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Pat Shaw's "The American Husband" -- and all of the rest of his dances -- can be found at this wonderful, fairly recent website: http://www.patshaw.info/dances/ --Chris Page San Diego

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Device Original message From: Mac Mckeever via Callers List-Post: callers@lists.sharedweight.net Date:06/10/2017 1:48 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Frederick Park ,Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share Since you mentioned circle mixers - one of my curren

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com>; "Callers@lists.sharedweight.net" <Callers@lists.sharedweight.net> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2017 2:06 PM Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share I'm curious - what is it about having the ladies in the center that makes it work better?Jacob Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE

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k Park <freder...@apalache.com>,Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share Since you mentioned circle mixers - one of my current favorites is a very easy one that has been around for a while - but I only discovered it a couple years ago. I messed with it a li

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ERROR Correction in the first, long paragraph below: 1s are back-to-back in the center. 2s are on the outside (moving up the hall, eventually)!!! On Jun 10, 2017, at 11:54 AM, Frederick Park wrote: . . . I wish to offer a teaching element I’ve used successfully in the

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ers@lists.sharedweight.net> To: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2017 10:54 AM Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share Dear Folks, This little opening for discussion of unusual dances that are not contra or square is delightful. Thank you all. "Le Brandy" and the “

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Dear Folks, This little opening for discussion of unusual dances that are not contra or square is delightful. Thank you all. "Le Brandy" and the “Weevil" are both new to me and have great potential I think. Erik, I don’t have your “double becket" dance - will you send it my way? The other

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ers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share In observing the teaching of The Weevil, I found it helpful for some contra dancers to have the progression explained. Every time through the dance you should be moving two places to the right, wrapping arou

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I call Le Brandy or 1 2 3 Poussez as well, but I time it so we count 1, 2, 3, at the end of A2 and say POUSSEZ  and  push off at the top of B1.  I think I end up using a half dosido to make it fit.My other favorite is called May Day Sashay.  It's done in contra formation, but groups of 3 facing

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In observing the teaching of The Weevil, I found it helpful for some contra dancers to have the progression explained. Every time through the dance you should be moving two places to the right, wrapping around the aT the ends.

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Hi Frederick, You'll find lots of dances at: http://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances.html http://contrafusion.co.uk/DancesEDS.html If you call the Weevil, the most helpful things you can do are: Make sure everyone knows that there are seven positions and the "threes" must face the gaps

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, June 8, 2017 7:25 PM Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share Howdy Folks!Interested to know of dances you’ve found that are NOT contra or square dances.Catagorically fun dances, dances for irregular numbers of couples, circles of any sort, odd formations, etc.Matters not what tradition they may com

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On 6/8/2017 6:35 PM, Mac Mckeever via Callers wrote: I have a dance called The Weevil by Richard Mason It is a 7 person set (3 face 4) It looks like it would be fun - but I have never had the opportunity to try it out. Anyone had any experience with this one? The Weevil

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ct: Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share Howdy Folks! Interested to know of dances you’ve found that are NOT contra or square dances. Catagorically fun dances, dances for irregular numbers of couples, circles of any sort, odd formations, etc. Matters not what tradition they may come from or if you

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You might have seen it already, but I'm a fan of Sherry Nevin's "Monkey in the Middle." She technically calls it a square, but I think of it as a 9 person circle mixer. Monkey in the Middle, by Sherry Nevins 9-person set: circle of 8, plus 1 in the middle A1 Circle left (8)

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I recently called Pat Shaw’s K & E for the first time. I think of it as a contra dance, in its own unusual formation, though I guess one is more likely to encounter it in an English dance setting. The dance has some challenges, and might be suitable for an advanced session, but I’m happy to say

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

Howdy Folks! Interested to know of dances you’ve found that are NOT contra or square dances. Catagorically fun dances, dances for irregular numbers of couples, circles of any sort, odd formations, etc. Matters not what tradition they may come from or if you think of the dance as strictly for

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Thought I'd share this with the group. I wrote this last April while touring with Tempest in the East. Back story. We stayed with Laura Light in Asheville, NC. The neighborhood were she lives has a resident who has a botanical garden. Only the folks in the neighborhood are allowed in.