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ry term for a
place where black people live?
There's a Scottish dance of the same name (Derek Haynes)
This is all getting very silly and I agree with John Sweeney.
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On Sun, 22 Sep 2019 09:02:31 +0100, John Sweeney via Callers wrote:
> http://www.all8.com/tools/bpm.htm is an excellent tool for timing music or
> videos on your computer.
John -
That's so useful! Thank you very much.
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maybe people can
cope with a faster tempo because the caller waits
until they've finished a move, whereas a contra is supposed to be fitted to the
music.
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And how about a couple of traditional American Squares? I recommend:
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https://barndances.org.uk/detail.php?Title=Tunnel_Through
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In my experience you can't be on the beat for every change - you lose it at
about 5!
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is larger than the English Robin).
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ers in the States seem
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There may be one or two quirks - I noticed that the dance title "Les Manches
Vertes" was displayed as "Les Larkches Vertes" but I
can live with th
dance.
How about first teaching them how to fit the dance to the music, giving weight
in allemandes and circles, and doing a
good buzz-step swing? Or would that not be considered politically correct?
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man and probably other nationalities of caller.
It's not English dance as North Americans conceive it. Callers at dance clubs
in England may call Playford-style, traditional
English (ceilidh) style, Scottish, Welsh, International, American Squares and
Contras.
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eas when it's been
compressed to duple minor they have to look out for people
coming at them from all directions, it seems!
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Lots of good barn dance material on my "other" website,
http://barndances.org.uk/
You might even introduce them to Playford with "Black Nag"!
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On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 10:30:38 +0100, John Sweeney via Callers wrote:
> Bottoms Up (Author unknown)
According to https://barndances.org.uk/detail.php?Title=Bottoms_Up the author
is Graham Spencer.
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Don -
I don't understand why Americans are so keen on this "Mad Robin" move.
Instead of staring at your partner the whole time, why not interact with other
people and just do a hey for four?
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On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 09:18:36 +0100, John Sweeney via Callers wrote:
> Just take any dance with a Right & Left Through and change it to a Half
> Promenade.
Brilliant!
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then 4 to box the gnat -
they'll do the whole thing in 4 steps. So I wouldn't worry about the phrasing
for the rest of A1 - one couple duck through to the
other end, and as soon as they're clear the other couple go.
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y experience, a lot of callers teach Give and Take wrongly. They do it
with long lines going forward, whereas you
should be going forward with one person in a shoulder-waist hold. That makes
it much more satisfying - in addition to
the resistance, of course.
Within
reels I would include marches and American hornpipes, which are smooth, but not
English hornpipes which I would dance to a
step-hop. And not Strathspeys. I would say contras are done to a walking
step, apart from the swing which is often a buzz step.
But do you agree with me?
Answers
ced to jigs, this was the first dance performed by English
Miscellany - Bernard was briefly their first director.
It has been published (wrongly notated) set to rants.
The 29th of May - Playford
Now is the Month of Maying - Jenny Beer
The Bunch of Fives - Colin Hume
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ffer.
Here I think it's easier to do a left-hand turn with your shadow.
The really important thing is to get dancers _thinking_ about end-effects,
rather than just reaching the end of the set and
switching their brains off!
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I'm not sure that dancing with ghosts is the best way to deal with end-effects
- I prefer "treat your partner as a neighbour".
I have a whole section of notes on End-effects at
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the final partner swing, so
that once through the figure is 3 x 32 bars. Someone
suggested it would be more logical to use 4 x 24 bar reels, but I'm not going
to subject any band to that!
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aking a left-hand star in the
middle each time).
C1: Finish the reels (still in cross formation), give right hand to new
partner, balance forward & back and swing.
C2: Promenade to the _lady's_ place. (naturally)
And here's one of mine. "Reel" is English for "Hey".
A
", and I'm guessing that they would object to the word "travellers"
because that would include people who chose
to follow a travelling way of life but were not real gypsies.
So I'm with Tom Hinds - always be respectful, not intentionally disrespectful.
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the list afterwards.
I usually call a mix of Playford-style, English
traditional, Contra, Square and the occasional Scottish, so I'm not a typical
contra caller.
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defined the figure, though many callers don't seem to
know that.
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On Tue, 8 Aug 2017 14:02:07 -0400, Dugan Murphy via Callers wrote:
> Do you have a favorite contra dance written to fit a waltz tune?
Depends what you class as a contra! Here's one of mine - at least it's
longways duple improper.
http://colinhume.com/instl.htm#HeidisWaltz
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refore
choose English dances which are as close to contras as possible. The contra
dancers go away thinking "English is just like contra
but without the swings - why bother?"
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I agree with Andrea about not liking a ladies chain up and down.
