Re: [Callers] New Dance?

2017-10-02 Thread Robert Green via Callers
I put it in an English country dance to "Lisa, Lisa"' , a Tango vals by Larry Unger. The dance is A Lean Tango. Easy enough to teach as " Hands across star, Ladies ( or gents) backing up.) Sent from my iPad > On Oct 2, 2017, at 2:17 PM, Dugan Murphy via Callers > wrote: > > Hi, Bill, > > I'

Re: [Callers] Looking for "fun" dances

2018-02-01 Thread Robert Green via Callers
Here is a photo of The Wheel from the original Dizzy Dances Sent from my iPad > On Feb 1, 2018, at 9:27 AM, Bill Olson via Callers > wrote: > > Rick and Mac and all, I also tried various "fixes" like promenading clockwise > but like a lot of times I have tried to "fix" a dance, it gets clunk

Re: [Callers] Colonial Dances Adapted for ONS?

2018-02-10 Thread Robert Green via Callers
Jefferson & Liberty - just replace the. 4 changes with “1s Swing”... l call it Jefferson’s Remorse” ( He must have regretted his Dance didn’t have a partner swing, right?). Sent from my iPad > On Feb 10, 2018, at 1:29 PM, Dorcas Hand via Callers > wrote: > > Lady of the Lake? Not sure dates

Re: [Callers] Waltz-Time Contra Choreography

2017-08-09 Thread Robert Green via Callers
Of course you are correct that it is a "regular" contra. There is nothing that forces the dance to be done in waltz time, only my intent makes it a waltz contra. I give a little of the back story in this video of the maiden voyage of the dance. http://youtu.be/PXwAAASyrSE I don't have any of t

Re: [Callers] Callers Digest, Vol 40, Issue 10

2017-08-17 Thread Robert Green via Callers
Amen Louise Sent from my iPad > On Aug 16, 2017, at 4:31 PM, Gretchen Caldwell via Callers > wrote: > > Tulsa Tribute is a simple, lovely "contra waltz" that works well as a > cool-down on a hot night. I sometimes use it as the next-to-last dance of > the evening. The band needs to choose