Re: [Callers] new dance

[Rich Goss via Callers]

Called Chuck’s dance tomight in Portland (OR) with Chuck playing in the band.   
Nicely received by the dancers.   Great dance.  

> On Jul 6, 2019, at 11:26 AM, Charles Abell via Callers 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> Charles Abell has shared a OneDrive file with you. To view it, click the link 
> below. 
>  
> Poussetranella 2.MOV
> Here's a new dance I wrote and premiered at our local dance a few weeks ago, 
> to very positive reviews. I'm proud of the dance overall, but particularly 
> with title. If anyone is aware of another dance using this title, please 
> indicate that. It's worth noting that partner contact is a bit limited in 
> this dance, but it feels like a worthwhile trade off given the nice flow of 
> the dance and the long partner swing at the end. 
> 
> Feedback welcome. (Video attached)
> 
> Poussetranella (Becket)C. 
> Abell 6/19
> 
> A1  Ring bal, Petronella 1x (8)
> Ring bal, Petronella (take hands with N) (8)*
> A2  Half poussette, gents go backwards first (4)
> Ladies continue backwards to other side, gents pass right sh (4)**
> N swing (8)
> B1   Circle left 3/4x, slide left (ladies lead) (8)
> (new) Gents dosido 1x (8)
> B2   P bal and swing (16)
> w/ same N…
> 
> * I suggest the dancers skip the clap on the second Petronella
> ** Gents pass right sh in the middle - nice flow into the swing
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Re: [Callers] new dance

[Erik Hoffman via Callers]

I agree with Tom Hinds, Nice Dance.

But in my geezerness, I'd suggest dancers skip all the claps. But I know it 
ain't going to happen.

~Erik Hoffman



Poussetranella (Becket) C. 
Abell 6/19



A1   Ring bal, Petronella 1x (8)

Ring bal, Petronella (take hands with N) (8)*
A2   Half poussette, gents go backwards first (4)

Ladies continue backwards to other side, gents pass right sh (4)**

N swing (8)

B1   Circle left 3/4x, slide left (ladies lead) (8)
(new) Gents dosido 1x (8)

B2   P bal and swing (16)

w/ same N...



* I suggest the dancers skip the clap on the second Petronella

** Gents pass right sh in the middle - nice flow into the swing

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Re: [Callers] new dance

[tom hinds via Callers]

Nice dance!


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Re: [Callers] new dance

[Charles Abell via Callers]

Charles Abell has shared a OneDrive file with you. To view it, click the link 
below.

[https://r1.res.office365.com/owa/prem/images/dc-mpg_20.png]
Poussetranella 2.MOV

Here's a new dance I wrote and premiered at our local dance a few weeks ago, to 
very positive reviews. I'm proud of the dance overall, but particularly with 
title. If anyone is aware of another dance using this title, please indicate 
that. It's worth noting that partner contact is a bit limited in this dance, 
but it feels like a worthwhile trade off given the nice flow of the dance and 
the long partner swing at the end.

Feedback welcome. (Video attached)


Poussetranella (Becket)C. 
Abell 6/19


A1  Ring bal, Petronella 1x (8)

Ring bal, Petronella (take hands with N) (8)*
A2  Half poussette, gents go backwards first (4)

Ladies continue backwards to other side, gents pass right sh (4)**

N swing (8)

B1   Circle left 3/4x, slide left (ladies lead) (8)
(new) Gents dosido 1x (8)

B2   P bal and swing (16)

w/ same N…


* I suggest the dancers skip the clap on the second Petronella

** Gents pass right sh in the middle - nice flow into the swing

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Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[billinhi--- via Callers]

Oui!!!
... and you may have actually seen the dance before, ...
because it is on You tube!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ7xhFARmQ0
(love the flashers...)

and variations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqfB_5CPTsI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Qfx_VHm8k

Bill Fay
Honolulu

(And thanks again for your work on youtube & callersbox Chris!)

Bill Olson via Callers wrote:
Um just saying, and I don't think anyone brought this up yet,.. we're 
talking about "Spring Break" by Nils. "Spring Fever" is a dance by 
Tony Parkes from the 1980"s, totally unrelated.. oui??


bill


*From:* Callers  on behalf of 
Chris Page via Callers 

*Sent:* Saturday, June 29, 2019 8:47 PM
*To:* Jack Mitchell
*Cc:* callers
*Subject:* Re: [Callers] New Dance?
There's a couple of versions of Spring Break:

https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20150909222325%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nilsfredland.com%2Ffiles%2F2014%2F04%2FDance-Compositions1.pdfdata=02%7C01%7C%7C44a4c670446049b6ab3308d6fcd30474%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C636974380571017396sdata=Z1inbevRqEPW7cg4kjXfAmyYlr0pmrOqmyab0NCrNpY%3Dreserved=0

-Chris Page
San Diego
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Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Bill Olson via Callers]

Um just saying, and I don't think anyone brought this up yet,.. we're talking 
about "Spring Break" by Nils. "Spring Fever" is a dance by Tony Parkes from the 
1980"s, totally unrelated.. oui??

bill


From: Callers  on behalf of Chris Page 
via Callers 
Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 8:47 PM
To: Jack Mitchell
Cc: callers
Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance?

There's a couple of versions of Spring Break:

https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20150909222325%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nilsfredland.com%2Ffiles%2F2014%2F04%2FDance-Compositions1.pdfdata=02%7C01%7C%7C44a4c670446049b6ab3308d6fcd30474%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C636974380571017396sdata=Z1inbevRqEPW7cg4kjXfAmyYlr0pmrOqmyab0NCrNpY%3Dreserved=0

-Chris Page
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Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Chris Page via Callers]

There's a couple of versions of Spring Break:

https://web.archive.org/web/20150909222325/http://www.nilsfredland.com/files/2014/04/Dance-Compositions1.pdf

-Chris Page
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Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Ron Blechner via Callers]

Yeah, an unfortunate case of same-names.

On Sat, Jun 29, 2019, 1:49 PM Jack Mitchell  wrote:

> Tho I have spring fever with a different B1: Hey with hands - gents pull
> by L, P pull by R, Ravens Alle L 1x, P Sw
>
> Jack Mitchell
> Durham, NC
> On Jun 29, 2019, 2:28 AM -0400, Ron Blechner via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net>, wrote:
>
> It's basically Spring Fever, by Nils Fredland:
>
> A1 bal, petro, bal, petro
> A2 N B+S
> B1 1/2 Hey, Larks passing L, Ravens ricochet, PS
> B2 Circle L 3/4, Bal, pass thru
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 8, 2019, 9:07 AM Angela DeCarlis via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> Hello all!
>
> In a scene with which I'm sure many of you are familiar, I woke up in the
> middle of the night with a tune stuck in my head, and I couldn't fall
> asleep until I'd written a dance to go with it.
>
> Let me know if someone's beat me to it:
>
> Molly Apple Pye, Becket
>
> A1: Balance Ring, Petronella
>Balance Ring, Pass through up and down
> A2: New Neighbor Balance and Swing
> B1: Gents start 3/4 Hey across (GL PR LL NR GL PR),
>Ladies Ricochet*
> B2: Partner Swing
>
> I realize the partner swing in this version is longer than standard, but
> figure since the timing can run long for a full hey with ricochet and since
> the next move is a ring balance, I don't mind giving the dancers the extra
> time to get their affairs in order. ;)
>
> *But maybe the timing works better if the Ladies dance a
> left-shoulder-round instead, to take up a bit more music? I need to
> play-test! In that case, the B's would be,
>
> B1: Gents start 3/4 Hey across (GL PR LL NR GL PR),
>Ladies Left Shoulder Round
> B2: Partner Right Shoulder Round and Swing
>
> Thanks!
> Angela
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Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Jack Mitchell via Callers]

