Hi All:
I wrote a dance to honor my BFF and his long time service to the Swingin' Tern
Dance in NJ, writing the puns for their fliers for 35 years and doing publicity
(and to honor his upcoming birthday). Many of you know him, Doug Heacock
(pronounced Heycock). If you don't know him as a dance
Hi, back to close the loop on this one. Thanks for the helpful replies here
- I also posted this to the "Rising Callers..." group on Facebook and got
several suggestions there as well:
Alan Prince Winston's HEYLOFT and HEY, HEY IN THE HAYLOFT
Flashy Sorrell Mare by Rich Goss
Blackbirds of Spring b
Hi,
I've been assigned the opening slot at this year's 2019 New England Folk
Festival (NEFFA) for my session:
"Keepin' It Proper Contras - It's not all about improper contras! Dances
from times past to the present set in a proper form."
S... what proper dances have you found to be particular
I have enjoyed Indigo Silk by Lynn Ackerson and High Voltage Gypsy by John
Combs as taught by Nils Fredland. And you could always do Rory O’ More! :-)
> On Mar 4, 2019, at 1:50 PM, Don Veino via Callers
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've been assigned the opening slot at this year's 2019 New England
Something new perhaps? I wrote this recently, trying to avoid the
ubiquitous half figure 8 figure:
It's Good to be Number Two
Duple, Proper
A1: Second corners balance LH and swat the flea (8), and allemande left
once or twice (8);
A2: Partners meltdown swing (16), end facing across;
B1: Balance t
Hi, Luke (and others)!
Jeremy Korr called this on Saturday night and I danced it as a Lady/Raven with
a partner who was not a switcher so I can comment on it as a Lady dancer but
not from the Gents/Larks perspective.
I generally liked the dance. The flow was good and it was nice to have
differ