a > slightly slower lurch-y tempo, but if I'm lucky the band'll do the Alfred > Hitchcock theme. > > > > Have fun, just thought I'd share -- and I'd love to hear how it goes if > you do it, and what variations emerge. > > Cheers, > > Amy >