Tho I have spring fever with a different B1: Hey with hands - gents pull by L, 
P pull by R, Ravens Alle L 1x, P Sw

Jack Mitchell
Durham, NC
On Jun 29, 2019, 2:28 AM -0400, Ron Blechner via Callers 
, wrote:
> It's basically Spring Fever, by Nils Fredland:
>
> A1 bal, petro, bal, petro
> A2 N B+S
> B1 1/2 Hey, Larks passing L, Ravens ricochet, PS
> B2 Circle L 3/4, Bal, pass thru
>
>
> > On Sat, Jun 8, 2019, 9:07 AM Angela DeCarlis via Callers 
> >  wrote:
> > > Hello all!
> > >
> > > In a scene with which I'm sure many of you are familiar, I woke up in the 
> > > middle of the night with a tune stuck in my head, and I couldn't fall 
> > > asleep until I'd written a dance to go with it.
> > >
> > > Let me know if someone's beat me to it:
> > >
> > > Molly Apple Pye, Becket
> > >
> > > A1: Balance Ring, Petronella
> > >        Balance Ring, Pass through up and down
> > > A2: New Neighbor Balance and Swing
> > > B1: Gents start 3/4 Hey across (GL PR LL NR GL PR),
> > >        Ladies Ricochet*
> > > B2: Partner Swing
> > >
> > > I realize the partner swing in this version is longer than standard, but 
> > > figure since the timing can run long for a full hey with ricochet and 
> > > since the next move is a ring balance, I don't mind giving the dancers 
> > > the extra time to get their affairs in order. ;)
> > >
> > > *But maybe the timing works better if the Ladies dance a 
> > > left-shoulder-round instead, to take up a bit more music? I need to 
> > > play-test! In that case, the B's would be,
> > >
> > > B1: Gents start 3/4 Hey across (GL PR LL NR GL PR),
> > >        Ladies Left Shoulder Round
> > > B2: Partner Right Shoulder Round and Swing
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > Angela
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Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Ron Blechner via Callers]

It's basically Spring Fever, by Nils Fredland:

A1 bal, petro, bal, petro
A2 N B+S
B1 1/2 Hey, Larks passing L, Ravens ricochet, PS
B2 Circle L 3/4, Bal, pass thru


On Sat, Jun 8, 2019, 9:07 AM Angela DeCarlis via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Hello all!
>
> In a scene with which I'm sure many of you are familiar, I woke up in the
> middle of the night with a tune stuck in my head, and I couldn't fall
> asleep until I'd written a dance to go with it.
>
> Let me know if someone's beat me to it:
>
> Molly Apple Pye, Becket
>
> A1: Balance Ring, Petronella
>Balance Ring, Pass through up and down
> A2: New Neighbor Balance and Swing
> B1: Gents start 3/4 Hey across (GL PR LL NR GL PR),
>Ladies Ricochet*
> B2: Partner Swing
>
> I realize the partner swing in this version is longer than standard, but
> figure since the timing can run long for a full hey with ricochet and since
> the next move is a ring balance, I don't mind giving the dancers the extra
> time to get their affairs in order. ;)
>
> *But maybe the timing works better if the Ladies dance a
> left-shoulder-round instead, to take up a bit more music? I need to
> play-test! In that case, the B's would be,
>
> B1: Gents start 3/4 Hey across (GL PR LL NR GL PR),
>Ladies Left Shoulder Round
> B2: Partner Right Shoulder Round and Swing
>
> Thanks!
> Angela
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Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Angela DeCarlis via Callers]

Thanks, Ric! Yes, those look to be the dots. Thank you! The folks in
Leveret are such good tune writers themselves that I can't always tell old
traditional songs of theirs from newer inventions.

On Sat, Jun 8, 2019 at 12:50 PM QuiAnn2  wrote:

> Well, now that it’s been pointed out to me, it seems rather obvious! Doh!
> I’d like to think that if I had read the list of tunes in the album before
> writing that email I would have figured it out. ha ha
>
> Angela, I like the way your dance matches the feel of the music. The hey
> in the B part is so appropriate! I do enjoy when there is an added feature
> at the end of a hey like an allemande or a shoulder-round and long swings
> tire me out so I think experimentation is certainly in order.
>
> Jacqui
>
> On Jun 8, 2019, at 09:41, Ric Goldman - Letsdance via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> It’s Molly Apple Pye – same name as the dance.  A plain vanilla version of
> the tune can be found at
> https://media.efdss.org/resourcebank/docs/RB224_NYMAZ%20folk-and-traditional-music-teacher-resource-pack_final.pdf#page=23
>
> Cheers, Ric Goldman
> letsda...@rgoldman.org
> 650-906-8707
>
> *From:* Callers  *On Behalf Of 
> *QuiAnn2
> via Callers
> *Sent:* Saturday, June 08, 2019 9:38 AM
> *To:* Angela DeCarlis 
> *Cc:* callers 
> *Subject:* Re: [Callers] New Dance?
>
> Angela, I clicked on the link and it took me to the Diversions Leveret
> album in Spotify but didn’t identify a specific tune. What is the name of
> the tune?
>
>
>
> On Jun 8, 2019, at 06:08, Angela DeCarlis via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> PS, here's the tune! A bit below contra tempo in the recording, but still
> oh so good.
>
>
> https://open.spotify.com/track/0DS00P9yV0T9BGjBj0sBWI?si=3XW4rAcKTX657rphlNCUow
>
> On Sat, Jun 8, 2019, 9:07 AM Angela DeCarlis  wrote:
>
> Hello all!
>
> In a scene with which I'm sure many of you are familiar, I woke up in the
> middle of the night with a tune stuck in my head, and I couldn't fall
> asleep until I'd written a dance to go with it.
>
> Let me know if someone's beat me to it:
>
> Molly Apple Pye, Becket
>
> A1: Balance Ring, Petronella
>Balance Ring, Pass through up and down
> A2: New Neighbor Balance and Swing
> B1: Gents start 3/4 Hey across (GL PR LL NR GL PR),
>Ladies Ricochet*
> B2: Partner Swing
>
> I realize the partner swing in this version is longer than standard, but
> figure since the timing can run long for a full hey with ricochet and since
> the next move is a ring balance, I don't mind giving the dancers the extra
> time to get their affairs in order. ;)
>
> *But maybe the timing works better if the Ladies dance a
> left-shoulder-round instead, to take up a bit more music? I need to
> play-test! In that case, the B's would be,
>
> B1: Gents start 3/4 Hey across (GL PR LL NR GL PR),
>Ladies Left Shoulder Round
> B2: Partner Right Shoulder Round and Swing
>
> Thanks!
> Angela
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Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[QuiAnn2 via Callers]

Well, now that it’s been pointed out to me, it seems rather obvious! Doh! I’d 
like to think that if I had read the list of tunes in the album before writing 
that email I would have figured it out. ha ha

Angela, I like the way your dance matches the feel of the music. The hey in the 
B part is so appropriate! I do enjoy when there is an added feature at the end 
of a hey like an allemande or a shoulder-round and long swings tire me out so I 
think experimentation is certainly in order.

