Re: [Callers] New dance, new move

[Keith Wood via Callers]

Just to clarify, in the snake movement in B2 it's only the men 
allemanding down the centre, past three other men.




Hi Everyone

My latest dance for your enjoyment, with an animation at 
http://www.dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#Ophidian.


Ophidian
Keith Wood September 2018
Becket formation, double reverse progression

The snakelike move for the men to reunite with their partners inspired 
this dance, and its name. If there's a spare couple at the bottom they 
wait together on the "men's" line. The woman joins in from the 
diagonal ladies chain, while the man joins in from the snake.


A1    Men allemande left once around, while women orbit clockwise 
half-way

        Swing opposite
A2    On the left diagonal, ladies chain to shadow
        Opposite do-si-do left shoulder
B1    Star left once around
        Star right once around
B2    Snake: Men allemande right 5/8, next neighbour allemande left 
1/2, next neighbour allemande right 1/2 to face partner; man coming 
out at the end loop right and rejoin immediately

        Swing partner

Cheers

Keith



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[Callers] New dance, new move

[Keith Wood via Callers]

Hi Everyone

My latest dance for your enjoyment, with an animation at 
http://www.dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#Ophidian.


Ophidian
Keith Wood September 2018
Becket formation, double reverse progression

The snakelike move for the men to reunite with their partners inspired 
this dance, and its name. If there's a spare couple at the bottom they 
wait together on the "men's" line. The woman joins in from the diagonal 
ladies chain, while the man joins in from the snake.


A1    Men allemande left once around, while women orbit clockwise half-way
        Swing opposite
A2    On the left diagonal, ladies chain to shadow
        Opposite do-si-do left shoulder
B1    Star left once around
        Star right once around
B2    Snake: Men allemande right 5/8, next neighbour allemande left 1/2, 
next neighbour allemande right 1/2 to face partner; man coming out at 
the end loop right and rejoin immediately

        Swing partner

Cheers

Keith

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Re: [Callers] Halloween

[Keith Wood via Callers]

One of mine:


   Polka-geist

Formation: Becket formation, reverse progression

Music: 32 bar polkas

Source: Keith Wood November 2014

Notes: Someone at dancing mentioned "Polka-geist" as a pun. What a great 
dance name I thought. So developed a Contra dance with a polka feel and 
scary and back-to-front moves.


A1 	In ballroom hold, gallop across the set, the couple on the women's 
normal side separating to let the couple on the men's normal side pass 
through (4 beats)


Polka balance towards the centre of the set (4 beats)

	Gallop across the set, the couple on the women's side separating to let 
the couple on the men's side through (4 beats)


Polka balance towards the centre of the set (4 beats)
A2 	Polka once around the other couple and continue anti-clockwise 
around the set to progress to the next couple

B1  Allemande partner right half-way (4 beats)

	Balance the long wavy lines (make a face or say boo to your neighbour) 
(4 beats)


Allemande partner right half-way (4 beats)

	Balance the long wavy lines (make a face or say boo to your neighbour) 
(4 beats)
B2 	Men's chain across and back, left hand to other man, right hand to 
opposite woman and turn



http://www.dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#Polka-geist

Cheers

Keith Wood



Hello Friends,
I need some Halloween themed dances.  Any suggestions?
Rich Sbardella
Stafford, CT


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Re: [Callers] Contras which feature a "Dublin Bay" figure

[Keith Wood via Callers]

Here's another contribution to the Dublin Bay collection, hopefully 
fulfilling the criteria below:



   Liffey Outflow

Formation: Becket formation

Music: 32 bar reels

Source: Keith Wood Jan 2017

Notes: Following online discussions about the Dublin Bay movement I 
decided to create a dance that incorporated it.


1-4 Gypsy opposite
5-8 	1st man and 2nd woman (at the bottom of each minor set) 
back-to-back and finish facing down, while the others cross (right 
shoulder) and move to the end of a line of four facing down, men on one 
side, women on the other
9-12 	Dublin Bay: lines of four back up (up the hall) and then come 
forward, turning individually half-way (toward same-sex neighbour) at 
the last moment to face up
13-16 	Lines of four back up (down the hall) and then come forward, 
turning individually to face same-sex neighbour at the last moment
17-22 	3/4 hey for four passing same-sex neighbour right-shoulder to 
start (until meeting your partner the second time)

23-24   Circle left half-way (men together and women together)
25-28   Swing partner
29-32 	Slice left: advance towards the couple on your left diagonal, 
then retire straight back from them (progression); spare couples wheel 
onto the opposite side


Cheers

Keith Wood


I'd love to see more Dublin Bay dances that aren't all glossary moves 
surrounding the down-hall move.


...

