Re: [Callers] Fw: Does this dance exist? Calling Joy Greenwolfe - Calling Joy Greenwolfe

[Dan Black via Callers]

Joy,

I agree with you.  The picture from our Callers Workshop at Pinewoods is on my 
computer at work.  My pics are my screensaver, so I see the gang often.  Good 
hearing from you.  

See ya,
Dan Black

On Sun, 9/18/16, Joy Greenwolfe  wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Callers] Fw: Does this dance exist? Calling Joy Greenwolfe - 
Calling Joy Greenwolfe
 To: "Dan Black" 
 Cc: call...@sharedweight.net
 Date: Sunday, September 18, 2016, 6:33 PM
 
 Dan, 
 Your
 dance has a similar sequence in the A part of my dance Gypsy
 Chase, but yours looks like a difference dance to me.  Mine
 looks like this: 
 Gypsy
 Chase  Joy Greenwolfe, March
 2006Improper
 A1
Long lines forward and back
 (8)    Gents Allemande L 1.5
 (8)A2  Gents pick up partner, Star
 Promenade, Butterfly Whirl (4,4)       Ladies lead 1/2 a Hey (LR,
 NL, GR, P) (8)B1   Partner Balance & Swing
 (16)  (Ladies’ original side)B2    Gypsy Chase - Ladies gypsy
 by the R shoulder x1   while Gents fall in behind
 Neighbor to chase her half way to the other side.  Neighbor Swing
 (8)
 Gypsy
 Chase Revisited is in Becket with the partner and neighbor
 interaction reversed. 
 Hope this helps~Joy Greenwolfe
 On
 Sep 18, 2016, at 4:54 PM, Dan Black via Callers 

 wrote:
 I was
 informed by the sage that is Chris Page, that the dance
 below is very similar to Joy Greenwolfe's dance
 "The Gypsy Chase",  Joy could you confirm and
 share your dance?
 
 Thanks, 
 Dan Black
 
 --- On Thu, 9/15/16, Dan Black via
 Callers 
 wrote:
 
 From: Dan Black via
 Callers 
 Subject: [Callers] Does
 this dance exist?
 To:
 "Caller's Discussion List" 
 Date: Thursday, September
 15, 2016, 7:18 PM
 Hey
 Gang,
 Been
 a member for a while but I haven't
 posted in a few
 years.  Does any one know if this
 dance below has been
 credited already? 
 
 
 
 Alyssa’s Gift  
   
 becket
 by Dan Black
 
 A1.  8,8   Slice
 on Left Diagonal, Gents
 allemande Left 1-1/2 
 
 A2.      8,8   Star
 Promenade Neigh, 1/2 Hey,
 (LR, NL, GR)
 
  B1.     4,12 Neigh Bal
 & Swing
 
 B2. 
     4,12 Give & Take
 to
 the Ladies side,
 Part
 Swing
 Thanks
 all, See ya on the floor soon.
 Dan
 Black
 
 
 
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Re: [Callers] Fw: Does this dance exist? Calling Joy Greenwolfe - Calling Joy Greenwolfe

[Joy Greenwolfe via Callers]

Dan, 

Your dance has a similar sequence in the A part of my dance Gypsy Chase, but 
yours looks like a difference dance to me.  Mine looks like this: 

Gypsy Chase Joy Greenwolfe, March 2006
Improper

A1  Long lines forward and back (8)
Gents Allemande L 1.5 (8)
A2  Gents pick up partner, Star Promenade, Butterfly Whirl (4,4)
Ladies lead 1/2 a Hey (LR, NL, GR, P) (8)
B1  Partner Balance & Swing (16)  (Ladies’ original side)
B2  Gypsy Chase - Ladies gypsy by the R shoulder x1
while Gents fall in behind Neighbor to chase her half way to 
the other side.
Neighbor Swing (8)

Gypsy Chase Revisited is in Becket with the partner and neighbor interaction 
reversed. 

Hope this helps~
Joy Greenwolfe

> On Sep 18, 2016, at 4:54 PM, Dan Black via Callers 
>  wrote:
> 
> I was informed by the sage that is Chris Page, that the dance below is very 
> similar to Joy Greenwolfe's dance "The Gypsy Chase",  Joy could you confirm 
> and share your dance?
> 
> Thanks, 
> Dan Black
> 
> --- On Thu, 9/15/16, Dan Black via Callers  
> wrote:
> 
>> From: Dan Black via Callers 
>> Subject: [Callers] Does this dance exist?
>> To: "Caller's Discussion List" 
>> Date: Thursday, September 15, 2016, 7:18 PM
>> Hey
>> Gang,
>> Been
>> a member for a while but I haven't posted in a few
>> years.  Does any one know if this dance below has been
>> credited already? 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Alyssa’s Gift 
>> becket
>> by Dan Black
>> 
>> A1.  8,8   Slice
>> on Left Diagonal, Gents allemande Left 1-1/2 
>> 
>> A2.  8,8   Star Promenade Neigh, 1/2 Hey,
>> (LR, NL, GR)
>> 
>>  B1. 4,12 Neigh Bal & Swing
>> 
>> B2. 
>> 4,12 Give & Take to
>> the Ladies side, Part
>> Swing
>> Thanks
>> all, See ya on the floor soon.
>> Dan
>> Black
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: [Callers] Dance Variety

[Chris Page via Callers]

If you start from the common man-on-the-left, woman-on-the-right, and
circle left 3/4, the women have swapped sides.

Easiest fix is to have the women swap sides again somewhere else.

