Wow, ask and you shall receive! Thanks for all the references and tips! I actually own several of those sources, books I've skimmed once or twice but not lately.
I'm calling as the last dance of the evening at a regular series event, but this particular event also honors a long-time dancer from the Louisville community who died last summer. Several of us think she would appreciate the waltz mixer. On Wed, Jan 15, 2025, 9:31 PM Winston, Alan P. via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > Posts and Spinners! Nice, Sue. That's better than my "Travelers" and > "Stayers", which I guess could have been "Visitors and Hosts". > > (I have to say I've found this inevitably fragile if you have drunk people > or a lot of kids or just people who don't want to leave the partner they > lined up with, and you can end up with a bunch of Posts who have no > Spinners and a flood of spinners stuck behind someone who isn't traveling.) > > -- Alan > > ________________________________________ > From: Sue C. Hulsether via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2025 6:14 PM > To: Don Veino; [email protected] > Subject: [Callers] Re: Searching for Title & Author > > BEWARE: This email originated outside of our organization. DO NOT CLICK > links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content > is safe. > > I think I heard Peter Amidon say once something like this: “this dance > doesn’t really have a name, it’s kind of the ubiquitous circle waltz > mixer.” So I call it Ubi Waltz. > However, i have had a few people emphatically tell me it’s called the Oslo > Waltz. It’s possible that some people believe that the Oslo Waltz has a > couples’ waltz for the entire B2. > > Author? no clue. > > Also, I tend to call this dance a lot with private party gigs and > One-Shot-Deal gigs and even with kids, and I label the two roles: Posts > and Spinners. > > Love.This.Dance. > > > sue > > > Sue Hulsether > New Day Hoedown LLC > www.suehulsether.com<http://www.suehulsether.com> > [email protected] > [email protected] > 608-632-1267 Cell > P.O. Box 363, Viroqua, WI 54665 > > > > > > On Jan 15, 2025, at 4:24 PM, Don Veino via Contra Callers < > [email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > > It's in the NEDM Sashay the Donut book, pg 26 as "Circle Waltz Mixer". > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers < > [email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > Hello, > > I've got a circle mixer that I collected 15-20 years ago. The caller may > have been Becky Hill, maybe not. It's for a 32-bar waltz. I'm searching for > the title and author. > > Starts with a ring of couples all facing the center: > A1 Balance forward & back, roll away (ladies/robins moving in front from > Left to Right), Repeat > A2 Repeat twice more > B1 As couples, face center connected by usual hands (gents/larks right, > ladies/robins left). Balance while turning away back (together), then > (letting go) turn symmetrically away to face out and take other hands. > Balance away and together, turn symmetrically away to face each other > B2 Take the ballroom position, take two waltz steps (step, close, step, > close) into circle, then two steps out, then free waltz four waltz steps, > ending by unfolding to reform a circle. > > Thanks for whatever help you can provide! > > Jerome Grisanti > > > > Jerome Grisanti > 660-528-0858 > http://www.jeromegrisanti.com<http://www.jeromegrisanti.com/> > > "Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and > power and magic in it." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe > _______________________________________________ > 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] > <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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