So. What else we got? :)

Ron Blechner




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[Callers] New dance and formation

[Keith Wood via Callers]

Hi Everyone

Here's a dance I wrote for a friend's birthday - Caught in the Nette. 
The new formation is a duple cross - a duple improper set with an extra 
person in the middle of each minor set. It has a double progression for 
couples and the middle person in each set doesn't progress, but those 
around them do.


See an animation of the dance at 
http://www.dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#CaughtInTheNette.



   Caught in the Nette

Formation:Duple cross - duple improper with an extra person in the 
middle of each minor set


Music:32 bar reels or jigs

Source:Keith Wood February 2016

Notes:For Jeanette "Nette" Pembroke's 60th birthday.

The middle person in each set doesn't progress, but the couples they 
dance with do (double progression)! Hence they are caught in the net at 
that spot.


A1 	Men and middle half hey, middle passing right shoulder with 2nd man 
to start; women turn out clockwise


	Women and middle half hey, middle passing right shoulder with 2nd woman 
to start; men turn out anti-clockwise

A2  1s and 2s half rights-and-lefts, starting with partner

	1s do-si-do; while 2s cross giving right hand and move to the end of a 
line of five; middle steps back into the centre of the line
B1 	Line of five down the hall (6 beats), ends turn alone, while middles 
turn man's side high, woman's side low, to invert the three (4 beats), 
back up the hall and bend the line (6 beats)

B2
Circle half-way (4 beats) and balance the ring (4 beats)

Middle and 1s arch down over 2s, all moving forward (4 beats)

	Middle take hands with new 2s below and draw them back between the 1s 
(double progression), 1s and 2s moving forward; 2s that reach the top 
switch sides (4 beats)




Cheers

Keith Wood


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Re: [Callers] Favorite relatively Modern ECD

[Keith Wood via Callers]

Hi Eric

Here are a few of mine that are danced locally (Australia).

Roulette - 3 couple circle - 
http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#Roulette

Own tune - I can send the sheet music

Summer Garden - 3 couple longways - 
http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#SummerGarden

To the tune of "All in a Garden Green"

Serpentine - 3 couple longways - 
http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#Serpentine

3 x 48 bar reel - I often use "Wakefield Hunt"

Isobel's Idyll - 4 couple square - 
http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#IsobelsIdyll

4 x 48 bar reel - no particular tune

Cheers

Keith Wood


Hi All,
I’m going to lead an English dance in early February. I’ve led English 
once or twice, and mostly stuck with The Playford Collection, and some 
Pat Shaw dances. I wouldn’t mind collecting a few more modern dances.

Please feel free to either post them to the list, or send to me directly:
_erik@erikhoffman.com_ 
And, of course, please include the music.
Thanks,
~Erik Hoffman
   Oakland, CA


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Re: [Callers] Contra Friendly Squares -- people left over.

[Keith Wood via Callers]

Here's a couple of 5-couple dances in Levi Jackson formation:

http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#Rubigold
http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#Sundowner

Click the Call Sheet button to see and print the instructions.

Cheers

Keith Wood

Over the past several years, we have had several ‘extra’ dances here 
in Tallahassee that are advertised to the contra dance listserv and 
elsewhere as old-time or square dances, or old time square dances, 
with live music.  We have had anywhere from 8 to 30 dancers come. One 
of the things we heard from dancers was that they did not like being 
left out — wanting to dance but not enough dancers for a full square. 
  We decided on a policy of leaving no-one sitting who wants to dance. 
  That means that we don’t decide what dance to call (at least not for 
sure) until we see how many couples stand up to dance; and it means 
that I have dances ready to go for 4, 5, 6 or 7 couples.  With 6 or 7 
it can be a longways set, a contra, a circle mixer, or a big circle 
square-dance.  With 8 or 12 it’s a 4-couple square.  Folks seem to 
appreciate the concern for their enjoyment, and there are plenty of 
good dances to choose from for any number of couples.  (Although I 
could wish for more good five-couple dances, the vast repertory of 
circle mixers comes in handy.) I have also used a couple of 6- or 
9-couple dances I learned from Phil Jamieson.


Others have recently dealt with the situation where you have only 
three or even two couples.


Richard

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850-544-7614
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[Callers] Book announcement

[Keith Wood via Callers]

Hi Everyone

I've compiled a second book of Contras written by composers from 
Australia. Down Under Contra 2 contains more than 50 dances collected 
from nine composers.


It is available from Amazon - 
http://www.amazon.com/Down-Under-Contra-2/dp/1517673321.


I hope you enjoy our dances.

