Well I wrote this for a family dance….. could be done in trios.
Kids Family Waltz by Claire Takemori (Asheville NC) families in sm rings (2 adults 1-2 kids), in big circle A1 ----------- (6,6 ) In and Out, Circle Left (12) 2 adults Arch/Kids Duck thru A2 ----------- (6,6 ) In and Out, Circle Right (12) Arch/Kids Duck to Lines (spokes around the circle) B1 ----------- (12) lines promenade big circle (12) Roll ends across (Right end rolls in front to other end of the line) B2 ----------- cont. (keep rolling until kids are back in the middle) end in circle. Claire Takemori, Dance Caller website <https://clairetakemoridanceteacher.godaddysites.com/> email <mailto:[email protected]> Follow on Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/clairedancecaller/> Like my Facbeook page <https://www.facebook.com/ClaireTakemoriDanceCaller/> 408 874-6840 “To live is to dance, to dance is to live” ~Charles M. 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Re: waltz circle mixer with trios (Michael Dyck) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 08:35:33 +0000 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [Callers] waltz circle mixer with trios > To: Shared Weight Contra Callers > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Hello callers, > > Apologies for the non-contra question: I'm looking for a dance that a > musician remembers and would like called. He pictures trios facing > around a circle like spokes, waltzing somehow and the middle dancer > progressing to the next trio. > > Please let me know if you have a dance that matches this description! > > David Kreiss-Tomkins > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2025 12:42:05 +0000 > From: Mo Waddington <[email protected]> > Subject: [Callers] Re: waltz circle mixer with trios > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > I can think of 2 dances in that formation that aren't waltzes and > thumbing through CDM (Tony Parkes 1967 ed) finds more: > > Silly threesome ( Community Dance Manual book5.16) > > Rebecca's Roundabout (John Chapman) > > Kielder Schottische (CDM book 3.4) > > Russian Ballet (CDM bk 3.5) > > Texas Rpogressive Threesome (CDM 5.17) > > Nope, can't find one with waltzing > > On 04/02/2025 08:35, None via Contra Callers wrote: >> Hello callers, >> >> Apologies for the non-contra question: I'm looking for a dance that a >> musician remembers and would like called. He pictures trios facing >> around a circle like spokes, waltzing somehow and the middle dancer >> progressing to the next trio. >> >> Please let me know if you have a dance that matches this description! >> >> David Kreiss-Tomkins >> _______________________________________________ >> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2025 09:19:43 -0500 > From: Michael Dyck <[email protected]> > Subject: [Callers] Re: waltz circle mixer with trios > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 2025-02-04 3:35 a.m., Mo via Contra Callers wrote: >> Hello callers, >> >> Apologies for the non-contra question: I'm looking for a dance that a >> musician remembers and would like called. He pictures trios facing >> around a circle like spokes, waltzing somehow and the middle dancer >> progressing to the next trio. > At the Caller's Box, this is "Circle of Threesomes" formation, with single > progression: > https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/?formation=Circle+of+Threesomes&progression=Single > > Currently, there are 20 such, but none of them involves waltzing, or is > paired with waltz-time music. > > I don't think waltzing would fit very well in that formation. If two in each > threesome are waltzing, that leaves out the third. You could have (e.g.) the > center person waltz with each other person in turn, but that would take up a > lot of time. (Say, 8 bars each, 16 bars total of waltzing?) > > More significantly, waltzing is asymmetric, so if the dance doesn't want > awkward pairings, it would have to dictate (e.g.) that each trio consists of > one 'lead' between two 'follows', with no rearrangement after the > progression. Which is not unheard of, but the examples are fairly old, and > might not go over that well these days (depending on the context). > > -Michael > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2025 18:14:22 GMT > From: Colin Hume <[email protected]> > Subject: [Callers] Re: waltz circle mixer with trios > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <202524181422.966990@Owner-PC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 09:19:43 -0500, Michael Dyck via Contra Callers wrote: >> I don't think waltzing would fit very well in that formation. If two in each >> threesome are waltzing, that leaves out >> the third. > > You're assuming that a dance in waltz time involves rotating with a ballroom > hold - that's not true. > There are certainly old dances such as "Duke of Kent's Waltz" and "The Bath > Waltz" which don't, > and there's no reason why there couldn't be modern ones too. > > Colin Hume > > Email [email protected] Web site http://colinhume.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:27:19 +0000 > From: Gregory <[email protected]> > Subject: [Callers] Re: waltz circle mixer with trios > To: Shared Weight Contra Callers > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <fRtJUdBNt7AFWee3abIGG3kyz1wRIc0Kv6HVXnYGiHUj5pKFUFaj-943- > L9OzMDUxRtFiKmUgHxXi_hE3Z8cb0JZsiemY0aRXlnqlrHTsQc=@protonmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > I have a funny feeling I have danced this dance before, but so vague is my > memory there's no way to be sure. I recall that there is indeed a portion of > the dance where the middle person dances an individual waltz with the person > on the right, then with the person on the left, and there may have been > something like a hey for 3 (with hands) and some promenading. > > Hopefully that helps jog the memory. > > > Greg Allan, Winnipeg > > > > > > > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod > tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, > quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo > consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse > cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non > proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. 