Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[billinhi--- via Callers]

Oui!!!
... and you may have actually seen the dance before, ...
because it is on You tube!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ7xhFARmQ0
(love the flashers...)

and variations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqfB_5CPTsI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Qfx_VHm8k

Bill Fay
Honolulu

(And thanks again for your work on youtube & callersbox Chris!)

Bill Olson via Callers wrote:
Um just saying, and I don't think anyone brought this up yet,.. we're 
talking about "Spring Break" by Nils. "Spring Fever" is a dance by 
Tony Parkes from the 1980"s, totally unrelated.. oui??


bill


*From:* Callers  on behalf of 
Chris Page via Callers 

*Sent:* Saturday, June 29, 2019 8:47 PM
*To:* Jack Mitchell
*Cc:* callers
*Subject:* Re: [Callers] New Dance?
There's a couple of versions of Spring Break:

https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20150909222325%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nilsfredland.com%2Ffiles%2F2014%2F04%2FDance-Compositions1.pdfdata=02%7C01%7C%7C44a4c670446049b6ab3308d6fcd30474%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C636974380571017396sdata=Z1inbevRqEPW7cg4kjXfAmyYlr0pmrOqmyab0NCrNpY%3Dreserved=0

-Chris Page
San Diego
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Re: [Callers] A Dance without Partner Swing

[billinhi--- via Callers]

I agree with John Sweeney, but it all depends.
For a large group of beginners, rather than spending time
explaining the advantage of having an experienced partner or trying to 
split beginners up,

the simple solution is have a dance where they don't swing together.

like:
Easier Than Pie by Billy Boyer
Essex Reel by Tony Parkes
First Star by Ted Steele
Open Rehearsal by Jacob Bloom
Paul's Fishing Reel by Jim Gregory
Saturday Night Reel by Herbie Gaudreau
Sunrise Jig by Shelly Jenkins

I usually limit it to one dance, but it depends.
Then there is the 'almost' situation where only the 1s or 2s swing.
It has the same risk of 'disappointing' the dedicated swingers.

like:
Alternating Corners by Jim Kitch
Boiling Mud by Greg Byrne
Three's Company by Paul Balliet
and quite a few others.

Then there is the case where there is so much going on in the dance, 
that there just isn't

anywhere to fit in a partner swing.

like:
The Thirty-Fourth of October by Bob Archer
Divided Star by Don Armstrong
and other dances already mentioned.

But I grant you, I can't think of a reason I would call one of these,
when there are so many other better dances...
But then there is the argument that as a change of pace,
with an interesting dance, most people won't really notice.
But it's got to be a dynamite dance, or after dances with long partner 
swings.


As Grocho Marx once quipped,  "...but I take [my cigar] out of my mouth 
every once in a while."


Bill

Rich Sbardella via Callers wrote:
I cannot recall dancing a modern contra in the last few years that 
does not include a Partner Swing, so I have a few questions.


First, do you call any such modern dances without a partner swing?  
Why or why not?


Second, if you do, do you announce it before the preceding dance so as 
to inform those pairs of dancer that love to swing together?


The Tease by Tom Hinds is one such creative dance that begs to be called.

Rich Sbardella,
Stafford, CT


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Re: [Callers] Star 1/2 -> Star 1/2?

[billinhi--- via Callers]

No disrespect, but 
This reminds me of a few decades back when a particular programming 
language introduced some instructions with "WICKED", (I mean WICKED!) 
side effects.

What ensued were many discussions about how to handle these instructions.
Whereupon one of my colleagues came up with what proved to be the wisest 
advice of all...


Do Not Use.

(Of course, some even wiser folk will immediately realize that these are 
PERFECT gems to save for special events

Like April 1.)
(I recall Jim Popson had a library of such gems with missing beats, 
added beats and even extra phrases)

http://keftimes.org/wp-content/uploads/Godecki-Cacak-thread-EEFC-listserv-12.2014.pdf
(I realize this was a different culture, but you'd be surprised how they 
overlap.)


Bill In HI

Tepfer, Seth via Callers wrote:
See also Franklin flank by nils Fredland for similar (allenandes to 
star to Allemande, similar feel) and Carol Ormand’s Double Dare.


As is said, half stars are devilishly tricky.

Perhaps someone has fabulous teaching tips with half stars?

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 22, 2018, at 10:13 AM, Bob Green via Callers 
> wrote:


I have an English dance that has a similar sequence, with one half 
star, then a full star with new neighbors and another full star back 
with original neighbors. As Chris suggests, I find that part a bit 
trickier to teach than I expected. The difficulty is in the 
orientation (particularly on the ends), not the timing. I set the 
dance to a half-length version of Larry Unger's /Two Rivers /which is 
in waltz time, so the timing could be different in contra. I think 
the hands-across style star used in most English dances facilitates 
that kind of transition. I think it creates the nice flow pattern you 
envision, looking forward to trying it. Nice idea, Luke!