Jacqui

> On Jun 8, 2019, at 09:41, Ric Goldman - Letsdance via Callers 
>  wrote:
> 
> It’s Molly Apple Pye – same name as the dance.  A plain vanilla version of 
> the tune can be found at 
> https://media.efdss.org/resourcebank/docs/RB224_NYMAZ%20folk-and-traditional-music-teacher-resource-pack_final.pdf#page=23
>  
> <https://media.efdss.org/resourcebank/docs/RB224_NYMAZ%20folk-and-traditional-music-teacher-resource-pack_final.pdf#page=23>
>  
> Cheers, Ric Goldman
> letsda...@rgoldman.org <mailto:letsda...@rgoldman.org>
> 650-906-8707
>  
> From: Callers  <mailto:callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net>> On Behalf Of QuiAnn2 via 
> Callers
> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2019 9:38 AM
> To: Angela DeCarlis mailto:aedecar...@gmail.com>>
> Cc: callers  <mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>>
> Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance?
>  
> Angela, I clicked on the link and it took me to the Diversions Leveret album 
> in Spotify but didn’t identify a specific tune. What is the name of the tune?
>  
>  
>> On Jun 8, 2019, at 06:08, Angela DeCarlis via Callers 
>> mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>> 
>> wrote:
>>  
>> PS, here's the tune! A bit below contra tempo in the recording, but still oh 
>> so good.
>>  
>> https://open.spotify.com/track/0DS00P9yV0T9BGjBj0sBWI?si=3XW4rAcKTX657rphlNCUow
>>  
>> <https://open.spotify.com/track/0DS00P9yV0T9BGjBj0sBWI?si=3XW4rAcKTX657rphlNCUow>
>>  
>> On Sat, Jun 8, 2019, 9:07 AM Angela DeCarlis > <mailto:aedecar...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> Hello all!
>>>  
>>> In a scene with which I'm sure many of you are familiar, I woke up in the 
>>> middle of the night with a tune stuck in my head, and I couldn't fall 
>>> asleep until I'd written a dance to go with it.
>>>  
>>> Let me know if someone's beat me to it:
>>>  
>>> Molly Apple Pye, Becket
>>>  
>>> A1: Balance Ring, Petronella
>>>Balance Ring, Pass through up and down
>>> A2: New Neighbor Balance and Swing
>>> B1: Gents start 3/4 Hey across (GL PR LL NR GL PR),
>>>Ladies Ricochet*
>>> B2: Partner Swing
>>>  
>>> I realize the partner swing in this version is longer than standard, but 
>>> figure since the timing can run long for a full hey with ricochet and since 
>>> the next move is a ring balance, I don't mind giving the dancers the extra 
>>> time to get their affairs in order. ;) 
>>>  
>>> *But maybe the timing works better if the Ladies dance a 
>>> left-shoulder-round instead, to take up a bit more music? I need to 
>>> play-test! In that case, the B's would be,
>>>  
>>> B1: Gents start 3/4 Hey across (GL PR LL NR GL PR),
>>>Ladies Left Shoulder Round
>>> B2: Partner Right Shoulder Round and Swing
>>>  
>>> Thanks!
>>> Angela
>> 
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Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Ric Goldman - Letsdance via Callers]

It’s Molly Apple Pye – same name as the dance.  A plain vanilla version of the 
tune can be found at 
https://media.efdss.org/resourcebank/docs/RB224_NYMAZ%20folk-and-traditional-music-teacher-resource-pack_final.pdf#page=23

 

Cheers, Ric Goldman

letsda...@rgoldman.org <mailto:letsda...@rgoldman.org> 

650-906-8707

 

From: Callers  On Behalf Of QuiAnn2 via 
Callers
Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2019 9:38 AM
To: Angela DeCarlis 
Cc: callers 
Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance?

 

Angela, I clicked on the link and it took me to the Diversions Leveret album in 
Spotify but didn’t identify a specific tune. What is the name of the tune?

 

 

On Jun 8, 2019, at 06:08, Angela DeCarlis via Callers 
mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net> > wrote:

 

PS, here's the tune! A bit below contra tempo in the recording, but still oh so 
good.

 

https://open.spotify.com/track/0DS00P9yV0T9BGjBj0sBWI?si=3XW4rAcKTX657rphlNCUow

 

On Sat, Jun 8, 2019, 9:07 AM Angela DeCarlis mailto:aedecar...@gmail.com> > wrote:

Hello all!

 

In a scene with which I'm sure many of you are familiar, I woke up in the 
middle of the night with a tune stuck in my head, and I couldn't fall asleep 
until I'd written a dance to go with it.

 

Let me know if someone's beat me to it:

 

Molly Apple Pye, Becket

 

A1: Balance Ring, Petronella

   Balance Ring, Pass through up and down

A2: New Neighbor Balance and Swing

B1: Gents start 3/4 Hey across (GL PR LL NR GL PR),

   Ladies Ricochet*

B2: Partner Swing

 

I realize the partner swing in this version is longer than standard, but figure 
since the timing can run long for a full hey with ricochet and since the next 
move is a ring balance, I don't mind giving the dancers the extra time to get 
their affairs in order. ;) 

 

*But maybe the timing works better if the Ladies dance a left-shoulder-round 
instead, to take up a bit more music? I need to play-test! In that case, the 
B's would be,

 

B1: Gents start 3/4 Hey across (GL PR LL NR GL PR),

   Ladies Left Shoulder Round

B2: Partner Right Shoulder Round and Swing

 

Thanks!

Angela

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Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[QuiAnn2 via Callers]

Angela, I clicked on the link and it took me to the Diversions Leveret album in 
Spotify but didn’t identify a specific tune. What is the name of the tune?


> On Jun 8, 2019, at 06:08, Angela DeCarlis via Callers 
>  wrote:
> 
> PS, here's the tune! A bit below contra tempo in the recording, but still oh 
> so good.
> 
> https://open.spotify.com/track/0DS00P9yV0T9BGjBj0sBWI?si=3XW4rAcKTX657rphlNCUow
>  
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jun 8, 2019, 9:07 AM Angela DeCarlis  > wrote:
> Hello all!
> 
> In a scene with which I'm sure many of you are familiar, I woke up in the 
> middle of the night with a tune stuck in my head, and I couldn't fall asleep 
> until I'd written a dance to go with it.
> 
> Let me know if someone's beat me to it:
> 
> Molly Apple Pye, Becket
> 
> A1: Balance Ring, Petronella
>Balance Ring, Pass through up and down
> A2: New Neighbor Balance and Swing
> B1: Gents start 3/4 Hey across (GL PR LL NR GL PR),
>Ladies Ricochet*
> B2: Partner Swing
> 
> I realize the partner swing in this version is longer than standard, but 
> figure since the timing can run long for a full hey with ricochet and since 
> the next move is a ring balance, I don't mind giving the dancers the extra 
> time to get their affairs in order. ;) 
> 
> *But maybe the timing works better if the Ladies dance a left-shoulder-round 
> instead, to take up a bit more music? I need to play-test! In that case, the 
> B's would be,
> 
> B1: Gents start 3/4 Hey across (GL PR LL NR GL PR),
>Ladies Left Shoulder Round
> B2: Partner Right Shoulder Round and Swing
> 
> Thanks!
> Angela
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Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Angela DeCarlis via Callers]

PS, here's the tune! A bit below contra tempo in the recording, but still
oh so good.

https://open.spotify.com/track/0DS00P9yV0T9BGjBj0sBWI?si=3XW4rAcKTX657rphlNCUow

On Sat, Jun 8, 2019, 9:07 AM Angela DeCarlis  wrote:

> Hello all!
>
> In a scene with which I'm sure many of you are familiar, I woke up in the
> middle of the night with a tune stuck in my head, and I couldn't fall
> asleep until I'd written a dance to go with it.
>
> Let me know if someone's beat me to it:
>
> Molly Apple Pye, Becket
>
> A1: Balance Ring, Petronella
>Balance Ring, Pass through up and down
> A2: New Neighbor Balance and Swing
> B1: Gents start 3/4 Hey across (GL PR LL NR GL PR),
>Ladies Ricochet*
> B2: Partner Swing
>
> I realize the partner swing in this version is longer than standard, but
> figure since the timing can run long for a full hey with ricochet and since
> the next move is a ring balance, I don't mind giving the dancers the extra
> time to get their affairs in order. ;)
>
> *But maybe the timing works better if the Ladies dance a
> left-shoulder-round instead, to take up a bit more music? I need to
> play-test! In that case, the B's would be,
>
> B1: Gents start 3/4 Hey across (GL PR LL NR GL PR),
>Ladies Left Shoulder Round
> B2: Partner Right Shoulder Round and Swing
>
> Thanks!
> Angela
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Re: [Callers] New dance!