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Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non > proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > On Tuesday, February 4th, 2025 at 12:35 AM, None via Contra Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello callers, >> >> Apologies for the non-contra question: I'm looking for a dance that a >> musician remembers and would like called. He pictures trios facing >> around a circle like spokes, waltzing somehow and the middle dancer >> progressing to the next trio. >> >> Please let me know if you have a dance that matches this description! >> >> David Kreiss-Tomkins >> _______________________________________________ >> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2025 14:10:43 -0500 > From: Allison and Hunt Smith <[email protected]> > Subject: [Callers] Re: waltz circle mixer with trios > To: Mo Waddington <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <cahez3+ihlnohxc51hc23tcfqbm1wt0zzftpv+cmr8uyt3ng...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="000000000000a70cb8062d55c46f" > > This certainly sounds as though it might be an English Country Dance. > Leah's Waltz by Fried Herman comes to mind > https://youtu.be/Zp_5pf3Xr6M?si=z-hMahQjyZmFDqtE > > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 7:47 AM Mo Waddington via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I can think of 2 dances in that formation that aren't waltzes and >> thumbing through CDM (Tony Parkes 1967 ed) finds more: >> >> Silly threesome ( Community Dance Manual book5.16) >> >> Rebecca's Roundabout (John Chapman) >> >> Kielder Schottische (CDM book 3.4) >> >> Russian Ballet (CDM bk 3.5) >> >> Texas Rpogressive Threesome (CDM 5.17) >> >> Nope, can't find one with waltzing >> >> On 04/02/2025 08:35, None via Contra Callers wrote: >>> Hello callers, >>> >>> Apologies for the non-contra question: I'm looking for a dance that a >>> musician remembers and would like called. He pictures trios facing >>> around a circle like spokes, waltzing somehow and the middle dancer >>> progressing to the next trio. >>> >>> Please let me know if you have a dance that matches this description! >>> >>> David Kreiss-Tomkins >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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] >> > > > -- > www.huntandallison.net > > http://thsmaritime.com/ > > www.centralhallcommons.org > -------------- next part -------------- > A message part incompatible with plain text digests has been removed ... > Name: not available > Type: text/html > Size: 2867 bytes > Desc: not available > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2025 14:32:54 -0500 > From: Seth Seeger <[email protected]> > Subject: [Callers] Fwd: Research Study on Gender-Free Contra Dance > Callers > To: Contra Callers <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="Apple-Mail=_81E2AF2C-D005-49EE-B4F7-5EFD3D742000" > > Hello callers, > > This just came across my inbox, and I told them I would forward it to the > list. I know nothing more than is in this email. > > Seth > >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> From: "Coladangelo, LP" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Research Study on Gender-Free Contra Dance Callers >> Date: February 4, 2025 at 11:24:21 AM EST >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, >> "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> >> Hello Chris and Seth (and members of the Shared Weight community), >> My name is L.P. Coladangelo and I am a doctoral candidate in Communication >> and Information at Kent State University. I am conducting dissertation >> research on the knowledge practices of gender-free contra dance callers. 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This study has been approved by the Kent State University >> IRB. >> Participation is confidential and involves answering a questionnaire that >> will take 30-45 minutes. >> Eligible participants need only be over the age of 18 and currently identify >> as a contra dance caller. >> All participants who complete the survey will be part of a drawing to win >> one of two $50 Visa Gift Cards. >> If you wish to participate in this study, please click on the link below. >> https://kent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d3Z8lmaaJ1l7ZOK >> <https://kent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d3Z8lmaaJ1l7ZOK?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2EFaHWRrEQ9ngnghY77thwtnQkruiWGWrUs8j_cattcJwy2A-nuoM0N_U_aem_iSs3cukYTKxj4Ve8Mf6xcQ> >> Thank you for your time, and if you have any questions, feel free to contact >> me at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> or Dr. Lala Hajibayova at >> 330- 672-2872 or [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. > > -------------- next part -------------- > A message part incompatible with plain text digests has been removed ... > Name: not available > Type: text/html > Size: 13408 bytes > Desc: not available > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2025 20:04:48 -0500 > From: Michael Dyck <[email protected]> > Subject: [Callers] Re: waltz circle mixer with trios > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 2025-02-04 1:14 p.m., Colin Hume via Contra Callers wrote: >> On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 09:19:43 -0500, Michael Dyck via Contra Callers wrote: >>> I don't think waltzing would fit very well in that formation. >>> If two in each threesome are waltzing, that leaves out the third. >> >> You're assuming that a dance in waltz time involves rotating with a ballroom >> hold > > No, I'm not assuming that at all. (I'm quite aware of the distinction.) > The original message didn't say "waltz time", it said "waltzing somehow", > which to me sounds like the dance-form, not the time signature. > > -Michael > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Contra Callers Digest, Vol 127, Issue 3 > **********************************************
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