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Here's my favourite: Abnormality -
http://colinhume.com/instl.htm#Abnormality
Below this on the page you will also see two of mine which will also baffle
people:
Blackmore Gardens Contra
Colin's Back
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fits into A2 instead of being the second
half of A1 and the first half of A2. It also means you get to do the dip and
dive with a different person each time instead of
with your partner every time - I don't know whether Americans would consider
this a good thing or a bad thing.
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n" which means "windmill". That's for
English though; I don't know what they say in contras.
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realised the necessity of this while
calling in the States in June!
Download a trial copy from http://colinhume.com/download.htm and experiment
with some of my existing program(me)s.
Apologies to those of you who subscribe to two or three lists and will see this
two or three times.
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I'll reply off-list tomorrow
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fer that. And in England
the swing isn't seen as the main part of a contra and contras don't go on
nearly so long, so I (objectively) prefer your first
version and will call that!
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On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 06:19:43 + (UTC), Lindsey Dono via Callers wrote:
> I'm working on a themed contra workshop called "Role Scramblers,"
Lindsey -
I'm not sure this fits your theme, but you could try my dance "Women in Charge":
http://colinhume.com/instl.htm#WomenInCharge
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s:
A1 1s cast to bottom, lead up the center and cast off with the 2s.
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My dance Alterations Swing has three swings (double progression).
http://colinhume.com/instl.htm#AltSwing
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On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 08:27:19 -0500, Bree Kalb via Callers wrote:
> B1Women allmd Left 1/2; Ptr Swg
Bree -
I like the dance, but I would make the allemande left one and a half -
I think that fits the music better.
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in the UK.
My understanding is that it's the same here. But when we've discussed
copyright on lists the usual conclusion is that there just isn't
enough money in it for anyone to make a fuss no matter what happens!
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won't want me calling your contra
dance! I would of course prefer several gigs in the same area rather
than spending all my time and money flying around. As bookings are
finalized they will appear on my Bookings page,
http://www.colinhume.com/bookings.htm
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ow the twos and both couples proper) is:
"First man moves up the middle and casts down to the same place; while
his partner casts up and moves down the middle to her place."
"Cast" starts with turning away from your partner, not doing a crab
movement.
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d I give links to prove it. I agree that morris
dancers use "gyp".
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b page about this figure, and the discussion has
inspired me to do more to it. See what you think.
http://colinhume.com/degipsy.htm
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barndances.org.uk/ where Thomas Green which gives
lots of good advice and instructions for lots of good dances.
To find out what the terms mean, I recommend Hugh Stewart's book
"Elements of English Country Dance" which you can find online at
http://round.soc.srcf.net/dances/elements.htm
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the tune I wrote for it).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URKq4xSqDtc
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dback from the list, and at the end
you can see which dances I actually called. The one which caused the
most chaos was "Where's Alex?" by Michael Fuerst. The next day Geoff
Cubitt also called it; I don't think he had any more success than I
did!
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or you've never been there, your views will be very
welcome.
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down the outside
5-6 1's move down the outside as 2's meet partner
7-8 1's meet partner as 2's lead up the centre.
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all rather than down the length
of it, so everyone will experience the end effects.
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a look and send any comments either to the list
or direct to me.
http://www.colinhume.com/dtendeffects.htm
I'm also sending this to the Trad-dance-callers list, so apologies if
you receive it twice.
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I really don't think we should have Greg back in the group. He chose
to leave - let's leave it at that.
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Circle left. Circle right" or "Right-hand star.
Left-hand star".
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I've sent "Circle of Slugs" which I think is the one Donna meant.
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On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 10:08:43 -0600, Thomas J Senior wrote:
> There is an old dance called "Joy,"... i do not know the devisor
"Joy" is by Lannie McQuaide and is in Zesty Contras. It's still
popular in England, where we don't demand swings in every contra.
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d back. All cross trail through.
B1: Swing (original partner), put her on your right. Everyone is
half-way round the square. Head ladies chain across.
B2: Head ladies chain to the right. Promenade new partner to the
man's place (half-way round).
The ladies have moved one place to their left.
after the
walk-through. Then five times through the dance will get everyone
home.
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hrough and 5
times through the dance will get you home.
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n calling in The States and calling in England!
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gs more than a year away.
I imagine a lot of callers are happier to start the way I've
described, gradually building up confidence. Would you expect to do a
Saturday evening dance in your first year of calling?
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On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 07:39:24 -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013, Colin Hume wrote:
>> Groups in England book bands and callers much further ahead. I
>> have 12 bookings for 2014 (it would often be more by this time
>> of the year) and 3 for 2015.
>
>
ecket formation". And as other people have noted, the
dancers don't care which way the progression goes - the walkthrough
will show them that if they're bothered.