[Michael Dyck via Callers]

On 2019-05-14 1:28 a.m., Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Callers wrote:

Kamryn Wisner and I wrote a dance!
Does it exist?

“Techno fix” by Kamryn Wisner and Alexandra Deis-Lauby
A1 N b and swing
A2 Mad robin, Larks allemande left 1.5
B1 Partner b and s
B2 Circle 3/4 balance ring, CA twirl


It's almost the same as "Playground Improvement" by Mark Goodwin:
http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=12739
which has a ricochet hey 1/2 where you have larks allemande L 1.5.

More generally, there are several dances of the form:
   A1  N b+sw
   A2  (16 counts whose net effect is gents cross the set)
   B1  P b+sw
   B2  circle 3/4; balance ring; P cal twirl.

-Michael

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Re: [Callers] New dance!

[Isaac Banner via Callers]

Looks like a variation on "Matthew Just In Time" by David Kaynor with the
Long Lines swapped for a mad robin.

Isaac

On Mon, May 13, 2019, 10:28 PM Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Callers <
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> Kamryn Wisner and I wrote a dance!
>
> Does it exist?
>
> “Techno fix” by Kamryn Wisner and Alexandra Deis-Lauby
>
> A1 N b and swing
> A2 Mad robin, Larks allemande left 1.5
> B1 Partner b and s
> B2 Circle 3/4 balance ring, CA twirl
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [Callers] New Dance- St George's Day Contra

[barrie bullimore via Callers]

Aha!

Revolving doors would work well.

Barrie



On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 6:29 PM Michael Dyck  wrote:

> On 2019-04-22 3:53 a.m., barrie bullimore via Callers wrote:
> > Men need to orbit ccw!
>
> While it's certainly common to have an allemande/orbit combination
> rotating
> in opposite directions, I'm pretty sure Liam intended what he described:
> that both the allemande and orbit are clockwise. It sounds similar to Ron
> Buchanan's "Revolving Door" figure.
>
> -Michael
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Re: [Callers] New Dance- St George's Day Contra

[Michael Dyck via Callers]

On 2019-04-22 3:53 a.m., barrie bullimore via Callers wrote:

Men need to orbit ccw!


While it's certainly common to have an allemande/orbit combination rotating 
in opposite directions, I'm pretty sure Liam intended what he described: 
that both the allemande and orbit are clockwise. It sounds similar to Ron 
Buchanan's "Revolving Door" figure.


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Re: [Callers] New Dance- St George's Day Contra

[barrie bullimore via Callers]

Men need to orbit ccw!

Barrie

On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 12:53 PM Liam Binley via Callers <
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> Hi All,
> Whilst on a walk with my dogs recently enjoying the remarkably good
> weather we have in the UK at the moment, I ended up writing a dance in my
> head that I thought might be quite nice. Well after a bit of refinement, it
> seems to work nicely (although I haven’t tried it out with a big group of
> dancers yet). At the moment It is called ’St George’s Day Contra’ for the
> simple reason that it is St Georges day on Tuesday and I couldn’t think of
> a better name for it, but I am hoping that one will pop into my head soon.
> Please let me know what you think.
>
> Longways: 1s Improper
>
> A1:
>
> (16) Neighbour balance & swing
>
> A2:
>
> (8) Lines forward & back; (8) Ladies allemande RH  *WHILST* gents orbit
> CW and loop wide *1 to flow into…
>
> B1:
>
> (16) Partner balance & swing
>
> B2:
>
> (8) Promenade across {ladies passing R} *2; (6) Circle L ¾; (2) Pass
> through.
>
> NB
>
> *1 Gents cross the set and turn R wide so that it uses up all the music
> and it will flow into the balance & swing. *2 Ladies need to pass R
> shoulder so that you turning R as a unit and it should flow nicely into the
> circle L ¾.
>
>
> P.S Here is a link to the music I have used, It’s on Spotify so whether
> everyone will be able to get it, I don’t know
> https://open.spotify.com/track/40dgK9bzB6NiR3tRUmNTdL?si=lGmyeXhlRO-fNkDrNP4EOQ
>
> Many Thanks,
> Liam Binley.
>
> liam.bin...@me.com
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Re: [Callers] New Dance- St George's Day Contra

[Kalia Kliban via Callers]

Since it was written on St. George's Day, how about "A Dance With Dragons"?
Kalia

On 4/21/2019 4:53 AM, Liam Binley via Callers wrote:

Hi All,
Whilst on a walk with my dogs recently enjoying the remarkably good 
weather we have in the UK at the moment, I ended up writing a dance in 
my head that I thought might be quite nice. Well after a bit of 
refinement, it seems to work nicely (although I haven’t tried it out 
with a big group of dancers yet). At the moment It is called ’St 
George’s Day Contra’ for the simple reason that it is St Georges day on 
Tuesday and I couldn’t think of a better name for it, but I am hoping 
that one will pop into my head soon.

Please let me know what you think.

Longways: 1s Improper

A1:



(16) Neighbour balance & swing

A2:



(8) Lines forward & back; (8) Ladies allemande RH _WHILST_ gents orbit 
CW and loop wide ^*1 to flow into…


B1:



(16) Partner balance & swing

B2:



(8) Promenade across {ladies passing R} ^*2 ; (6) Circle L ¾; (2) Pass 
through.


NB



*1 Gents cross the set and turn R wide so that it uses up all the music 
and it will flow into the balance & swing. *2 Ladies need to pass R 
shoulder so that you turning R as a unit and it should flow nicely into 
the circle L ¾.


P.S Here is a link to the music I have used, It’s on Spotify so whether 
everyone will be able to get it, I don’t know 
https://open.spotify.com/track/40dgK9bzB6NiR3tRUmNTdL?si=lGmyeXhlRO-fNkDrNP4EOQ


Many Thanks,
Liam Binley.

liam.bin...@me.com 


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Re: [Callers] New Dance

[Maia McCormick via Callers]

Neat dance! Would you consider swapping the order of the B2, so it was long
lines and then gents chain? Reasons being:
- lines, chain is more idiomatic than chain, lines
- long lines give dancers a sec to thing before the gents chain
- you get lovely momentum from the chain into the circle L

Good stuff!

