Thanks so so much for all the really interesting and helpful responses! This conversation has been great!!!
(Apologies for my slow response. Last week of school for our kiddo and then right into Canada Day long weekend meant that I haven't been on the computer as much as I sometimes might be.) Thank you :) :) :) Emily in London ON this time :) <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free.www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Sat, Jul 1, 2023 at 3:45 PM Bill Olson via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > FWIW, here's a dance from 2002 with a different take, I guess. Reports > were that after the dance the women's/robin's arms were very tired. As it > says in the notes, the dance DID work and satisfied the original objective > (and sort of forced the balances to be forward and back). As I remember it > was pretty cool hearing the three balances all in succession. Do Make > Waves (billolsondance.com) > <https://www.billolsondance.com/domakewaves.html> > > bill > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Maia McCormick <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, July 1, 2023 5:52 PM > *To:* Bill Olson <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Emily Addison <[email protected]>; > [email protected] <[email protected]>; > Tony Parkes <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [Callers] Re: Dances with balancing waves forward and > backward? > > Big fan of box circulates, which imo are best served by > balancing right+fwd and left+back, so you have momentum for the next move > whether you're traveling forward or to the right. I don't know if this is > exactly what you're looking for, but if so and you want my fave box > circulate dances, I have lots 😅 and am happy to share. > > As far as balance-and-walk-forward, I just went through my whole dang > collection and pulled these; turns out a lot of dances I really like have > this transition :D > > - Some easy/classic ones are You Can Get There From Here (Linda > Leslie) and 20 Below (Bill Olson) > - A Gift to the Grange (Steve Zakon-Anderson), Robins on a Wire (Will > Mentor), Ellie's Pumpkin Show (Bill Olson) all have neat "wavy line of > <role> balance and walk forward, partner follow to cross and swing" > - Winter in Summerland (James Hutson & Jeff Spero) - waves balance and > walk fwd to hey. One of my all time fave dances! > - Serendipity (Chris Page) - box circulate with an extra turn; > includes walking forward from short waves. Also one of my fave dances. > - Eleanor's Reel (Bill Olson; see also, Eleanor's Twisted Reel, the > Luke Donforth var.) has MULTIPLE "walk forward to next wave" transitions, > great for visiting lots of people in a crowded hall > - In Cahoots (Rick Mohr) is this with shadows > - The Black Lake Inlet of Dr. Joe Rush (Seth Tepfer) - main hook of > this dance is a "right-left by" which is fun, but it also has balance > fwd/walk fwd to new waves > - Solstice '17 (Donna Hunt) > > -- > Maia McCormick (she/her) > 917.279.8194 > > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 12:16 PM Bill Olson via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Ah Shadracks! Thanks for that one Tony! > > Anyway, I agree with Tony and I myself find balancing "sideways" (not > really sideways, more on right diagonal then left diagonal) more natural > than forward and back. Maybe this is just because of the way one's arms are > pointing when in the wave. When I wrote Eleanor's Reel a measly 20 years > ago (hah hah), I used that to an advantage as the progressions between > waves were on the right and left diagonal. > > Dance and notes here: Eleanor's Reel (billolsondance.com) > <https://www.billolsondance.com/eleanorsreel.html> > > bill > ------------------------------ > *From:* Tony Parkes via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, June 30, 2023 2:03 PM > *To:* Emily Addison <[email protected]>; > [email protected] <[email protected] > > > *Subject:* [Callers] Re: Dances with balancing waves forward and backward? > > > When I wrote Shadrack’s Delight 51 years ago (one of the first all-moving > contras to gain wide acceptance among trad callers), I envisioned the wave > balances as forward and back. Both of the balances are followed by hand > turns halfway around, and I dislike the feel of a hand turn following a > sideways balance (starting in either direction relative to the following > turn). In my experience, most dancers do sideways balances in Shadrack, > perhaps because they’re used to balancing sideways in dozens of other > dances. I find that even when I specify a forward and back balance, many > dancers don’t try it. > > > > Tony Parkes > > Billerica, Mass. > > www.hands4.com > > New book! Square Dance Calling: An Old Art for a New Century > > (available now) > > > > > > *From:* Emily Addison via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, June 29, 2023 10:07 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Callers] Dances with balancing waves forward and backward? > > > > Hi folks :) > > > > As a dancer, I remember loving the feel of waves lines that balance > forward and back. However, I don't have any dances that specifically call > for that. > > > > Might you have suggestions of dances that specifically call for Bal F&B or > which often get modified for that feel of a balance? > > > > Thank you! > > :) Emily in Ottawa > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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