Re: [Callers] Mad Robin + Lady/Raven combos

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 4:09 PM Martha Wild via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: Here’s one of mine with a couple of variations. Alternate A2: full hey. If the full hey option is used it might be better to switch the B1, as in Gateway to Julian #5, with the gate first followed

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

I modified Bob Dalsemer's dance, Dog Branch Reel, so that the transition into the neighbor swing would be more conventional. To give it even more English flavor, I tried changing B2 to fall back, turn single while advancing, 2s swing, but it was a hard sell at the contra dance. In my own records

Re: [Callers] Box circulate dances

As a student of calling in 1992, the first dance I called was 24th of June, because that's my birthday. On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Vicki Morrison via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Hello all. In addition to the lovely Du Quoin Races dance by Orace > Johnson, are you

Re: [Callers] Grand Square in a contra?

There's an English Country Dance, Mary K (for Mary Kay Friday), with a figure called Petit Fours, which is a two-couple version of grand square. Maybe someone could devise another contra where two sets intersect each other in the middle, and with the four couples they do a grand square instead of

Re: [Callers] yet another gypsy substitute (YAGS)

In ECD, someone (I believe it was Fried de Metz Herman) came up with a figure called face en face, with a French pronunciation. Not sure why it wasn't face à face. I describe it as the last two-thirds of a 1-1/2 dos à dos. On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Jonathan Sivier via Callers <

Re: [Callers] Gypsy / "Redneck"

They spell it with the y. www.gypsy-association.co.uk On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 12:30 PM, John Meechan via Callers callers-at-lists.sharedweight.net |sharedweight-garyes| < lc5ghe4...@sneakemail.com> wrote: > We’ve had very few opinions, other than heresay, about gipsies in the UK. > I have never

Re: [Callers] Ferry Boat Contra Ideas

Margate Hoy is a simple English dance that can be done quite zestily. "Hoy" is some kind of ship. I heard somewhere that Margate Hoy was a ferry boat named for the town of Margate, but I have not found "hoy" defined as a ferry boat anywhere online (yet). I did find this definition of Hoy from

[Callers] Awkward transition into contra corners

In another thread the awkward transition for the women from the arm-around assisted cast to the right-hand turn was pointed out. In ECD, we would do an unassisted cast in such a situation. Why not undo a little bit of the folk process and go back to that?

Re: [Callers] Flutter Wheel

Bob Dalsemer wrote a contra with flutterwheel: Jolly Roger *A1* N balance & sw *A2* Promenade ccw in the big oval & back *B1* Flutterwheel & sweep 1/4, pass thru, star thru *B2* Cir L; L/H star [or 1s swing] It doesn't have a partner swing. I added the optional 1s swing. Or could alternate

Re: [Callers] What is the best contra dance(s) ever written?

On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Linda Mrosko wrote: > This thread reminds me of a question posed years ago - probably because of > the staying power of the chestnut dances like Chorus Jig, Rory O'More, > Petronella, etc. - WHICH CONTRA DANCES DO YOU THINK FOLKS WILL STILL BE > DANCING 100 YEARS

Re: [Callers] Overused figures

I too try to minimize the Men allemande L 1-1/2 and I try to minimize circle L 3/4 and swing, but not so much the 3/4 circle without the swing. It's not easy! Give-and-take is an easy alternative when there's a swing, but that's a figure that I think shouldn't be used no more than once a month

Re: [Callers] contra dance webmasters unite! (?)

Count me in. I barely maintain a low-tech website for the Santa Barbara CDS.

Re: [Callers] ID dances for me?

dentified! > Keith > > On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Gary Shapiro < > sharedweight-gar...@snkmail.com> wrote: > > > Could be seen as a variation of Tica Tica Timing by Dean Snipes. > > > > Its A1 is slide left, circle 3/4, N swing. Otherwise the

Re: [Callers] ID dances for me?

Could be seen as a variation of Tica Tica Timing by Dean Snipes. Its A1 is slide left, circle 3/4, N swing. Otherwise the same (well, 1/2 promenade instead of R thru). On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Keith Tuxhorn keithlmt-at-gmail.com|sharedweight-garyes| wrote: >

Re: [Callers] ECD List

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Gary Shapiro wrote: > http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/~winston/ecd.htmlx Oops, that's the old one. It points you to the new location: http://www.bacds.org/mailman/listinfo/ecd

Re: [Callers] Callers Digest, Vol 79, Issue 20

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Keith Tuxhorn keithlmt-at-gmail.com wrote: > 1. Reply to the digest mailing. This allows me to clip and reference the > pertinent comments. Doesn't allow me to change the title. > Keith, Are you using the Gmail interface? See that "Edit Subject" link right

Re: [Callers] name of a dance

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Marlin Whitaker marlinw-at-gmail.com|sharedweight-garyes| wrote: > That would be the New Friendship Reel. > > I call it sometimes, because it's a really fun dance, but then I realize > that it doesn't have a partner swing, and I wonder

Re: [Callers] Rory O'More wave bals AND contra corners?

On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Chrissy Fowler ktaadn_me-at-hotmail.com |sharedweight-garyes| wrote: > > Curious if anyone knows any contra dance that contains both Rory O'More type > wave(s) *and* contra corners.  (Besides the dance Rory O'More itself!)  My > online

[Callers] Good grief, yet another cure

The conversation here about those petronella into swing dances inspired me to look through my collection and I found this: A1 Neighbor balance & swing A2 All four balance, petronella twirl and an immediate allemande left 1/2, 1/2 hey B1 Partner balance & swing B2 All four balance, petronella

Re: [Callers] New Dance

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 8:31 AM, richgoss-at-comcast.net wrote: > I don't think there would be enough time for a hand cast. The hand cast or gate or wheel around should take place in A2: A2: Down hall 4-in-line (4), turn as couples (4); return (4), wheel around (M back up)

Re: [Callers] Du Quoin Races

Another option is to start the dance right after the partner swing. But then not all of the balances would be in the same section. On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Barbara Groh wrote: > It's been my experience that dancers have a lot of difficulty ending a > swing mid-phrase. It just doesn't

[Callers] A small favor for future dance historians

Dear dance choregraphers, Thank you for publishing your dances in printed form and via the internet. I think we'd be doing a service for future dance historians if we could include an approximate date of when the dance was devised. Also, my own dance database has a field for that date and many

Re: [Callers] Dance ID and corrections anyone?

I don't have a name for this dance but I think these changes will get it to work. (Not guaranteed, though.) You probably just made some transcription errors. > Unknown Dance > Becket > > A1 (8) Pass through to an ocean wave, balance > (8) Walk to shadow and DSD (or gypsy) > > A2 (8)