Cheers,
Maia

On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 10:09 PM Jack Mitchell via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Looks like a nice flow, but it sure does have a lot of clockwise
> motion.
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 3:17 PM Donna Hunt via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> 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 organizer,
>> perhaps you've seen one of his many dance videos on his youtube channel?
>>
>> Feel free to call the dance and let me know how it works for you.  The
>> dancers at Swingin' Tern this past Saturday enjoyed it.
>>
>> Proud as a Heacock  IMP  by Donna Hunt
>> A1  Circle Left 1x
>> 1/2 Pousette with Partner CW
>>
>> A2 Balance ring (with original neighbors)
>> with Partner: Ladies roll away and Gents sashay
>> Swing Neighbor
>>
>> B1Star Right 3/4,   Swing Partner
>>
>> B2  Gents Chain (left hand pull by)
>> Long Lines forward and back
>>
>>
>> Donna
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Re: [Callers] New Dance

[Jack Mitchell via Callers]

Looks like a nice flow, but it sure does have a lot of clockwise motion.
On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 3:17 PM Donna Hunt via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> 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 organizer,
> perhaps you've seen one of his many dance videos on his youtube channel?
>
> Feel free to call the dance and let me know how it works for you.  The
> dancers at Swingin' Tern this past Saturday enjoyed it.
>
> Proud as a Heacock  IMP  by Donna Hunt
> A1  Circle Left 1x
> 1/2 Pousette with Partner CW
>
> A2 Balance ring (with original neighbors)
> with Partner: Ladies roll away and Gents sashay
> Swing Neighbor
>
> B1Star Right 3/4,   Swing Partner
>
> B2  Gents Chain (left hand pull by)
> Long Lines forward and back
>
>
> Donna
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> Email: dhuntdan...@aol.com
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Re: [Callers] New(?) dance, transitions?

[Luke Donforth via Callers]

Thanks for the feedback, and for giving it a shot!

I'll look into teasing out those transitions and possibly putting them in
separate dances. I'm not a huge fan of chain->swing; although the gyre
there would make it more forgiving.
B2 could be "ladies chain->left hand star 1x" or "circle left 3 places,
balance, pass through". Both of those are pretty common transitions for B2.

A slightly more unusual sequence for B2 that shares the work a bit more
would be gents chain across (pull by left), gents start 1/2 hey by left
shoulder. I think that would require an extra large loop at the end of the
hey to flow into the gyre. Could just be a balance at the A1 though.

Not sure how I'd feel about two different half heys (one by rights in the
middle, one by lefts) in a dance that's already got unusual things going
on.

But thank you again all for kicking it around with me.

On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 1:46 AM QuiAnn2  wrote:

> 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
> different types of transitions. The promenade=>see saw=>1/2 was a very fun
> series. From the time that Jeremy described that series to me during the
> break until the time that he called it in the 2nd half, I was very much
> looking forward to trying it out, and it was great! The A1 N Rt Sh Round to
> a swing worked well coming out of the ladies’ allemande because we had to
> walk a couple of steps to get to our next N. It was good to have fuzzy
> timing there rather than a B, otherwise we would have had to take big
> steps or run a bit.
>
> Some areas for improvement are that it felt to me like the ladies were
> doing a lot of the work with the DSD and the allemande, which are both
> unassisted figures where you’re fighting against rotational pull as opposed
> to a chain which is all forward movement with an assist from the courtesy
> turn. I couldn’t switch roles to test it but a N lady (who knew this was a
> test dance) independently said to me “the ladies are doing a lot of work”.
> Also, both times the ladies approach each other (in the A2 and the B2),
> they are effectively coming out of a swing (if we can agree that LLF is
> neutral) and walking towards each other with the left shoulder leading so
> you had to think “Is this the DSD? Or is this the left allemande?"
>
> Just brainstorming here but maybe replace the ladies allem with a ladies
> chain in the B2? I know this takes away from the “new transitions” idea
> that you had but I think the “gem” of this dance is the A2 & B1 and the
> rest is gravy to support it.
>
> Jacqui Grennan
>
>
> On Mar 1, 2019, at 7:50 AM, Gregory Frock via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Luke,
>
> I think this is a great accessible dance. Flow is fine, and I actually
> feel that getting too much "rightward" muscle memory is not a good thing.
> Symmetry is better for our bodies in the long run. So FWIW, thumbs up for
> me. And I will try it out at one of my next two gigs 3/8 or 3/13.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
>
> On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 10:00 AM Luke Donforth via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I was thinking about standard transitions; and how similar flows could
>> possibly be created while still adding variation to our dance diet.
>>
>> Chain-> (1x or 1/2) hey -> balance and swing works well; but gyre & swing
>> doesn't work well there, because you've set up left shoulder at the end of
>> the hey.
>>
>> allemande left -> (1x or 1/2) hey -> (gyre &) swing works reasonably,
>> because you've set up the other shoulder in the hey.
>>
>> What about coming into the hey from a Sea-Saw? For instance:
>>
>> Contra/Improper
>>
>> A1 ---
>> (16) Neighbor gyre and swing
>> A2 ---
>> (8) Promenade across the Set
>> (8) Ladies Sea-Saw 1.5x
>> B1 ---
>> (8) 1/2 Hey, ladies passing partner right shoulders
>> (8) Partner swing
>> B2 ---
>> (8) Long lines, forward and back
>> (8) Ladies allemande Left 1-1/2
>>
>> I think that flows well, but I don't have dancers to play with at the
>> moment. If anyone more used to dancing the traditional ladies roll wants to
>> talk about muscle memory and flow, I'd appreciate it. Would the sea saw and
>> left allemande just be too outside the realm of familiar to be fun?
>>
>> Assuming this is a new composition that works, I'll call it Sinister
>> Ravens.
>>
>> Thanks for your thoughts.
>>
>>
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Re: [Callers] New(?) dance, transitions?

[QuiAnn2 via Callers]

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 
different types of transitions. The promenade=>see saw=>1/2 was a very fun 
series. From the time that Jeremy described that series to me during the break 
until the time that he called it in the 2nd half, I was very much looking 
forward to trying it out, and it was great! The A1 N Rt Sh Round to a swing 
worked well coming out of the ladies’ allemande because we had to walk a couple 
of steps to get to our next N. It was good to have fuzzy timing there rather 
than a B, otherwise we would have had to take big steps or run a bit. 

Some areas for improvement are that it felt to me like the ladies were doing a 
lot of the work with the DSD and the allemande, which are both unassisted 
figures where you’re fighting against rotational pull as opposed to a chain 
which is all forward movement with an assist from the courtesy turn. I couldn’t 
switch roles to test it but a N lady (who knew this was a test dance) 
independently said to me “the ladies are doing a lot of work”. Also, both times 
the ladies approach each other (in the A2 and the B2), they are effectively 
coming out of a swing (if we can agree that LLF is neutral) and walking 
towards each other with the left shoulder leading so you had to think “Is this 
the DSD? Or is this the left allemande?"

Just brainstorming here but maybe replace the ladies allem with a ladies chain 
in the B2? I know this takes away from the “new transitions” idea that you had 
but I think the “gem” of this dance is the A2 & B1 and the rest is gravy to 
support it.

Jacqui Grennan


> On Mar 1, 2019, at 7:50 AM, Gregory Frock via Callers 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hi Luke,
> 
> I think this is a great accessible dance. Flow is fine, and I actually feel 
> that getting too much "rightward" muscle memory is not a good thing. Symmetry 
> is better for our bodies in the long run. So FWIW, thumbs up for me. And I 
> will try it out at one of my next two gigs 3/8 or 3/13.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Greg
> 
> On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 10:00 AM Luke Donforth via Callers 
> mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>> 
> wrote:
> Hi all, 
> 
> I was thinking about standard transitions; and how similar flows could 
> possibly be created while still adding variation to our dance diet. 
> 
> Chain-> (1x or 1/2) hey -> balance and swing works well; but gyre & swing 
> doesn't work well there, because you've set up left shoulder at the end of 
> the hey.
> 
> allemande left -> (1x or 1/2) hey -> (gyre &) swing works reasonably, because 
> you've set up the other shoulder in the hey. 
> 
> What about coming into the hey from a Sea-Saw? For instance:
> 
> Contra/Improper
> 
> A1 ---
> (16) Neighbor gyre and swing
> A2 ---
> (8) Promenade across the Set
> (8) Ladies Sea-Saw 1.5x
> B1 ---
> (8) 1/2 Hey, ladies passing partner right shoulders
> (8) Partner swing
> B2 ---
> (8) Long lines, forward and back
> (8) Ladies allemande Left 1-1/2
> 
> I think that flows well, but I don't have dancers to play with at the moment. 
> If anyone more used to dancing the traditional ladies roll wants to talk 
> about muscle memory and flow, I'd appreciate it. Would the sea saw and left 
> allemande just be too outside the realm of familiar to be fun?
> 
> Assuming this is a new composition that works, I'll call it Sinister Ravens.
> 
> Thanks for your thoughts.
> 
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Re: [Callers] New(?) dance, transitions?

