We actually did dance it to jigs, which was fine - I think what really helps is if the gents be sure to take a wide arc on the hey (which dancers should usually do anyways) and/or the gent steps slightly past the neighbor gent and then back before taking hands in long wavy lines. Ideally, it'd be nice not to have to dance it to jigs or at slower tempos, or to have to take artificially small steps into the middle; those two adjustments seem to do the trick. ________________________________ From: Donna Hunt <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 8:45 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Callers] New dance
I looked at it and thought "jigs" because of the 4 steps into the middle (and thinking of slowing folks down). What kind of tune did you use Chuck? Donna Web Site: donnahuntcaller.com Email: [email protected] Cell: 215-565-6050 -----Original Message----- From: Charles via Callers <[email protected]> To: callers <[email protected]>; Kalia Kliban <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Jul 18, 2018 1:35 pm Subject: Re: [Callers] New dance It's been road tested at our local caller's night; not yet at an actual dance. Hope to in the next couple weeks. ________________________________ From: Callers <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Kalia Kliban via Callers <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 5:30 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Callers] New dance On 7/18/2018 6:54 AM, Charles via Callers wrote: > I'm posting a new dance of mine - the hook is a half hey into a long > wavy line of gents in the center. Haven't seen it before, and I'm > wondering if anyone knows of other dances with this figure. Also, I > looked for other dances called the Portland Reel and couldn't find any, > but if that name has been used let me know. > > Other feedback welcome: > > *Dugan**’s Duck Dynasty***(Becket)Chuck Abell 7/18 > (/aka/The Portland Reel) > *A1********Half hey, gents pass left to start (8)* > *Same gents take left hands in center to make long wavy line of > gents****(4)** > *****Gents bal left/right (4)* > *A2******Gents alle left 1 1/4x (4)* > *****N swing******(12)* > ** > *B1******On right diagonal ladies chain to shadow***(if someone is > there)***(8)* > **(w/ current N)***LHS 1x (8)* > *B2******P dosido and swing (16)* > ****/w/ these N…/ > / > / > /*Gents be sure to take four full steps/beats to get into the middle/ This looks good on paper. Have you road-tested it? That note at the bottom does look like the place where the pattern could be vulnerable, since getting folks to take their time and not arrive early can be tricky. Kalia in Sebastopol _______________________________________________ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ _______________________________________________ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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