Re: [Callers] does this dance already exist?

The Partner Box the Gnat (across) at the end of A1 leaves partners facing opposite directions (one up the hall,the other down). One is looking at a new neighbor, the other is looking at the neighbor they were just dancing with. Who swings who? This needs clarification. Dale On Sat, Sep 8, 2018

Re: [Callers] does this dance already exist?

lf Of Jerome Grisanti via Callers Sent: 09 September 2018 16:43 To: Jean Gibson-Gorrindo ; callers Subject: Re: [Callers] does this dance already exist? Jean, At the end of the A2 Box the Gnat, the gents have their backs toward their original neighbor and so must release the box-the-gnat hand wi

Re: [Callers] does this dance already exist?

In contra, I find 2 beats per pull-by and 1 beat per quarter turn works out nicely. When it's done with balances, and quick pull-bys, people can cheat by trimming the balance times. When it gets done as 8 beats for a square through four without balances, the floor becomes rather choppy, to say

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Jean, At the end of the A2 Box the Gnat, the gents have their backs toward their original neighbor and so must release the box-the-gnat hand with intention in order to turn their body into the neighbor balance & swing. Not necessarily a problem, just a heads-up. The ladies, it appears, will be

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In MWSD it is the fact that the dancers are not adjacent to each other, the two beats allow them to get into the center and then they have 8 beats to square thru. -Rich On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 2:48 AM Nick Cuccia via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Could hand technique be

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Could hand technique be contributing to square thrus taking more than two beats per exchange?  One of my long-past English dance instructors taught pull-by hands as almost a quick handshake-and-release, where you're no longer in contact by the time you're shoulder-to-shoulder.  If the dancers

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It really doesn’t make much difference in this case since the domino will take 8 beats if there’s 8 beats left. I was just curious about 10 for the square through - in English dancing we do have eight beat circular heys (like “Collier’s Daughter”) but the convention is usually not to take

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The Callerlab timing chart has square thru taking 10 beats from a static square and 8 beats from (closer( facing couples such as they would be after the heads star thru. In the following square I would allow 10 beats. Heads Lead Right & Circle to a Line, Lines F 2 ladies Chain Across and Back

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I’ve mulled over the timing of square through 4 for some time. 10 is what I’ve come up with after walking it through in my living room and more importantly watching the dancers do it in dances I’ve written. Much depends on where you end and start and also on formation (squared set or contra)

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Tom — Why is the square through 4 10 beats? — Alan Sent from my iPad > On Sep 8, 2018, at 1:39 PM, Tom Hinds via Callers > wrote: > > Jean, nice dance. Let us know how it goes if you try it out. I would be > surprised if your dance has been written before. You list it as a double >

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Correction. The second square through is the same direction. Sent from my iPad > On Sep 8, 2018, at 4:39 PM, Tom Hinds via Callers > wrote: > > Jean, nice dance. Let us know how it goes if you try it out. I would be > surprised if your dance has been written before. You list it as a

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Jean, nice dance. Let us know how it goes if you try it out. I would be surprised if your dance has been written before. You list it as a double progression. Is that because you swing the second neighbor? You gave me an idea for a new dance. I’m not trying to out do any one here, just

[Callers] does this dance already exist?

Hello Callers! Around the breakfast table at Penelope Weinberger’s house this morning, while on tour with Cloud Ten, I came up with this dance. Wrote it with the Sam Bartlett tune Penelope’s Cruise (also written for Penelope Weinberger) in mind. Wondering if it is already out there? Thanks

Re: [Callers] Does this dance already exist?

I could visualize giving a left hand to your partner to help the transition from petronella spin to ladies chain. The ladies' orientation remains facing into the set, while the gents would spin a bit more and face out, with a left-hand pull-by helping ladies into the chain and the gents into

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Hey Martha, I agree some dances are entirely too clockwise. But there's a difference between graceful shifts in direction to unwind, like circle L to Cir R with the next, or M alle L to P Alle R, or such, and contactless momentum changes. Some of us spin hard. With nothing but our own

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Hi, all. Actually, I think the transition from the petronella to the ladies chain is a good one. There are certain moves in dancing, that I’ve heard called “poise points,” where one purposefully switches direction, and it can be very satisfying. For me, the spin to the right feels like the

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Hi Esther, If anyone has not mentioned it, I feel there is a kink in the flow trying to go from a petronella to a chain. As you spin R, it is the left hand which feels available as you face the set because your body has been rotating clockwise, even as it move CCW around the minor set. So

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Hi Esther, Such a move is in my Greenfield Tornado dance. Choreo and a video link is on my blog post . I'm not aware of any other dance until now which used this combination, but would be happy to give credit to a prior pioneer. -Don On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 5:24

[Callers] Does this dance already exist?