[Gregory Frock via Callers]

Hi Luke,

I think this is a great accessible dance. Flow is fine, and I actually feel
that getting too much "rightward" muscle memory is not a good thing.
Symmetry is better for our bodies in the long run. So FWIW, thumbs up for
me. And I will try it out at one of my next two gigs 3/8 or 3/13.

Regards,

Greg

On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 10:00 AM Luke Donforth via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I was thinking about standard transitions; and how similar flows could
> possibly be created while still adding variation to our dance diet.
>
> Chain-> (1x or 1/2) hey -> balance and swing works well; but gyre & swing
> doesn't work well there, because you've set up left shoulder at the end of
> the hey.
>
> allemande left -> (1x or 1/2) hey -> (gyre &) swing works reasonably,
> because you've set up the other shoulder in the hey.
>
> What about coming into the hey from a Sea-Saw? For instance:
>
> Contra/Improper
>
> A1 ---
> (16) Neighbor gyre and swing
> A2 ---
> (8) Promenade across the Set
> (8) Ladies Sea-Saw 1.5x
> B1 ---
> (8) 1/2 Hey, ladies passing partner right shoulders
> (8) Partner swing
> B2 ---
> (8) Long lines, forward and back
> (8) Ladies allemande Left 1-1/2
>
> I think that flows well, but I don't have dancers to play with at the
> moment. If anyone more used to dancing the traditional ladies roll wants to
> talk about muscle memory and flow, I'd appreciate it. Would the sea saw and
> left allemande just be too outside the realm of familiar to be fun?
>
> Assuming this is a new composition that works, I'll call it Sinister
> Ravens.
>
> Thanks for your thoughts.
>
>
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Re: [Callers] New dance, written by me! (It's my first) (Liam Binley)

[Liam Binley via Callers]

Suddenly realised that the way I had copied the dance into the email hadn’t 
worked so here it is.

Never ForgottenLongways: Beckett
A1:  (8) {L diagonal} Circle L ¾; (8) Neighbour swing.
A2:  (8) Lines forward & back; (8) Mad robin {men in front}.
B1:  (16) Ricochet reel {men pass L to start, ladies push back 2nd time they 
meet}.   
B2: (16) Partner balance & swing. 

Many Thanks,
Liam Binley.

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Re: [Callers] New dance, new move

[Keith Wood via Callers]

Just to clarify, in the snake movement in B2 it's only the men 
allemanding down the centre, past three other men.




Hi Everyone

My latest dance for your enjoyment, with an animation at 
http://www.dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#Ophidian.


Ophidian
Keith Wood September 2018
Becket formation, double reverse progression

The snakelike move for the men to reunite with their partners inspired 
this dance, and its name. If there's a spare couple at the bottom they 
wait together on the "men's" line. The woman joins in from the 
diagonal ladies chain, while the man joins in from the snake.


A1    Men allemande left once around, while women orbit clockwise 
half-way

        Swing opposite
A2    On the left diagonal, ladies chain to shadow
        Opposite do-si-do left shoulder
B1    Star left once around
        Star right once around
B2    Snake: Men allemande right 5/8, next neighbour allemande left 
1/2, next neighbour allemande right 1/2 to face partner; man coming 
out at the end loop right and rejoin immediately

        Swing partner

Cheers

Keith



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Re: [Callers] New dance

[Charles via Callers]

We actually did dance it to jigs, which was fine - I think what really helps is 
if the gents be sure to take a wide arc on the hey (which dancers should 
usually do anyways) and/or the gent steps slightly past the neighbor gent and 
then back before taking hands in long wavy lines. Ideally, it'd be nice not to 
have to dance it to jigs or at slower tempos, or to have to take artificially 
small steps into the middle; those two adjustments seem to do the trick.

From: Donna Hunt 
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 8:45 PM
To: chuckab...@hotmail.com; callers@lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] New dance

I looked at it and thought "jigs" because of the 4 steps into the middle (and 
thinking of slowing folks down).  What kind of tune did you use Chuck?

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From: Charles via Callers 
To: callers ; Kalia Kliban 

Sent: Wed, Jul 18, 2018 1:35 pm
Subject: Re: [Callers] New dance

It's been road tested at our local caller's night; not yet at an actual dance. 
Hope to in the next couple weeks.



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mailto:boun...@lists.sharedweight.net>> 
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Subject: Re: [Callers] New dance

On 7/18/2018 6:54 AM, Charles via Callers wrote:
> I'm posting a new dance of mine - the hook is a half hey into a long
> wavy line of gents in the center. Haven't seen it before, and I'm
> wondering if anyone knows of other dances with this figure. Also, I
> looked for other dances called the Portland Reel and couldn't find any,
> but if that name has been used let me know.
>
> Other feedback welcome:
>
> *Dugan**’s Duck Dynasty***(Becket)Chuck Abell 7/18
> (/aka/The Portland Reel)
> *A1Half hey, gents pass left to start (8)*
> *Same gents take left hands in center to make long wavy line of
> gents(4)**
> *Gents bal left/right (4)*
> *A2**Gents alle left 1 1/4x (4)*
> *N swing**(12)*
> **
> *B1**On right diagonal ladies chain to shadow***(if someone is
> there)***(8)*
> **(w/ current N)***LHS 1x (8)*
> *B2**P dosido and swing (16)*
> /w/ these N…/
> /
> /
> /*Gents be sure to take four full steps/beats to get into the middle/

This looks good on paper.  Have you road-tested it?  That note at the
bottom does look like the place where the pattern could be vulnerable,
since getting folks to take their time and not arrive early can be tricky.

Kalia in Sebastopol

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Re: [Callers] New Dance - Hey Dreaming by Emma Azelborn

[Emma Azelborn via Callers]

Thanks for the input!

That was originally right shoulder from when I had the Ravens go in, and I
didn't think about switching it when I changed the role. I was thinking
that keeping it right shoulder would flow nicely, because the direction of
rotation is the same as the direction of the swing. But this switch was
based on feedback after the last time we danced it, so it hasn't been
danced yet. Maybe my thought was wrong, and left shoulder actually works
better here.