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ut then I have to put my glasses on!
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You can see my thoughts at
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his Org" to make
sure you give the crowd a totally different programme.
I know Kalia has downloaded a copy, but I suspect she's not using it
or she would be asking me more questions!
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d book bands and callers much further ahead. I have
12 bookings for 2014 (it would often be more by this time of the year)
and 3 for 2015.
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on.
I imagine he's a full-time professional, and that's a different world.
I would hate to feel that I had to take all those gigs just to pay the
mortgage!
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ot;Squares are confusing"! Fortunately there are some great contra
callers who are also great square callers - Kathy Anderson and Lisa
Greenleaf for instance - and they can convince any unprejudiced contra
dancer that squares can be fun.
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eel) rather than
a single progression Becket? After going down the hall, insides about
turn, everybody pass the one you're facing (those out at the end pass
partner) and swing the next. It means everybody is in the dance the
whole time.
But what do Lisa and Bob think?
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lers List.
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home - everybody face your own and
Do-si-do your partner; the men left-hand star
It's once around you go.
Put your arm round your maid, do a star promenade
Singing oh Johnny, oh Johnny, oh.
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t (sometimes even splayed!) for an
> allemande. Very uncomfortable and useless for zesty dancing.
As usual, I agree with John.
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orward" and then got to the end and been totally
lost! I think dealing with end effects is a skill which needs to be
taught, just like contra corners.
I'll post a link to my notes when they're ready (though it may not be
this year) and ask for further comments.
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The original tune
is a lively jig reminiscent of "Daisy Bell", so maybe your fiddler
would prefer that and it would be historically accurate.
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ave". Agreed,
you might need to explain to some people what they mean, just as you
might have to explain how to dance a ladies chain or a hey.
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say "wavy line" rather than "ocean wave" and
perhaps "long waves" or something similar rather than "tidal waves".
Similarly they will say "Pass through to a wave" rather than the
simpler MWSD name "Pass the ocean".
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flirty part too much.
Again, the flirty part is an American invention. I call it a shuttle
because I think it's a good descriptive word. I've also heard it
called Sliding Doors, but (to be pedantic) sliding doors just slide
there and back; they don't go round each other!
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Ema
now the name. It was a 3 facing 3 Sicilian circle
> formation, and it moved quickly.
I bet that was Walpole Cottage, which has already been mentioned.
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On Sat, 18 May 2013 16:40:00 -0400, Ric Goldman \(letsdance\) wrote:
> It seems to be national
No, it's international - probably happens every time I call a Barn
Dance. I tell them "The only people who fold their arms in a do-si-do
these days are school-teachers" - that usually sto
ccessor John Young. Most callers are not
so fussy, but my view is that there's such a variety of style,
energy, rhythm, formation and music in The Dancing Master that you
really don't need to throw in dances by Pat Shaw, Gary Roodman or
Fried Herman (or even Colin Hume) to make a good programme.
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e all English over here be more Zesty.)
I agree with all of that. Contra dancers in England don't do nearly
as many twirls as in the States. And I would guess that most of the
people in that video also dance contra. I've never seen an
elbows-linked back-basket before either! I imagine it was
spontaneous.
Colin Hume
Rhodri Davies and I are both running Zesty Playford workshops at
Eastbourne Folk Festival in a weeks' time. I've written a set of
notes, some of which I intend to use then, and would welcome feedback
either through the list or direct to me.
http://www.colinhume.com/dezesty.htm
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also used it!
http://rickmohr.net/Contra/Dances.asp#JoyOfSix
Rick's dance is to a slip-jig (or similar) so you get six beats for a
move rather than the usual eight.
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fine. Not for your
average contra crowd though!
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e radically different attitudes, and I don't want to get into a
long argument about it! Since you probably won't be calling contras
in England it's not that relevant.
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ment rather than sticking with their husband
or wife? I could then explain that I have no problem with causing
promiscuous people some minor stress when it's their own awful views
that lead to their stress!
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A2: "London Bridge": Outside two (not partners) under the tunnel, the
others move out and follow them, all the way back to place.
B1: Balance and swing partner.
B2: Face partner: Reel of four in own line.
C: Lines forward and back. Anti-clockwise line arch, all pass on
ove is Allemande left your neighbour
one and a half, the ends do the move with their partner.
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On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 07:53:54 -0800, Greg McKenzie wrote:
> Greg McKenzie (who, having a degree in speech communication
> sometimes gets a bit wonkish about it.)
Ah, now I see what your problem is!
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final "Face your partner and circle left
three-quarters" disorientating for some reason.
I will certainly call it again.
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aacs' message saying the same
thing, but I'll still go ahead and send this as I think it's
important.
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