[Callers] Dolphin Heys

Hi all, I'm still recovering from the red eye I took back from my most recent PNW trip. Below find my first crack at a Dolphin Hey contra, referred to by Lindsey, written about 6 months ago. Porpoiseful Play Imp A1 LL F [In the original, which is a tad more challenging, this is a Mad Robin CW

[Callers] Musical advice

Hi all I just got home late last night from the event (the Greenwood Fest), and can now report back. I hugely appreciate all the tune suggestions. They were really helpful for both me and the band. I sent them a list of tune names, along with video links, and they settled on Turkey in the

Re: [Callers] New (?) dance, B1 balance, B2 balance and partner swing

Called Bob's "Return 2 Sender" this past Thursday at Mt. Airy, PA -- what a good dance!! On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 6:37 PM, Bob Isaacs via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Hi All: > > As Luke noted, there are two dances with similar names. The first is: > > Return to Sender >

Re: [Callers] Reverse R/L thru?

In 1992 I wrote and called this: A1 bal and sw N A2 left and right through, men chain B1 men L gypsy, swing P B2 circle left 3/4 pass through and do-si-do the next. Left and right through: pull by P with left and women courtesy turn the men. T On Jun 13, 2016, at 11:04 AM, Maia McCormick

Re: [Callers] Dolphin Heys in contra dances

Thanks. I searched for Martha Wild and Nils's Maggot, but only came up with and ibiblio.org page. It's odd to me that Google didn't return a sites.google.com result, but I'll bookmark it. On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Yoyo Zhou wrote: > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 8:42 AM, Luke

Re: [Callers] Dolphin Heys in contra dances

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 8:42 AM, Luke Donforth via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Looks like I'm late to the party. Glad to hear other folks are having fun > with it :-) > > I didn't know it came via Scottish, but that makes sense. It's called > tandem or alternating tandem

Re: [Callers] Reverse R/L thru?

For a), there's a couple of gender-swapped right and left throughs:. "Convolution 2" by Merri Rudd "House Husband's Reel" by Eric Conrad "Jackson's Hornpipe" (traditional) "Just Elegance" by Chris Page "Pleasantly Surprised" by David Smukler "Tuesday Child" by Brian Jones "Women in Charge" by

Re: [Callers] Reverse R/L thru?

I'm not familiar with option a or b dances. Are you looking for something with that? As for the option c, older dances that have right and left through (and back) in proper lines have the 1s and 2s doing the reverse of each other; and some of them are doing what you're describing. That's the

Re: [Callers] Dolphin Heys in contra dances

Looks like I'm late to the party. Glad to hear other folks are having fun with it :-) I didn't know it came via Scottish, but that makes sense. It's called tandem or alternating tandem reels there? It's not clear to me how it ended up being called a dolphin hey instead of a falcon hey; but I'm

Re: [Callers] Dolphin Heys in contra dances

Here is another video of Movement Afoot with a more uptempo version of the tune and the different style of advance and retreat: http://youtu.be/MDGKUT9Zj9k > > NOTE: Alan is agreeable to couple-dance style variations in the > half-poussette, > and in general hopes for a spirit of flirtatious

[Callers] Reverse R/L thru?

Have you all encountered or written dances for a "reverse R/L through"? To my mind, this move might be any of the following: a. cross the set with the lady on the left and gent on the right, lady courtesy turns gent (with the traditional CCW courtesy turn b. cross the set with the lady on the

Re: [Callers] Dolphin Heys in contra dances

On 6/12/16 10:42 PM, Liz and Bill via Callers wrote: 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

Re: [Callers] Dolphin Heys in contra dances

Hi Luke, I also love dolphin heys! Earlier this year I made a substitution of a dolphin hey for an ordinary hey for 3 (with the 1s acting as a unit). That appears as a figure in several contra dances (e.g. Kittyhawk Hornpipe by Don Armstrong or Nils's Maggot by Martha Wild, where you end up back