[Callers] K - thanks, ? about substitution, still need help with B2/progressio n

Thank you for all the responses! I'm excited to try the Rick Mohr 4f4. And I think I understand the Double Becket formation and the power turn well! I love the power turn; it's that butterfly whirl feeling I've been looking for, in a different format. So I'm looking at possibly calling K for a

[Callers] ? on 4 face 4 and double becket dances

I've been calling a couple of 4 face 4 dances to good reviews- Mark Widmer's "This Dance Has No Title" - the variation by Bob Isaacs- and Seth Tepfer's "Color Outside the Lines" One of our regular dancers who is into the 4f4's suggested I look up Pat Shaw's K Some searching revealed the steps,

Re: [Callers] Another Name That Dance

I am relieved to hear that it is in fact "Cure for the Claps"- locally it's been called as "Cure for the Clap" and in spite enjoying dance I've always shuddered at the name. Never made the connection to the clapping on petronella till now. :o) -Alison Murphy -- richg...@comcast.net wrote:

Re: [Callers] thanks again for all the help with Rory O'More

David, It helps VERY MUCH thank you! I think I was looking alphabetically under "O" for Olson instead of "J" for Jennings. DUH! Google was pulling up the right page, but I kept scrolling down too far. And thank you for the Roger Diggle version! Alison Murphy -- david.millst...@valley.net

[Callers] thanks again for all the help with Rory O'More

Thank you all, again, for all the help with Rory O'More. Apparently the decision on how or even whether to call it has been postponed for me by the weather- our dance for tonight was snowed out!! (My kids are thrilled, the jonquils maybe less so.) I'm not supposed to call again till April

Re: [Callers] need (more) help with Rory O'More

Susan, I've replied to you offlist, but I'll reiterate for anyone else who may be passing through Memphis, Tennessee: This is the Volunteer state and we love volunteer guest callers in Memphis, and the people to contact about calling here are Joan and Ernest Kelly. Contact info may be found

[Callers] need help with Rory O'More

Hi! I'm a fledgling amateur caller in Memphis TN, I've been doing this a little over a year. I just called my first dance with contra corners last week, Kathy Anderson's "Labor of Love," and it went really well, so I'm excited to be planning Rory O'More as a follow up this week. Our band is

Re: [Callers] Waiting for Lefty

Ha! Yes I'm right handed, so kept quiet. My mother is left handed, and my oldest boy. But I have been known to nurse a kidlet while calling. :o) -Alison Murphy "If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." ~ James Madison

Re: [Callers] Callers discussion / workshop topics

I've been calling for a little over a year now, on a volunteer basis here in Memphis TN. What that works out to is calling at one or two dances a month, and programming and calling half that evenings dances- between 4-5 individual dances each time. So I don't feel like I have a year's

Re: [Callers] What is a Clover Leaf Turn Single?

Jerome, AHA! I spent a lot of time after the dance was over for the night visualizing different dances and trying to get all the steps in order so I could write them down- and by that time all the dances had started to run together in my head, so I only got one dance out complete and it wasn't

Re: [Callers] What is a Clover Leaf Turn Single?

David, Thank you for the description- I think I understand why I was confused now. I would like to try ECD again sometime. I originally was introduced to ECD in Dallas I think? Then to contra. But I wasn't in Dallas long and of the two I've only done contra since. With my current workload at

Re: [Callers] What is a Clover Leaf Turn Single?

David, Is a cloverleaf turn single always ladies over left and gents over right- because I am remembering that in this dance the turning is- inside shoulders towards the outside of the set- which would be ladies over their right and gents over their left. Alison confused in Memphis -- Nancy

Re: [Callers] What is a Clover Leaf Turn Single?

We danced this at Memfest this year with George Marshall and Wild Asparagus. (Not sure how many other dances there could be with the backing up in lines of 4 and the turn single, surely it's this one?) I'm glad to know now what this move is called as I really enjoyed it, and this dance. But,

[Callers] writing dances

Howdy folks! Newbie back with a question. I've written a few dances lately. At least, I think I have! I'm not sure how one finds out if the same combination of dance steps already exists. Also, yes they all work on paper, but I haven't tried them out on anyone yet. Those of you who write

Re: [Callers] Anyone recognize this dance or know a good source to sea rch for author?

Becky Hill published a dance in "The Rosenhill Collection" called "Sadie, Sadie" -on page 38 of that collection. It is not the dance you are talking about- but it does have the "slice" move and in the comments it says: The "slice" move is adapted from Paul Balliet's "Hey Man" published in

Re: [Callers] newbie caller with question about Caught in the Act

Chris, Oh awesome! I get it now- she goes *all the way around* he goes 1/2 way and cuts through back to where he started, then they reverse roles. Makes sense! Thank you so much for explaining it! Alison Murpy Memphis TN -- "Chris Page" wrote: I think the confusion here