Hey folks, Has anyone seen this dance already? A1: Balance the ring & petronella Ladies Chain A2: Full Hey, Ladies pass R (16) B1: Ladies Chain P Allemande L B2: Balance the ring & Petronella Balance the ring & California twirl Also interested in other dances that have a

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letsda...@rgoldman.org From: Callers [mailto:callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Tepfer, Seth via Callers Sent: Monday, March 06, 2017 10:52 AM To: Caller's discussion list <call...@sharedweight.net> Subject: [Callers] Does this dance already exist? A1: N B A2: LLFB;

Re: [Callers] Does this dance already exist?

Seth Tepfer wrote: [Does this dance already exist?] > A1: N B > A2: LLFB; Gents Allemande L 1.5 > B1: P B > B2: P promenade across; Circle Left 3/4, N pull by > It seems so obvious that someone must have written it before. It's similar to two of mine. I could have tweaked one or the other

[Callers] Does this dance already exist?

A1: N B A2: LLFB; Gents Allemande L 1.5 B1: P B B2: P promenade across; Circle Left 3/4, N pull by It seems so obvious that someone must have written it before. Seth Tepfer Director of Administrative Computing Oxford College 770-784-8487 seth.tep...@emory.edu Use AskIT for fastest response:

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'Twere me, I'd simply flip the original A1. LH Star into Circle Left back then P Dosi flows and allows the P to assist into the Dosi for more "connectedness". I'm a little concerned about the bumping possibility from a simultaneous all P Dosi across the set but if there's enough space a "spread

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Two things in the email: 1) Comment on Seth's Possibly New Dance 2) A Possibly New Dance I made up == = 1) Seth's Dance == == > Aahz Maruch aked: >> A1: (8) Circle Left; (8) Left hand Star > > Did you intend to reverse

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The right hand star also flows better into the do-si-do, n'est-ce pas? On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Aahz Maruch via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 14, 2014, Tepfer, Seth via Callers wrote: > > > > duple minor, improper: > > A1: (8) Circle Left; (8) Left hand

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From: Callers <callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net> on behalf of Michael Dyck via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 2:10 PM To: callers@lists.sharedweight.net Subject: Re: [Callers] does this dance already exist? On 14-07-14 06:04 AM, Tepf

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On 14-07-14 06:04 AM, Tepfer, Seth via Callers wrote: If no one claims it, I'm calling it last minute contra, unless there is already a dance by that name. http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/index/search.php?ti=minute shows "Last Minute Jig" by Tony Parkes (published in "Son of Shadrack").

Re: [Callers] does this dance already exist?

the center (8) Separate, come up the outside A2: (8) Actives Do-si-Do Partner (8) Neighbor Do-si-Do B1: (16) Neighbor Balance & Swing B2: (8) Promenade Across (8) Right & Left Through On 07/14/2014 09:04 AM, Tepfer, Seth via Callers wrote: Does this dance already exist

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On Mon, Jul 14, 2014, Tepfer, Seth via Callers wrote: > > duple minor, improper: > A1: (8) Circle Left; (8) Left hand Star > A2: (8) Partner DSD; (8) Neighbor DSD > B1: (16) Neighbor balance and swing > B2: (8) Long lines; (8)1s swing Did you intend to reverse direction or should that be a

[Callers] does this dance already exist?

Does this dance already exist? I made it up on the spot, but I'd be shocked if it didn't already exist. If no one claims it, I'm calling it last minute contra, unless there is already a dance by that name. duple minor, improper: A1: (8) Circle Left; (8) Left hand Star A2: (8) Partner DSD; (8)

Re: [Callers] Does this dance already exist?

I've never called "Slow M'Ocean", but from diagramming it on paper it seems to me that the A1/A2 should work perfectly well (and leave dancers back in their original starting positions at the end of A2) if men and women advance EQUALLY to get into the swings. In this case, the "Pass thru to an

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I called this in Baltimore last night (? world premier). It is a good dance but it is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL to ensure that the men do not move from where they are in the swings in A1/A2. I taught it emphasizing this and called it thus. However, as I reduced my calling, so the men started moving.

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Although it is a very different dance, I wrote a dance which starts in this way. It was written in November 2008, to celebrate the wedding of very close friends of mine. Here it is. Linda The Fabulous Couple by Linda Leslie Contra/Becket-CW/Int A1 Pass through to an ocean wave Balance

[Callers] Does this dance already exist?

Wrote this one on my way back from calling Norfolk. Slow M'Ocean Becket A1 Pass thru to an Ocean Wave (Ps are facing in opposite directions). Balance forward and back. Swing your SHADOW (who is facing you in the next wave). (Gents, make the ladies come to you.) End facing across. A2 Pass