Hi Luke,
There is a New Zealand connection. Do you know the origin of the move?
I suspect it comes from the Scottish country dance which was in honour of a
dolphin named Pelorus Jack.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelorus_Jack
Here's a rolling start when the US contra tour came to NZ
https://youtu.be/_5MDwpQ8MI0
Hi David and all,
Those links are part of a playlist with a few more dances for five to seven
which weve done here at our NZ house dance.
http://youtu.be/iW8fjgZV2Jk?list=PLFp1up9ZoGxhevcz7leTScc1XfgpjOF2Q
Cheers, Bill
> On 2/11/2015, at 6:54, David Harding via Callers
>
Try here:
http://rivenvale.org/dancing/official-bransle/
The video in that link was made at the our
monthly Christchurch, NZ contra dance.
The dance was on Queen's birthday and
Natasha taught us the dance as a bit of light
relief. I didn't realize it was also called
Toss the Wench. Except for
Hi Ric,
Some nice transitions and using so many allemands. Resonates with
Centrifugal Hey and Delphiniums and Daisies.
I agree with Kalia and Roger that B2a seems to be a sticky point.
However I think Roger's suggestion does not flow so nicely out of B1 and
still might be awkward.
How
Hi John and Don,
The "English" people in the clip you mentioned are mostly
Kiwis but close enough. That was taken at our monthly
dance when we were joined by a contra tour from the USA
and also John and Hilary Turner from the UK.
We often get a large group of teens coming because I used
