Erik, I wasn't planning to alter your dance, and indeed I was hoping to call it soon. I just wanted to cross-reference the similar sequence (now identified as Heart of Glass) but couldn't recall its name. My original note was likely unclear.
Thanks for sharing your memories of Fred. He was indeed a special person and I learned new things whenever I was privileged to dance when he was calling. Cheers! Jerome On Mon, Aug 7, 2023, 1:51 PM Erik Hoffman <[email protected]> wrote: > On my dance, *Fred Park’s Long Drive*, it can, of course, be converted to > a 32 bar dance by eliminating the B2 Rory O’More figure (something I > considered). But I think, with the recent passing of Fred, it would be > appropriate not alter it—at least for the next some period of time. > > > > I seem to recall it was first called at Warren Wilson College. I was > traveling with the String Beings, and Fred appeared there after a long > drive. He liked it. > > > > Fred and I spent a number of nights staying up into the wee hours talking > about dances, teaching, and our lives. I miss him. Besides being a renown > story teller, as a dance caller and teacher, Fred was, among other things, > a choreographer, innovator, musician, historian, mentor, and friend. I miss > him. > > > > ~Erik Hoffman > > Oakland, CA > > > > *From:* Maia McCormick via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, August 7, 2023 7:48 AM > *To:* Jerome Grisanti <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Shared Weight Contra Callers <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [Callers] Re: Need Title and Author > > > > > > Off the top of my head, Erik’s “Missing Duck” is similar, though with the > hey and Rory reversed: > > https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=2754 > > > > On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 10:28 AM Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hello friends, > > > > I saw Erik Hoffman's 40-bar dance "Fred Park's Long Drive" online, and got > to wondering about a 32-bar version without the B2 (ocean wave Rory > O'More), thus going from the hey to the partner balance & swing. Surely > I've seen and danced such a sequence, but I cannot recall the title. > > > > https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=5021 > > > > I could thus add a "See Also" reference to each card, so I could use > whichever sequence a band can accommodate. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Jerome > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > -- > > -- > > Maia McCormick (she/her) > > 917.279.8194 >
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