Cheers

Keith

Re: [Callers] Challenging Contras

[Keith Wood via Callers]

I have several to offer (click the Call Sheet button for instructions):

Circuitous - lose your partner and find them again - 
http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#Circuitous


Contraindicated - duple-improper but a reverse progression - 
http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#Contraindicated


Diamonds are Forever - duple-diamond formation - 
http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#DiamondsAreForever


Jacob's Ladder - hey-to-hey transition - 
http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#JacobsLadder


Snowflakes that Stay - duple-diamond formation - 
http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#SnowflakesThatStay


Cheers

Keith

On 9/04/2016 4:31 AM, Bradley Smith via Callers wrote:
Hello all! I'll be calling a session of challenging contras at a dance 
weekend next month, and find myself lacking in the aforementioned 
challenging contras. I want to keep the session balanced, with a mix 
of dances that are mind-bending or heavily technical as well as some 
dances that are a step or so below that but that still have something 
interesting or unique. Would any of you be so kind as to share some of 
your favorite challenging dances? Thank you in advance!



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Re: [Callers] Dances with multiple swings- Trinity?

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Hi Lindsey

My dance Diana's Day has three swings with a swing-to-swing transition.

http://keith-wood.name/mydances.html#DianasDay

Cheers

Keith


Hi all,

I'm in the process of sorting through old dance notes, and found this: 
"Trinity? triple swing, double progression, Al Olson." If this is an 
existing dance, does anyone have the choreography?


I'm also interested in finding other dances with more than two swings, 
especially swing-to-swing transitions.

...

Many thanks in advance!
Lindsey
(Tacoma, WA)


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Re: [Callers] looking for zesty Proper dances?

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Hi Andy

Here's one of mine - 
http://www.dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#SilverWhiteWinters:


Silver White Winters

Formation: Duple proper

Music: 32 bar reels/jigs

Source: Keith Wood August 2012

Notes: The last of the "My Favourite Things" series. The title didn't 
suggest any particular moves, other than the ones I'd already used in 
"Snowflakes That Stay". I did however want to write another more 
traditional dance in proper formation.


Part of the "My Favourite Things" series.

1-2 1s cross by the right
3-4 1s cast down into 2nd position, 2s slide up or roll into 1st position
5-8 	Do-si-do partner 1 1/4 times to end in a wavy line up and down the 
hall, women in the middle joining left hands

9-10Balance right and left (4 beats)
11-12 	Allemande right partner 3/4 to form wavy lines across the hall, 
men in the middle joining left hands (1s are on the men's side) (4 beats)

13-14   Balance right and left (4 beats)
15-16   Allemande right partner 3/4 (4 beats)
17-20   Swing partner
21-24   Long lines forward and back
25-28   Right and left through
29-32   Both women and 1st man star right 1 1/3


Cheers

Keith

On 5/02/2016 2:11 PM, Andy Shore via Callers wrote:

I'm looking for some zesty Proper dances to add to my collection.

Suggestions?

aTdHvAaNnKcSe  (thanks in advance)
/Andy Shore
http://andyshore.com/

best email - andysh...@gmail.com 


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Re: [Callers] 9-person dance?

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I've written a new one recently: The Curse of Scotland.

See an animation at 
http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#TheCurseOfScotland.


Formation:Longways set for four couples, plus one person extra in the 
centre between couples 2 and 3


Music:32 bar reels

Source:Keith Wood December 2015

Notes:For Anthony Simon's 60th birthday.

The 9 of Diamonds playing card is nicknamed the Curse of Scotland, 
supposedly because every 9th Scottish king (with diamonds in their 
crowns) was a tyrant. This dance is in the formation of the nine spots 
on the card.


The extra person is the nine-spot. If the nine-spot is a woman, then the 
stars are done left hand at the ends and right hand in the centre, with 
the nine-spot leading the 1st woman and finishing in her place.


1-4 	Nine-spot with 2nd couple arch over 1st couple (who don't move), 
nine-spot and 2nd man arch over 2nd woman to invert the line, and arch 
back down over 1st couple, 3rd and 4th couples circle left once around
5-8 	Nine-spot with 3rd couple arch over 4th couple (who don't move), 
nine-spot and 3rd woman arch over 3rd man to invert the line, and arch 
back up over 4th couple, 1st and 2nd couples circle left once around
9-16 	Double figure of eight at each end, 2nd and 3rd couples cast 
up/down respectively to start, 1st and 4th couples cross down/up
17-20 	1st and 2nd couples, and 3rd and 4th couples, half 
rights-and-lefts at each end
21-24 	1st and 4th couples half rights-and-lefts in the middle (around 
nine-spot), 2nd and 3rd couples swing with ceilidh hold
25-28 	1st and 3rd couples with nine-spot star right once around at the 
bottom (nine-spot in front of 1st man), 2nd and 4th couples star right 
at the top
29-32 	1st and 4th couples with nine-spot star left once around in the 
middle (nine-spot in front of 1st man), finishing with 1st man in the 
centre of the set as the new nine-spot, and the nine-spot opposite 1st 
woman, 2nd and 3rd couples swing with ceilidh hold



Cheers

Keith


Can anyone suggest a 9-person dance?  I'm aware of the traditional Nine-Pin, 
and Monkey in the Middle by Sherry Nevins.

