Barbara: Do you call exclusively longways contra sets? Because there several
hundred years' worth of Irish dances...
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> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:27:58 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Groundhog Day dance by
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Subject: Re: [Callers] Groundhog Day dance by Jim Hemphill
I am not familiar with this dance - but if you are on the same side of the set
s
I have called it twice thus far; both times the dancers enjoyed the dance -
and the joke implicit in its choreography.
Both times i used it in mixed-level situations, without problems, calling
it as written. IMO it's a really good dance for introducing the "shadow"
concept to inexperienced dancers
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Subject: Re: [Callers] Groundhog Day dance by Jim Hemphill
In Groundhog Daze how would you teach this? If you are next to your partner in
becket where is your "shadow" in relation to you? Is h
place), or at A2 (as a Becket dance that ends
> with a partner swing).
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> On 12/28/2011 12:00 PM,
> callers-request@sharedweight.**net<callers-requ...@sharedweight.net>wrote:
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>> Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:31:08 -0600
>> From: Jim Hemphill<arcadia..
Hi Jim,
I like your dance. I've not seen it before (but I don't have that large
a collection). B2b is a nice replacement for LC as it makes a nicer
transition to A1. For my dance here, with lots of older dancers who get
a bit dizzy, I would be careful with it, as it has 24 consecutive beats
Thanks, Jack! I thought I had a distant memory of that pass through
being up and down the setan old dance card now consigned to a
different dance collection. But I also remember the dance as being a
lot of fun with the pass through up and down.a real surprise
ending. I am sure that
For me the most interesting Groundhog Day dance I went to was when the
caller (James Hutson) didn't call attention to the fact that just
about every dance had a shadow in it till we hit the one that didn't.
(Exceptions were two squares with heavy right-hand-lady/left-hand gent
interactions, and
... a simple misstatement, as Bill pointed out. ... Bob
On Dec 28, 2011, at 9:36 AM, Jack Mitchell wrote:
> The only actual mistake in Linda's was that the pass thru is, indeed, across
> the set in that version, rather than up and down.
>
> On 12/28/2011 8:19 AM, Robert Golder wrote:
>> The
My apologies for the typo! You are quite correct.
Linda
On Dec 28, 2011, at 4:06 AM, Bill Baritompa wrote:
Hi Linda,
Thanks for Punxsutawney Promenade. I was puzzled with B2, but
checked
other versions and realized B2 should have the pass thru be across
the set.
Cheers, Bill
The only actual mistake in Linda's was that the pass thru is, indeed,
across the set in that version, rather than up and down.
On 12/28/2011 8:19 AM, Robert Golder wrote:
The dance as given by Linda was contributed by Dan Pearl to Larry Jennings for
inclusion in Larry's book _Give-and-Take_,
I'm fairly new to Calling and fascinated with Contra dance choreography.
Below is my attempt at a Groundhog day dance. The groundhog starts his
day by looking for his shadow and so does this dance.
Groundhog Daze Becket
A1 Gypsy your shadow
Partner swing
A2 Circle left 3 places
The dance as given by Linda was contributed by Dan Pearl to Larry Jennings for
inclusion in Larry's book _Give-and-Take_, published by NEFFA in 2004. ... Bob
On Dec 28, 2011, at 8:08 AM, Jack Mitchell wrote:
> Actually, there are two versions of P. Promenade, both by Dan Perl. The
> version
Actually, there are two versions of P. Promenade, both by Dan Perl. The
version linda posted had the two mixed up a bit. The first (and
original, and still the one I call) has the B2:
*B2*Circle Left 3/4
Pass Thruup and down
Turn back
same Neighbors LHS 1/2
to NEW Neighbors
//
Then Dan
Hi Linda,
Thanks for Punxsutawney Promenade. I was puzzled with B2, but checked
other versions and realized B2 should have the pass thru be across the set.
Cheers, Bill
Hi Linda,
Would you please clarify the instructions for the dance below? I believe that
partners are doing the dip/dive with a shadow, but they are traveling in the
same direction up or down the set, so it is not clear to me how they find each
other again; nor how it is that they are next to
Dear Bill,
Would you please clarify the instructions for the dance below? I
believe that partners are doing the dip/dive with a shadow, but they
are traveling in the same direction up or down the set, so it is not
clear to me how they find each other again; nor how it is that they
are
Hi Luke,
I wonder if there are any dip& dives that also have shadows...?
How about this? The ground hogs dip and dive with their shadow, say hello
to a neighbor, and find their partners again.
Becket (cw)
A1: LC; LC on left diagonal
A2: Circle Left 3/4 (8); Dip and Dive 2x (4+4)
(note
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