Here is the similar sequence in waltz time: 
http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/ecd/ecd-modern/308-starring-loretta 



Bob Green
St. Louis



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Re: [Callers] New (?) simple dance without a neighbor swing

[billinhi--- via Callers]

With such a simple dance, one would think so.
Along the way I developed a shorthand,
which I used to both not put dances too similar into the same program,
and build a program with dances which had a definite progression of moves.
So I took your dance and quickly found that:
There are at least 4 dances which have the same A part.
"Daddy's Little Girl" by Chart Guthrie
"Black Mountain Rag" by Henry Garfath
"Monday" by Jim Hemphill
"Salmonella Evening" by Steve Zakon-Anderson

But only "Daddy's Little Girl" has a similar B part.
A1
Neighbor Allemande Right 1 1/2
Gents Allemande Left 1 1/2
A2
Partner Balance and Swing
B1
Ladies chain
Right & Left Thru
B2
Circle Left
Left hand star 1x
Anr6;Aml6;Spb;-;Cw;T;Ol;*l

Yours has a nice Cw;*l combination.
Anr6;Aml6;Spb;-;Lfk;M;Cw;*l

The problem is that the descriptions of many of the older dances aren't 
available on-line.

And I don't happen to have access to them.

"Heritage Reel" by Tony Parkes is a permutation of your dance,
but it starts off with Neighbor Balance and Swing,
doesn't have a Left hand star or Neighbor Allemande Right.

Bill In HI

Luke Donforth via Callers wrote:

A1
Neighbor Allemande Right 1 1/2
Gents Allemande Left 1 1/2
A2
Partner Balance and Swing
B1
Long Lines forward and back
Promenade across set with partner
B2
Ladies chain back to neighbor
Left hand star 1x



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Re: [Callers] Another occupational hazard for callers

[billinhi--- via Callers]

You might also consider how to make a test as to whether there is UV in 
your environment.
I did a little research and turns out there is a little trick you can 
perform.

Highlighter markers rely on UV to make them glow.
So if you use one to write on a dark or preferably black piece of cardboard,
under non-UV you can't see anything, but under UV the lettering glows.
It would be nice to know how good a test this is under real conditions.
Maybe you want to put one in your deck of cards.
Bill

Anne Lutun via Callers wrote:

When was the last time you got a tan at an *indoor* contradance?

No, this is not a joke. I got sunburned while calling this past 
Saturday (March 3rd, in Pennsylvania).


How is this possible? Probably a damaged metal halide bulb in the 
community center gym where the dance was held. Apparently this is a 
problem that occurs sporadically in gyms all over the country, as I 
found out after a google search:


https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2004/05/19/damaged-metal-halide-lamps-can-cause-indoor-sunburns-56964/ 



https://www.fda.gov/Radiation-EmittingProducts/RadiationSafety/AlertsandNotices/ucm116540.htm 



I'm very fair-skinned and burn easily, but I'm not the only one who 
was affected — the musicians got sunburns as well, and two of them 
have (mild) eye irritation symptoms. It's only when we compared notes 
yesterday that we realized what had happened.


We will all be ok, and thankfully there haven't been any reports of 
dancers being affected — it was a large and lively crowd, and we kept 
them moving! Other than the burns, it was an absolutely wonderful dance.


The problem had not occurred before at this monthly event because the 
bank of lights that we now think the culprit bulb is a part of is not 
usually on. It was needed that night because some of the other lights 
had burned out.


I would like to commend the dance organizers for taking the problem 
very seriously. Once informed, they immediately contacted the 
community center management, who in turn promised to address the issue 
right away.


I don't mean to alarm anyone, but next time you call in a gym, you may 
want to wear sunscreen!


Anne Lutun
Philadelphia, PA



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Re: [Callers] New Square-Through Dance?

[billinhi--- via Callers]

It is also only slightly different from "Heritage Reel" By Tony Parkes 
(May 1988)

Heritage Reel
    Lm 2x2 ip    Tony Parkes
    FS p23b
    SoS p23
http://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2007.pdf#page=32b

B2- Half promenade
Ladies half chain

and the whole B section is Cis Hinkle's "Rocket City Romp"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5sbQA4_1ew   2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omyjCAyG25A  2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOTuEiujFjk  2011

So, maybe this is "Heritage Romp"? (:-)

Bill Fay - Honolulu

Linda Leslie via Callers wrote:

In my records, I have this dance with a minor variation:
Finishing Touches by Ridge Kennedy

In Ridge’s dance, the A1 is N do si do and swing.

Cheers! Linda

On Dec 30, 2017, at 7:37 PM, Dugan Murphy via Callers 
> wrote:


I wrote this dance yesterday, but I'm not confident it doesn't 
already exist under a different name.  Does anyone recognize the 
choreography under a different name?



Longfellow's Revenge by Dugan Murphy (duple improper contra)

A1 Neighbor balance and swing (16)
A2 Long lines forward and back (8) / Gents left hand allemande 1.5 (8)
B1 Partner balance and swing (16)
B2 Ladies chain to neighbor (8) / Partner right hand balance (4) - 
Partner pull by across (2) - Neighbor left hand pull by on the side 
to face new neighbor (2)



Thanks for taking a look!

Dugan Murphy
dugan at duganmurphy.com 
www.DuganMurphy.com 
www.PortlandIntownContraDance.com 


www.NufSed.consulting 
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