Thanks!

Richard Fischer

Princeton, NJ
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Re: [Callers] dances in unusual formations

[Keith Wood via Callers]

You could try a couple of my dances:

Rubigold - 5 couples in a horseshoe - 
http://keith-wood.name/mydances.html#Rubigold


Crossroads - 5 people in a diamond - 
http://keith-wood.name/mydances.html#Crossroads


Cheers

Keith






Hi
I'm doing a workshop on dances "outside the box" (ie, no squares or 
contras).
Anyone have any interesting dances for contra dancers that fit the 
criteria?


I have Tom Hinds "Hexitation" and several triplets, a Zia and a 
Tempest, and have looked through the Ralph Page weekend glossary, but 
I'm wondering if you were doing a workshop like this, what would be 
your top pick of a dance?


Thanks
Donna Hunt


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Re: [Callers] Blues for contra dancing

[Keith Wood via Callers]

Here's a Blues Contra of mine 
(http://keith-wood.name/mydances.html#ShortButSweet):


Short But Sweet April 2015
Becket formationBeginner/Intermediate
12 bar blues - "Sweet Home Chicago"

A Circle left 3/4
Swing neighbour
B  Balance the ring (4 beats)
Nevada twirl with partner (California twirl with other hands) 
(4 beats)

With next couple, balance the ring (4 beats)
Petronella turn one place anti-clockwise (4 beats)
C Half hey, starting with women passing left shoulders
Swing partner

End effects: After coming out out the set on the Nevada twirl, wait 
until the next one to rejoin.


Cheers

Keith


I?ve been asked to call a one hour set in a rural heritage hall for a party for 
about 130 folks. There will be two sets at the end of the evening with a Blues 
Band. Yep, its a bit odd, but the organizer wants to bring all his various 
friends together and thought, rightly, that having someone organize some 
dancing would help that along. Has anyone ever called a community dance (circle 
mixers, scatter sets, longways, maybe a square) to a blues band? The band seems 
willing to work with me. Any suggestions about what to say to them so that I 
could call La Bastringue or Galopede, for example, and it would work?

Any suggestions for youtube links for a caller calling to something other than 
the usual trad tune? I could bring in a fiddler and ask the band to back the 
fiddler up. Any advice on doing it that way?

Is this so ridiculous that you?re all doubled over laughing? People will be 
there not because they are blues lovers so much as their buddy is throwing a 
party.

In any case, I?d be grateful for advice
Leslie Gotfrit

Re: [Callers] few dancers dances

[Keith Wood via Callers]

Hi Rickey

I have a five person dance in a diamond: 
http://www.dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#Crossroads.


Crossroads
5 people, four in a diamond, one in the middle, numbered clockwise from 
the top with 5 in the middle


A1  1 and 2, 3 and 4 do-si-do, starting right shoulder

The same swing (crossed hands)
A2
	5 faces right and hey for three across the set with 2 and 4, starting 
right shoulders, while 1 and 3 orbit anti-clockwise all the way around 
the set
B1 	5 faces up and hey for three up and down the set with 1 and 3, 
starting left shoulders, while 2 and 4 orbit clockwise all the way 
around the set

B2  1 and 5 two-hand turn 1 1/2 to change places

	Balance the ring around the new 5 and Petronella turn to next position 
to the right (anti-clockwise)



And a five couple dance in Levi Jackson formation: 
http://www.dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#Rubigold.


Rubigold
Five couples in a horseshoe

A1 	Side couples left hand star once around at each end (leaving enough 
room between the two stars for the tops to pass through); top couple 
crosses, passing right shoulder, and cast to between the two stars


	Side couples right hand star once around at each end; top couple 
crosses between the stars, passing right shoulder, and cast to the bottom
A2 	Sides hey for four along their lines, starting right shoulder with 
partner; tops cross, passing right shoulder, and cast back to the top 
(improper)


Tops right allemande 1 1/2; while sides complete their hey
B1 	Grand chain six places (one bar per change) starting right hand with 
partner (12 steps)


	Take the next in a lower promenade hold and promenade one place 
anti-clockwise (men finish one place clockwise in the set, women finish 
two places clockwise) (4 steps)

B2  Balance and swing partner


I've written some other five person diamond dances, but haven't tested 
them out yet.


Cheers

Keith

Hi callers, have you any dances for evenings when only a few folks 
show up, say 10 or 12 or under, other than squares.


Rickey Holt with the summertime low attendance blues

hol...@comcast.net



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