Re: [Callers] Waltz-Time Contra Choreography

[Alan Winston via Callers]

Dugan --

Over in English-country-dance land there are a zillion longways duple 
minor waltz-time dances.  Some of them have contra figures.


Gary Roodman's "Winter Dreams Waltz" to Jonathan Jensen's tune starts 
off with a leisurely unassisted 1s cast down and face up while 2s lead 
up and face down which will require a demonstration, but after that it's 
mirror gypsy, pass through across, courtesy turn, left -had-star, long 
lines fall back/come forward, circle left 1x,square-thru 2 (no 
balances), partner two-hand-turn once round, whch should all be pretty 
accessible for contra dancers, and it's a gorgeous dance.  (There's a 
couple of videos up of it which each show people who don't have hold of 
it yet.)


I wrote this one which has English figures that have already infiltrated 
contra dance (poussette, dolphin hey); even though it's not standard 
contra figures (and the right hand turn halfway isn't an allemande) I 
think contra dancers will like it.



MOVEMENT AFOOT
Alan Winston - thought of it at AmWeek, Jul 3, 2013
longways duple minor
Tune: "Steciaks" in waltz book II, by Larry Unger

A1: 1-2: Men set forward to women (boureeish, stamping optional)
3-4: Men fall back as women come forward
5-6: All turn single R
7-8: All RH turn halfway

A2: As above, with women leading.  Keep right hands ...

B1: 1-4: ... take left hands as well  for Clockwise half poussette 
(progressed)

5-8: contra-style Mad Robin (W1 and M2 through the middle first)

B2: 1-8: 1s acting as a unit, dolphin hey for three
 (M1 turns round coming out of the mad robin to give Left shoulder
 to M2, W1 takes the lead, giving right to M2 on the other side,
 M1 takes the lead to arrive progressed and proper.)


NOTE: Alan is agreeable to couple-dance style variations in the 
half-poussette,

and in general hopes for a spirit of flirtatious play.

Here's a video into which I had no input, where some of the dancers have 
the spirit.  (They don't seem to understand that in A1 1-2 the women 
should stand their ground rather than falling back, but it's an 
acceptable variation.)



-- Alan

On 8/8/17 11:02 AM, Dugan Murphy via Callers wrote:
Do you have a favorite contra dance written to fit a waltz tune?  I 
danced one once many years ago and haven't thought much about it 
since, though it was pretty special.


Thank you in advance for sharing some choreography!

Dugan Murphy
Portland, Maine
dugan at duganmurphy.com 
www.DuganMurphy.com 
www.PortlandIntownContraDance.com 


www.NufSed.consulting 


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Re: [Callers] Waltz-Time Contra Choreography

[Tony Parkes via Callers]

Ric, that looks more like a normal contra than a waltz contra to me. Can you 
share your experience of swinging, or teaching a swing, to waltz music?

Thanks…
Tony

Tony Parkes
Billerica, Mass.
www.hands4.com
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From: Callers [mailto:callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Ric 
Goldman - Letsdance via Callers
Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2017 2:44 PM
To: 'Dugan Murphy' ; 'Callers List Serve' 

Subject: Re: [Callers] Waltz-Time Contra Choreography

Hi Dugan,

One of my favorites is Bob Green’s Alison Wonderland, (improper):
A1   1-8  Nbrs balance + swing
A2   1-4  Circle L ¾
5-8  Ptnr swing
B1   1-4  Gents star promenade 1x*
5-8  Butterfly twirl
B2   1-4  Women chain to Nbr
5-8  Long lines fwd + back
* Consider gents linking elbows to get into this.

Thanx, Ric Goldman

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Dugan Murphy via Callers
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2017 11:02 AM
To: Callers List Serve 
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Subject: [Callers] Waltz-Time Contra Choreography

Do you have a favorite contra dance written to fit a waltz tune?  I danced one 
once many years ago and haven't thought much about it since, though it was 
pretty special.

Thank you in advance for sharing some choreography!

Dugan Murphy
Portland, Maine
dugan at duganmurphy.com
www.DuganMurphy.com
www.PortlandIntownContraDance.com
www.NufSed.consulting
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Re: [Callers] Waltz-Time Contra Choreography

[Ric Goldman - Letsdance via Callers]

Hi Dugan,

 

One of my favorites is Bob Green’s Alison Wonderland, (improper):

A1   1-8  Nbrs balance + swing

A2   1-4  Circle L ¾

5-8  Ptnr swing

B1   1-4  Gents star promenade 1x*

5-8  Butterfly twirl

B2   1-4  Women chain to Nbr

5-8  Long lines fwd + back

* Consider gents linking elbows to get into this.

 

Thanx, Ric Goldman

 

From: Callers [mailto:callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of 
Dugan Murphy via Callers
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2017 11:02 AM
To: Callers List Serve 
Subject: [Callers] Waltz-Time Contra Choreography

 

Do you have a favorite contra dance written to fit a waltz tune?  I danced one 
once many years ago and haven't thought much about it since, though it was 
pretty special.

 

Thank you in advance for sharing some choreography!


 

Dugan Murphy

Portland, Maine
dugan at duganmurphy.com  

www.DuganMurphy.com  

www.PortlandIntownContraDance.com  

www.NufSed.consulting  

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Re: [Callers] Waltz-Time Contra Choreography

[Tony Parkes via Callers]

Dugan Murphy wrote:
> Do you have a favorite contra dance written to fit a waltz tune?

The one popular waltz contra of the 1945–1960 square dance revival was Hills of 
Habersham, written in I think 1955:
http://www.lloydshaw.org/uploads/3/4/2/3/3423313/hills_of_habersham.pdf

The Lloyd Shaw Foundation will sell you a download of organ music for it (with 
or without calls by Don Armstrong). I like the music even though some might 
find it hokey, but even better I like “Spanish Waltz” on the Civil War Ballroom 
CD by Spare Parts. That track is also excellent for the Spanish Dance (a waltz 
Sicilian, for which it was intended) as well as the Fan Dance / Hat Dance / 
Rose and the Thorn / whatever you want to call it.

Note that there is a typo on the LSF cue sheet: “Habersham River” should be the 
Chattahoochee River, which rises in the Hills of Habersham. LSF could use some 
cleaning up of the information on its download pages; many tunes are only 
listed under the name of the dance chosen for them, and most musicians’ and 
bands’ names have been lost, even those who recorded directly for LSF (as 
distinguished from tracks that were recorded elsewhere and licensed by LSF; 
with those, the omission of names is often the fault of the original recording 
company).

Tony Parkes
Billerica, Mass.
www.hands4.com
New book! Square Dance Calling: An Old Art for a New Century
(to be published real soon)





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Re: [Callers] Waltz-Time Contra Choreography

[Colin Hume via Callers]

On Tue, 8 Aug 2017 14:02:07 -0400, Dugan Murphy via Callers wrote:
> Do you have a favorite contra dance written to fit a waltz tune?

Depends what you class as a contra!  Here's one of mine - at least it's 
longways duple improper.
http://colinhume.com/instl.htm#HeidisWaltz

Colin Hume
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[Callers] Waltz-Time Contra Choreography

[Dugan Murphy via Callers]

Do you have a favorite contra dance written to fit a waltz tune?  I danced
one once many years ago and haven't thought much about it since, though it
was pretty special.

Thank you in advance for sharing some choreography!

Dugan Murphy
Portland, Maine
dugan at duganmurphy.com
www.DuganMurphy.com
www.PortlandIntownContraDance.com
www.NufSed.consulting
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