Emma

On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 4:25 PM Tom Hinds  wrote:

> Emma,
>
> Thanks for sharing your new dance.  I believe it’s always best to have
> larks, men or first corners gypsy, walk around or allemande by the left.
> One reason is that the dancers keep their positioning better especially if
> there’s a swing.
>
> Of course a large number of dances follow this rule so I also believe that
> it’s a good idea to do something out of the ordinary once in a while.  So
> which hand/shoulder you use may also depend on one’s program.
>
> Tom
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jul 18, 2018, at 3:17 PM, Emma Azelborn via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Hi Everyone,I'm writing to share a contra dance I've written. We've tried
> it out twice, once at the Camp Sturtevant weekend and once at our 5th
> Saturday advanced dance. The interesting part is the progression, from a
> hey into a circle with new neighbors.Switching the 2nd half of A1 to Raven
> instead of Lark also works, it just flips the direction the dance
> progresses. I ended up choosing Larks because of the Raven alamande at the
> end.Any feedback or thoughts are welcome!Emma AzelbornLos AngelesHey
> DreamingContra Dance by Emma AzelbornBeckett, progresses to the leftWorks
> best with ample floor space for the orbitTeaching notes: - It helps to
> identify future neighbors before starting, so dancers know who to be
> looking for in the progression out of the hey (they're on the left
> diagonal)- Ravens turn over their left shoulder to progress & circle
> instead of looping right at the end of the hey- Larks keep going the same
> direction of travel into the orbitA18Long lines fwd & back8Larks right
> shoulder round 1½A216Neighbor balance and swingB18Larks in for half a left
> shoulder hey8Circle right 3 places with new neighbors  (this is the
> progression)Larks assist Ravens to centerB28Ravens alamande right 1½ while
> Larks orbit halfway counterclockwise8Partner swing*
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Re: [Callers] New Dance - Hey Dreaming by Emma Azelborn

[Tom Hinds via Callers]

Emma,

Thanks for sharing your new dance.  I believe it’s always best to have larks, 
men or first corners gypsy, walk around or allemande by the left.  One reason 
is that the dancers keep their positioning better especially if there’s a swing.

Of course a large number of dances follow this rule so I also believe that it’s 
a good idea to do something out of the ordinary once in a while.  So which 
hand/shoulder you use may also depend on one’s program.

Tom

Sent from my iPad

> On Jul 18, 2018, at 3:17 PM, Emma Azelborn via Callers 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I'm writing to share a contra dance I've written. We've tried it out twice, 
> once at the Camp Sturtevant weekend and once at our 5th Saturday advanced 
> dance. The interesting part is the progression, from a hey into a circle with 
> new neighbors.
> 
> Switching the 2nd half of A1 to Raven instead of Lark also works, it just 
> flips the direction the dance progresses. I ended up choosing Larks because 
> of the Raven alamande at the end.
> 
> Any feedback or thoughts are welcome!
> 
> Emma Azelborn
> Los Angeles
> 
> Hey Dreaming
> Contra Dance by Emma Azelborn
> 
> Beckett, progresses to the left
> Works best with ample floor space for the orbit
> 
> Teaching notes:
> It helps to identify future neighbors before starting, so dancers know who to 
> be looking for in the progression out of the hey (they're on the left 
> diagonal)
> Ravens turn over their left shoulder to progress & circle instead of looping 
> right at the end of the hey
> Larks keep going the same direction of travel into the orbit
> 
> A1
> 8
> Long lines fwd & back
> 
> 8
> Larks right shoulder round 1½
> A2
> 16
> Neighbor balance and swing
> B1
> 8
> Larks in for half a left shoulder hey
> 
> 8
> Circle right 3 places with new neighbors  (this is the progression)
> Larks assist Ravens to center
> B2
> 8
> Ravens alamande right 1½ while Larks orbit halfway counterclockwise
> 
> 8
> Partner swing
> 
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Re: [Callers] New dance

[Donna Hunt via Callers]

 I looked at it and thought "jigs" because of the 4 steps into the middle (and 
thinking of slowing folks down).  What kind of tune did you use Chuck?

 

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From: Charles via Callers 
To: callers ; Kalia Kliban 

Sent: Wed, Jul 18, 2018 1:35 pm
Subject: Re: [Callers] New dance



It's been road tested at our local caller's night; not yet at an actual dance. 
Hope to in the next couple weeks. 




From: Callers  on behalf of Kalia 
Kliban via Callers 
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 5:30 PM
To: callers@lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] New dance
 

On 7/18/2018 6:54 AM, Charles via Callers wrote:
> I'm posting a new dance of mine - the hook is a half hey into a long 
> wavy line of gents in the center. Haven't seen it before, and I'm 
> wondering if anyone knows of other dances with this figure. Also, I 
> looked for other dances called the Portland Reel and couldn't find any, 
> but if that name has been used let me know.
> 
> Other feedback welcome:
> 
> *Dugan**’s Duck Dynasty***(Becket)Chuck Abell 7/18
> (/aka/The Portland Reel)
> *A1Half hey, gents pass left to start (8)*
> *Same gents take left hands in center to make long wavy line of 
> gents(4)**
> *Gents bal left/right (4)*
> *A2**Gents alle left 1 1/4x (4)*
> *N swing**(12)*
> **
> *B1**On right diagonal ladies chain to shadow***(if someone is 
> there)***(8)*
> **(w/ current N)***LHS 1x (8)*
> *B2**P dosido and swing (16)*
> /w/ these N…/
> /
> /
> /*Gents be sure to take four full steps/beats to get into the middle/

This looks good on paper.  Have you road-tested it?  That note at the 
bottom does look like the place where the pattern could be vulnerable, 
since getting folks to take their time and not arrive early can be tricky.

Kalia in Sebastopol

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Re: [Callers] New dance

[Charles via Callers]

It's been road tested at our local caller's night; not yet at an actual dance. 
Hope to in the next couple weeks.



From: Callers  on behalf of Kalia 
Kliban via Callers 
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 5:30 PM
To: callers@lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] New dance

On 7/18/2018 6:54 AM, Charles via Callers wrote:
> I'm posting a new dance of mine - the hook is a half hey into a long
> wavy line of gents in the center. Haven't seen it before, and I'm
> wondering if anyone knows of other dances with this figure. Also, I
> looked for other dances called the Portland Reel and couldn't find any,
> but if that name has been used let me know.
>
> Other feedback welcome:
>
> *Dugan**’s Duck Dynasty***(Becket)Chuck Abell 7/18
> (/aka/The Portland Reel)
> *A1Half hey, gents pass left to start (8)*
> *Same gents take left hands in center to make long wavy line of
> gents(4)**
> *Gents bal left/right (4)*
> *A2**Gents alle left 1 1/4x (4)*
> *N swing**(12)*
> **
> *B1**On right diagonal ladies chain to shadow***(if someone is
> there)***(8)*
> **(w/ current N)***LHS 1x (8)*
> *B2**P dosido and swing (16)*
> /w/ these N…/
> /
> /
> /*Gents be sure to take four full steps/beats to get into the middle/

This looks good on paper.  Have you road-tested it?  That note at the
bottom does look like the place where the pattern could be vulnerable,
since getting folks to take their time and not arrive early can be tricky.

Kalia in Sebastopol

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Re: [Callers] New dance

[Kalia Kliban via Callers]

On 7/18/2018 6:54 AM, Charles via Callers wrote:
I'm posting a new dance of mine - the hook is a half hey into a long 
wavy line of gents in the center. Haven't seen it before, and I'm 
wondering if anyone knows of other dances with this figure. Also, I 
looked for other dances called the Portland Reel and couldn't find any, 
but if that name has been used let me know.


Other feedback welcome:

*Dugan**’s Duck Dynasty***(Becket)Chuck Abell 7/18
(/aka/The Portland Reel)
*A1Half hey, gents pass left to start (8)*
*Same gents take left hands in center to make long wavy line of 
gents(4)**

*Gents bal left/right (4)*
*A2**Gents alle left 1 1/4x (4)*
*N swing**(12)*
**
*B1**On right diagonal ladies chain to shadow***(if someone is 
there)***(8)*

**(w/ current N)***LHS 1x (8)*
*B2**P dosido and swing (16)*
/w/ these N…/
/
/
/*Gents be sure to take four full steps/beats to get into the middle/


This looks good on paper.  Have you road-tested it?  That note at the 
bottom does look like the place where the pattern could be vulnerable, 
since getting folks to take their time and not arrive early can be tricky.


