Re: [Callers] Dance Title

2016-10-30 Thread Tom Hinds via Callers 


On Oct 27, 2016, at 3:25 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers wrote:

I am looking for the title and author of the following dance.  Can  
anyone help me?


A1  CL 3/4, N Swg
A2  LL, Partner Balance, Pull R, Pull L
B1  Along Line RH Bal, Bx Gnat, Gents Alle Left 1 1/2
B2  P Bal & Swg


I wrote a dance similar to this.  Perhaps it's been collected and a  
variation has been called in other places.  Naming a dance is the  
hardest part for me so it doesn't have a name yet.


Progressed improper
A1  do si do neighbor, men al. left 1 1/2
A2  gypsy and swing partner
B1  circle left 3/4 swing N
B2  balance P, square thru 2, balance next, box

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Re: [Callers] Calling a Halloween dance tonight? Try this circle mixer...

2016-10-30 Thread Tony Parkes via Callers 
I actually said “Escape.” They were acting crazed enough as it was.

Tony

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Subject: Re: [Callers] Calling a Halloween dance tonight? Try this circle 
mixer...

Tony, I keep trying to imagine you saying "Briins" to a bunch of zombies, 
and I keep getting a fair amount of cognitive dissonance/pushback...

On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 10:16 PM, Tony Parkes 
> wrote:
Thank you, Amy! I used it tonight at a wild church party, calling it Zombie 
Escape. This was a record dance, so I used the track of Brisk Young Lads that 
the Canterbury made for CDSS in the 1970s. It’s a jig in A minor like 
Coleraine, so it worked perfectly.

Tony

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Subject: [Callers] Calling a Halloween dance tonight? Try this circle mixer...

I try and call the dances of Rich Blazej whenever I can and this one's a 
Halloween favorite, re-done as "Werewolves and Zombies".
Garfield's Escape -- circle of couples PLUS ONE EXTRA in the center (Garfield)
A1  All into the center EIGHT steps and back, menacing the Garfield
A2  Circle left, circle right
B1  Women (werewolves) promenade single file to the right, while men (zombies) 
"star" by the right -- each man puts his right hand on right shoulder of the 
man in front - including Garfield.
B2  Caller hollers "Escape!" ("Boo!", or maybe "Braaaiiins") and all men run to 
the outside and swing with a woman in the outer circle. A new Garfield remains 
in the center.
Rich himself named this after Garfield the comic-strip cat, way back when he 
was cynical and funny (the cat, not Rich).
"The single man remaining at the end of the dance is entitled to a pan of 
lasagna and some fresh kitty litter".
My favorite normal tune for this is the minor jig Coleraine, played at a 
slightly slower lurch-y tempo, but if I'm lucky the band'll do the Alfred 
Hitchcock theme.

Have fun, just thought I'd share -- and I'd love to hear how it goes if you do 
it, and what variations emerge.
Cheers,
Amy

Re: [Callers] Calling a Halloween dance tonight? Try this circle mixer...

2016-10-30 Thread Michael Barraclough via Callers 
Grrrl Band were playing for me in Tuscon. They used John Kirkpatrick's
tune Jump At The Sun. Definitely spooky.
Michael Barraclough
www.michaelbarraclough.com

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On Sat, 2016-10-29 at 18:10 -0400, Jacob or Nancy Bloom via Callers
wrote:
> Here's a link to the sheet music for the tune that was used for
> Alfred Hitchcock Presents, in case you want to have it for your
> musicians.  It's called, "Funeral March of a Marionette."
> 
> http://makingmusicfun.net/pdf/sheet_music/march-of-the-marionette-pia
> no.pdf
> 
> Jacob
> 
> On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Amy Cann via Callers 
> .sharedweight.net> wrote:
> > I try and call the dances of Rich Blazej whenever I can and this
> > one's a Halloween favorite, re-done as "Werewolves and Zombies".
> > 
> > Garfield's Escape -- circle of couples PLUS ONE EXTRA in the center
> > (Garfield)
> > 
> > A1  All into the center EIGHT steps and back, menacing the Garfield
> > A2  Circle left, circle right
> > 
> > B1  Women (werewolves) promenade single file to the right, while
> > men (zombies) "star" by the right -- each man puts his right hand
> > on right shoulder of the man in front - including Garfield. 
> > 
> > B2  Caller hollers "Escape!" ("Boo!", or maybe "Braaaiiins") and
> > all men run to the outside and swing with a woman in the outer
> > circle. A new Garfield remains in the center.
> > 
> > Rich himself named this after Garfield the comic-strip cat, way
> > back when he was cynical and funny (the cat, not Rich).
> > "The single man remaining at the end of the dance is entitled to a
> > pan of lasagna and some fresh kitty litter".
> > 
> > My favorite normal tune for this is the minor jig Coleraine, played
> > at a slightly slower lurch-y tempo, but if I'm lucky the band'll do
> > the Alfred Hitchcock theme.
> > 
> > Have fun, just thought I'd share -- and I'd love to hear how it
> > goes if you do it, and what variations emerge.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Amy
> > 
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Re: [Callers] Calling a Halloween dance tonight? Try this circle mixer...

2016-10-30 Thread Amy Cann via Callers 
Tony, I keep trying to imagine you saying "Briins" to a bunch of
zombies, and I keep getting a fair amount of cognitive
dissonance/pushback...

On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 10:16 PM, Tony Parkes  wrote:

> Thank you, Amy! I used it tonight at a wild church party, calling it
> Zombie Escape. This was a record dance, so I used the track of Brisk Young
> Lads that the Canterbury made for CDSS in the 1970s. It’s a jig in A minor
> like Coleraine, so it worked perfectly.
>
>
>
> Tony
>
>
>
> *From:* Callers [mailto:callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net] *On
> Behalf Of *Amy Cann via Callers
> *Sent:* Saturday, October 29, 2016 12:54 PM
> *To:* Caller's discussion list ;
> pourpar...@yahoogroups.com; Lisa Sieverts ; Don
> Primrose ; Laurie Indenbaum ;
> Carol Compton ; David Kaynor ;
> Dave Bateman ; Tod Whittemore <
> t...@stephensmtg.net>
> *Subject:* [Callers] Calling a Halloween dance tonight? Try this circle
> mixer...
>
>
>
> I try and call the dances of Rich Blazej whenever I can and this one's a
> Halloween favorite, re-done as "Werewolves and Zombies".
>
> *Garfield's Escape* -- circle of couples PLUS ONE EXTRA in the center
> (Garfield)
>
> A1  All into the center EIGHT steps and back, menacing the Garfield
>
> A2  Circle left, circle right
>
> B1  Women (werewolves) promenade single file to the right, while men
> (zombies) "star" by the right -- each man puts his right hand on right
> shoulder of the man in front - including Garfield.
>
> B2  Caller hollers "Escape!" ("Boo!", or maybe "Braaaiiins") and all men
> run to the outside and swing with a woman in the outer circle. A new
> Garfield remains in the center.
>
> Rich himself named this after Garfield the comic-strip cat, way back when
> he was cynical and funny (the cat, not Rich).
> "The single man remaining at the end of the dance is entitled to a pan of
> lasagna and some fresh kitty litter".
>
> My favorite normal tune for this is the minor jig Coleraine, played at a
> slightly slower lurch-y tempo, but if I'm lucky the band'll do the Alfred
> Hitchcock theme.
>
>
>
> Have fun, just thought I'd share -- and I'd love to hear how it goes if
> you do it, and what variations emerge.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Amy
>