Oh, please, Robert, let’s not get into a flame war around gender-free calling.
Callers call using the terms chosen by the communities they call for. If you want to argue about birds please do it elsewhere. Becky > On Oct 23, 2022, at 9:07 AM, Stein, Robert via Contra Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I wish callers would get away from birds. I understand the need to not use > gender terms in calling. But using positional calling does that without > people needing to translate. This works well for contras. Squares are a > different story. We need to figure out how to do those. The dance below has > a good flow and there is no need to specify a gender for the allemande. > Only one person has a left hand free in each couple. Birds are for the > birds. > >> On Oct 23, 2022, at 04:17, Drew Delaware via Contra Callers >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I have been meaning to post this new dance I wrote last month, but hadn't >> gotten around to it yet. Seems appropriate to contribute it to this >> discussion as we explore early evening dances and their variations. >> >> Had a fun chat a few weeks ago with Chris Page about how there aren't a lot >> of easy dances being written, as those of us who enjoy writing dances >> naturally tend to get more excited by the innovative and elaborate >> choreography more typically found in the middle of the program. But it's >> great to have new options emerge for that easy, first dance, when you know >> you have new dancers on the floor - especially since those dances get a lot >> of use. >> >> I wanted a first dance of the evening that sent the Larks to the Robin's >> home side for the partner swing, and I was set on having "balance the ring >> and pass through" as the progression - all so that it flowed with the rest >> of my program. Couldn't find a match, so I wrote my own. >> >> ‘Git Goin’ - Drew Delaware >> A1 - Neighbour Balance & Swing >> A2 - Larks Allemande Left 1.5x; Partner Swing >> B1 - Long Lines Forward and Back; Right & Left Through >> B2 - Circle Left 3 places; Balance the Ring; Pass through to new neighbours >> >> It tested well on the dance floor, so I offer it here in case you're looking >> for new options for a first dance of the evening. The dance will be added to >> Caller's Box online in the next update. >> >> Cheers! >> Drew >> >> From: Ron Blechner <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> Date: October 22, 2022 at 6:20:04 AM HST >>> To: Tony Parkes <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> Cc: Shared Weight Contra Callers <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> Subject: [Callers] Re: dance name? - Big Easy variation >>> >>> >>> I have a couple of Tony's books, but I just checked, and not the one >>> containing Ashoken Hello. I'd be curious the choreo for that. >>> >>> I've heard a few callers call The Big Easy, and most recently it was Liz >>> Nelson, locally, early in an evening with a gaggle of new dancers, and she >>> prompted it with the allemande Right. >>> >>> The one on The Caller's Box has it as a Left. >>> >>> I guess the other issue, which, now that I'm thinking about L vs R in >>> details, is that from Robins role, an alle R puts it at 38-40 beats of >>> clockwise rotation, which 26-28 beats is consecutively. >>> >>> Hm. >>> >>> Changing the alle to a DoSiDo solves that, keeps the timing and keeps it as >>> glossary moves, and flows well from a promade.(alts: pass thru across + >>> twirl, or R+L Thru) >>> >>> A1: N B+S >>> A2: N Prom, Robins DSD 1.5x >>> B1: P B+S >>> B2: Circle L 3/4, Bal, Cali Twirl >>> >>> This dance searched brings up Yoyo Zhou's "Larks in the Afternoon" >>> >>> A1: same >>> A2: Larks Alle L 1.5x, Robins DSD 1x >>> B1: same >>> B2: same >>> >>> And also is similar to Linda Leslie's Berlin Contra: >>> >>> A1: same >>> A2: LLFB, Robins DSD 1.5 >>> B1: same >>> B2: Bal Ring, 2s Arch, 1s Dive >>> >>> (Essentially, the Big Easy but Robins DSD. Now I'm curious which dance came >>> first?) >>> >>> And of course, Diane Silver's Easy Peasy: >>> >>> A1: same >>> A2: LLFB, Larks Alle L 1.5 >>> B1: same >>> B2: Circle, bal, cali. >>> >>> Adding in a chain and/or a star and dropping the promenade and I have at >>> least a dozen other dances in my box. (Appetizer, Push the Button, Too Hot >>> To Trot, Simplicity Swing, Spend Some Time Together, Harmony Supper Line, >>> Dick & Mary's Departure, Baby Rose, et al) >>> >>> ... but this niche of "simple dance with a courtesy turn, one role doesn't >>> stay mostly in one spot, no star, no chain" is something I know I've looked >>> for programming gigs and left wanting. >>> >>> I'll leave this thread going as more callers see it and have dances to >>> think of. I may temprarily dub the DSD version "The Big Hello". >>> >>> -Julian >> _______________________________________________ >> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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