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

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

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

A couple of people have kindly got in touch with me to alert me to some problems with my early morning creation. I’ll be back in touch if I can revise it and try it out with some dancers. Richard > On Jan 25, 2017, at 6:31 AM, Richard Fischer via Callers >

Re: [Callers] Contras which feature a "Dublin Bay" figure ("Pivot the Line", yay)

Well, I don’t write a lot of dances, but I’ve been inspired by all the Dublin Bay dances. In mine I’ve tried to use the figure as I recall dancing it in the English dance of that name. Comments or corrections most welcome! Sheepshead BayImproperRichard Fischer A1 Balance & swing

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

To Ron, > > > Personally, I find Dublin Bay in a contra dance an exercise of "why aren't we > just going down the hall?" It just feels gimmicky to me. But I enjoy the > dance Dublin Bay - so it's not a criticism on the figure, but its use. > I don’t feel this way at all about this figure. I

Re: [Callers] Contras which feature a "Dublin Bay" figure ("Pivot the Line", yay)

"Pivot the Line" is a good dance; I called it at our regular Madison dance tonight, it went well. I enjoyed seeing the dancers figure out how to dance the unfamiliar figures -- nothing was too hard, the beginners got through it fine, and people enjoyed refining the timing for the Dublin Bay

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

How does this dance feel in practice, Erik? I like the notion of incorporating lesser-used figures. I like both the chain the line - to progress the lady early and setup for a satisfying reunion later - and the Dublin Bay. I am troubled by two things here though. First the courtesy turn

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Re: [Callers] Contras which feature a "Dublin Bay" figure Kalia, In Erik's dance, it appears partners are in adjacent lines of four (whether women or men are in front depends on which side of the set you're on, also which way the lines are turned. It also appears that the first 12 be

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

Kalia, In my mind's eye, lines in B1 are facing the stage at beat 12, outsides turn to face down, insides walk forward to meet partners in beats 13-16. That's what I picture. Erik, is that correct? --Jerome Jerome Grisanti 660-528-0858 http://www.jeromegrisanti.com "Whatever you do, or

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

Kalia, In Erik's dance, it appears partners are in adjacent lines of four (whether women or men are in front depends on which side of the set you're on, also which way the lines are turned. It also appears that the first 12 beats of the Dublin Bay figure are as usual, but the last 4 beats are

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

I can't figure out the transition from the Dublin Bay figure to the P bal/sw. Can you elaborate? K On 1/19/2017 11:49 PM, Erik Hoffman via Callers wrote: I find, when dancing the one or two dances I’ve danced that try to steal the Dublin Bay figure, they have a line backing up bending into a

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

I find, when dancing the one or two dances I've danced that try to steal the Dublin Bay figure, they have a line backing up bending into a circle. I found this transition not to my taste. So I took a stab at a different transition. I think it works, but it's a bit tricky: Happy Birthday, Susan

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] Contras which feature a "Dublin Bay" figure

I’ve also written a dance with this down the hall figure in it. I like to call it early in the evening since it’s very connected and has “rest” time for each couple. I haven’t run it through the Shared Weight gauntlet to see if anyone else has written it. Please let me know if it’s already out

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

I recall dancing one called Doublin Back. And I have written one called Doublin Dublin. April Blum On Jan 16, 2017 5:20 PM, Tavi Merrill via Callers wrote: > > > Dance genealogy question: The figure first appearing in "Dublin Bay" (aka > "We'll Wed and We'll

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

Thanks to Linda, Mac, and Jonathan for their responses. So far for dances featuring "Dublin Bay" variants, i have: contra variants of the figure, in best-guess chronological order: Leaving Home - Al Olson Jim's Reel - Steve Schnur Handsome Young Maids - Sue Rosen Please Don't Call Me Surely -

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

ll <melodiouswoodch...@gmail.com>; callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> Sent: Mon, Jan 16, 2017 5:48 pm Subject: Re: [Callers] Contras which feature a "Dublin Bay" figure One I call frequently is Jim's Reel by Steve Snurr A1 Do Si Di N 1 1/4 ti WL - ladies in center,

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

We probably need someone with more knowledge to weigh in on this, but my understanding is that the dance known as Dublin Bay was published in Playford in the early 1700's and the Gay Gordon's dance is more likely from the late 1800's. So if these dances are related at all it would be the

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

It's a Scottish figure called 'Gay Gorden'. I know it's in other dances but not sure about Contras outside of Handsome Young Maids'. One of my favorites. On January 16, 2017 5:20:15 PM EST, Tavi Merrill via Callers wrote: >Dance genealogy question: The figure

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

Note that the Scottish “Gay Gordons” dance, which has been a standard there for I don’t know how long, features a promenade where couples walk forward then turn and continue backward, then come back forward and turn and continue backing up again. Doing four instead of two in line would seem a

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

anuary 16, 2017 4:20 PM Subject: [Callers] Contras which feature a "Dublin Bay" figure Dance genealogy question: The figure first appearing in "Dublin Bay" (aka "We'll Wed and We'll Bed," its title in Playford) morphed in contra into a modified "lines o

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

Al Olson used the move in his dance “Leaving Home”. It was published in Give & Take by Larry Jennings in 2004. Larry spent a number of years putting this book together, so the dance was written well before this. I did not find the dance in Zesty Contras, Larry’s fist book, published in 1988;

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

Dance genealogy question: The figure first appearing in "Dublin Bay" (aka "We'll Wed and We'll Bed," its title in Playford) morphed in contra into a modified "lines of four down the hall." I know a version of it from Sue Rosen's dance "Handsome Young Maids," where dancers facing down take four