Maybe several persons composed this at various times

On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM Jim Thaxter via Contra Callers <
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> “Dance A While” from about 1968 says Oslo Waltz is a Scottish-English
> Family Waltz. This type of family waltz folk dance is found in almost every
> European country.
>
> In other words, it’s a folk dance.
>
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM Sue C. Hulsether via Contra Callers <
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>> Hmmm, now I'm curious.  I was thinking Family Waltz was something similar
>> but different.  Probably the reality is that they are all pretty blurred,
>> with lots of names for lots of variations.
>>
>> Sch
>>
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>> On Jan 15, 2025, at 10:47 PM, Jacob or Nancy Bloom via Contra Callers <
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>> 
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>> My understanding has been that this is a traditional Danish dance, called
>> a Familiavalz (which means Family Waltz). Is that incorrect?
>> Jacob Bloom
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2025, 10:22 PM Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers <
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>>> 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 <
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>>>> 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
>>>>
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>>>> From: Sue C. Hulsether via Contra Callers <
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>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2025 6:14 PM
>>>> To: Don Veino; [email protected]
>>>> Subject: [Callers] Re: Searching for Title & Author
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>>>> 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
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>>>> On Jan 15, 2025, at 4:24 PM, Don Veino via Contra Callers <
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>>>>
>>>> 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 <
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>>>> 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
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>>>>
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