-Chris Page
San Diego, CA



On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Don Veino via Callers
 wrote:
>
> On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers
>  wrote:
>>
>> Is this unique to my collection or this generally true of contra dances?
>
>
> I've had a similar observation (not in my deck necessarily but also from the
> dance programs I encounter on the floor) - in many cases the Ladies are the
> ones getting the run around/doing the most "single role" action. I haven't
> done the percentages, but to me it seems the Gents' same role action is
> typically limited to allemandes.
>
> This is something I've been using to inform my own dance compositions,
> creating either more even or Gents-heavy dances (featuring other moves)
> which could balance things out in aggregate.
>
> -Don
>

Re: [Callers] Dance Variety

[Don Veino via Callers]

On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Is this unique to my collection or this generally true of contra dances?
>

I've had a similar observation (not in my deck necessarily but also from
the dance programs I encounter on the floor) - in many cases the Ladies are
the ones getting the run around/doing the most "single role" action. I
haven't done the percentages, but to me it seems the Gents' same role
action is typically limited to allemandes.

This is something I've been using to inform my own dance compositions,
creating either more even or Gents-heavy dances (featuring other moves)
which could balance things out in aggregate.

-Don

Re: [Callers] Dance Variety

[Ric Goldman - Letsdance via Callers]

I would say my collection tends to involve more Gents in the center, often 
coming out of a swing, going into an allemande L 1-1/2, to swing on the other 
side, but that’s just an empirical feeling because I notice having to pull 
dances from a program if too many have that transition.

 

Thanx, Ric Goldman

Portland, OR

 

From: Callers [mailto:callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Rich 
Sbardella via Callers
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2016 1:54 PM
To: Caller's discussion list 
Subject: [Callers] Dance Variety

 

As I programed my dance evenings for this weekend, I noticed that close to 80% 
of my dance cards have just the Ladies in the center doing something,  About 
10% have the Gents going in, and the remaining 10% or so have both the Lady and 
the Gent, or neither the Lady or the Gent going in.  

 

My observations consider a Hey and Half hey as neutral, and as such I did not 
include the hey in my estimations.  However if the hey was set up by an 
allemande or chain, those basics were considered.

 

Is this unique to my collection or this generally true of contra dances?

 

Rich Sbardella

Stafford, CT

[Callers] Fw: Does this dance exist? Calling Joy Greenwolfe - Calling Joy Greenwolfe

[Dan Black via Callers]

I was informed by the sage that is Chris Page, that the dance below is very 
similar to Joy Greenwolfe's dance "The Gypsy Chase",  Joy could you confirm and 
share your dance?

Thanks, 
Dan Black

--- On Thu, 9/15/16, Dan Black via Callers  
wrote:

> From: Dan Black via Callers 
> Subject: [Callers] Does this dance exist?
> To: "Caller's Discussion List" 
> Date: Thursday, September 15, 2016, 7:18 PM
> Hey
> Gang,
> Been
> a member for a while but I haven't posted in a few
> years.  Does any one know if this dance below has been
> credited already? 
> 
> 
> 
> Alyssa’s Gift     
> becket
> by Dan Black
> 
> A1.  8,8   Slice
> on Left Diagonal, Gents allemande Left 1-1/2 
> 
> A2.      8,8   Star Promenade Neigh, 1/2 Hey,
> (LR, NL, GR)
> 
>  B1.     4,12 Neigh Bal & Swing
> 
> B2. 
>     4,12 Give & Take to
> the Ladies side, Part
> Swing
> Thanks
> all, See ya on the floor soon.
> Dan
> Black
> 
> 
> 
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[Callers] Dance Variety

[Rich Sbardella via Callers]

As I programed my dance evenings for this weekend, I noticed that close to
80% of my dance cards have just the Ladies in the center doing something,
 About 10% have the Gents going in, and the remaining 10% or so have both
the Lady and the Gent, or neither the Lady or the Gent going in.

My observations consider a Hey and Half hey as neutral, and as such I did
not include the hey in my estimations.  However if the hey was set up by an
allemande or chain, those basics were considered.

Is this unique to my collection or this generally true of contra dances?

Rich Sbardella
Stafford, CT

Re: [Callers] ID this dance

[Ron Blechner via Callers]

Gah.

N Bal, Box Gnat,
Star 3/4
Shadow Alle L 1x
PS
LLFB
Chain to N
R to P, Sq Thru 4

On Sep 18, 2016 4:07 PM, "Ron Blechner"  wrote:

> Sorry, star is 3/4
>
> On Sep 18, 2016 4:05 PM, "Ron Blechner"  wrote:
>
>> Watching an old video of Gaslight Tinkers with Nils, from Nov 7, 2012
>>
>> N Bal, Gnat Gnat,
>> Star R 1x
>> -
>> Next N Alle L 1x
>> N1 swing
>> -
>> LLFB
>> Ladies Chain (to P)
>> -
>> R to P, Bal, Sq Thru 4 to new Ns.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Ron
>>
>

Re: [Callers] ID this dance

[Ron Blechner via Callers]

Sorry, star is 3/4

On Sep 18, 2016 4:05 PM, "Ron Blechner"  wrote:

> Watching an old video of Gaslight Tinkers with Nils, from Nov 7, 2012
>
> N Bal, Gnat Gnat,
> Star R 1x
> -
> Next N Alle L 1x
> N1 swing
> -
> LLFB
> Ladies Chain (to P)
> -
> R to P, Bal, Sq Thru 4 to new Ns.
>
> Thanks!
> Ron
>

[Callers] ID this dance

[Ron Blechner via Callers]

Watching an old video of Gaslight Tinkers with Nils, from Nov 7, 2012

N Bal, Gnat Gnat,
Star R 1x
-
Next N Alle L 1x
N1 swing
-
LLFB
Ladies Chain (to P)
-
R to P, Bal, Sq Thru 4 to new Ns.

Thanks!
Ron