Kalia in Sebastopol

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Re: [Callers] New dance

[Michael Dyck via Callers]

On 2018-07-18 09:54 AM, Charles via Callers wrote:

Also, I looked for other dances called the Portland Reel and couldn't
find any, but if that name has been used let me know.


http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/index/search.php?ti=portland+reel
returns 2 hits for "Portland Reel" by/from Herbie Gaudreau.

It appeared in Ralph Page's "Northern Junket" vol 11 #9 (April 1974)
and can be seen here:
http://digital.unh.edu/fedora/objects/northernjunket:0129/datastreams/APPLICATION-PDF/content#page=42
(It's unclear to me whether the "I" in the subsequent notes is Ralph Page or 
Herbie Gaudreau.)


This was then reproduced (without the notes) in Roger Knox's "Contras: As 
Ralph Page Called Them" (1990).


-Michael
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Re: [Callers] New dance

[Charles via Callers]

I'm posting a new dance of mine - the hook is a half hey into a long wavy line 
of gents in the center. Haven't seen it before, and I'm wondering if anyone 
knows of other dances with this figure. Also, I looked for other dances called 
the Portland Reel and couldn't find any, but if that name has been used let me 
know.

Other feedback welcome:

Dugan’s Duck Dynasty (Becket) Chuck Abell 
7/18
(aka The Portland Reel)

A1   Half hey, gents pass left to start (8)
Same gents take left hands in center to make long wavy line of gents (4)*
Gents bal left/right (4)
A2  Gents alle left 1 1/4x (4)
N swing  (12)

B1   On right diagonal ladies chain to shadow (if someone is there) (8)
(w/ current N) LHS 1x (8)
B2   P dosido and swing (16)
w/ 
these N…

*Gents be sure to take four full steps/beats to get into the middle

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Re: [Callers] New dance composition, star to next neighbor hey

[John Rogers via Callers]

Nathaniel Jack’s “Loon on the Lake” also has this figure in it:
(Becket, progresses left)
A1 8 Circle L 3/4
   8 Neighbor Swing
A2 8 LL F+B
   8 Star L 1x
B1 8 New women 1/2 hay L (men loop right to join, passing partner R)
   8 Women Al L 1x, men walk around clockwise ½ way around to home side
B2 16 Partner Bal + Swing
NJ’s comments:
The second dance I wrote was loon on the lake. It had some flow problems and so 
there's now a version 2. I don't keep version 1 around anymore, because I don't 
think it's worth dancing, so make sure you're up to date! The only thing I wish 
was different is I'd like the orbit to go straight into a swing (with no 
balance) but 16 beats of swing alone is too much I think.

Sent from my iPad

> On Jun 25, 2018, at 1:35 PM, Don Veino via Callers 
>  wrote:
> 
> Here's one I'm familiar with off the top of my head featuring that transition 
> (called it at NEFFA this year):
> 
> Belmont Romp - Becket - Dan Pearl (var DonV)
> A1 Circle Left 3/4x, Neighbor Swing
> A2 Long Lines Fwd/Back (note next N)
> Star Left 1x to Gents face out, Ladies in
> B1 NEXT Ns Full Hey (Ladies pass LEFT in center)
> B2 Ladies Cross, Partner Swing
> 
> Dan's original is "modified DI" starting with the hey and has a Circle Left 
> in place of the Long Lines. Page 94 of Give and Take.
> 
> -Don
> 
> 
>> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 4:03 PM Luke Donforth via Callers 
>>  wrote:
>> Hi folks, 
>> 
>> I ran this at a monthly dance, and it was well received; so I figured I'd 
>> share it around. To my knowledge it's new. Please correct me if you know of 
>> a prior. 
>> 
>> The interesting/odd bit is the transition from B2 to A1, where the ladies 
>> role comes out of a left hand star with old neighbors to start a hey by the 
>> left shoulder in the middle with new neighbors. It flows well, but is 
>> unexpected.
>> 
>> Hubert Humphrey Deserves More Than Just a Song By Tom Lehrer
>> by Luke Donforth
>> Improper, duple minor contra
>> A1
>> Ladies start full hey by the left
>> A2
>> Neighbor gyre and swing
>> B1
>> Circle Left 3/4
>> Partner Swing
>> B2
>> Ladies chain across
>> Left Hand Star 1x
>> 
>> As for the title, well, I was on a presidents and folk music kick. Writing 
>> titles is harder than writing dances...
>> 
>> Enjoy.
>> 
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Re: [Callers] New dance composition, star to next neighbor hey

[Jeffrey Spero via Callers]

Yeah… I know.  I’m not one who believes that EVERY dance must have a neighbor 
swing.  I think there are some incredibly fine choreographies that can happen 
without that requirement.  That said, I wouldn’t program an entire night of 
them, lest I get rode out of town on a rail!

J.


> On Jun 26, 2018, at 9:36 AM, Luke Donforth via Callers 
>  wrote:
> 
> Jeff, that's an intricate one! I don't know that I'd run that one outside of 
> a challenge session.
> 
> Fun to see what you can put together when there doesn't have to be a partner 
> & neighbor swing ;-)
> 
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 6:03 PM, Jeffrey Spero via Callers 
> mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>> 
> wrote:
> Here’s one I wrote in back in 1993 (I was ahead of my time?)
> 
> Harvesting the Hey
> Becket
> 
> A1 Left diagonal, right and left thru
>Straight across, right and left thru
> A2 Star left once around
>With the NEXT (shadow - leave partners), star right once around
> B1 With the previous (the same four as the left hand star), Hey for four 
> (ladies pass right in the center)
> B2 Partners balance and swing
> 
> Jeffrey Spero
> 
> 
>> On Jun 25, 2018, at 1:35 PM, Don Veino via Callers 
>> mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Here's one I'm familiar with off the top of my head featuring that 
>> transition (called it at NEFFA this year):
>> 
>> Belmont Romp - Becket - Dan Pearl (var DonV)
>> A1 Circle Left 3/4x, Neighbor Swing
>> A2 Long Lines Fwd/Back (note next N)
>> Star Left 1x to Gents face out, Ladies in
>> B1 NEXT Ns Full Hey (Ladies pass LEFT in center)
>> B2 Ladies Cross, Partner Swing
>> 
>> Dan's original is "modified DI" starting with the hey and has a Circle Left 
>> in place of the Long Lines. Page 94 of Give and Take.
>> 
>> -Don
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 4:03 PM Luke Donforth via Callers 
>> mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>> 
>> wrote:
>> Hi folks, 
>> 
>> I ran this at a monthly dance, and it was well received; so I figured I'd 
>> share it around. To my knowledge it's new. Please correct me if you know of 
>> a prior. 
>> 
>> The interesting/odd bit is the transition from B2 to A1, where the ladies 
>> role comes out of a left hand star with old neighbors to start a hey by the 
>> left shoulder in the middle with new neighbors. It flows well, but is 
>> unexpected.
>> 
>> Hubert Humphrey Deserves More Than Just a Song By Tom Lehrer
>> by Luke Donforth
>> Improper, duple minor contra
>> A1
>> Ladies start full hey by the left
>> A2
>> Neighbor gyre and swing
>> B1
>> Circle Left 3/4
>> Partner Swing
>> B2
>> Ladies chain across
>> Left Hand Star 1x
>> 
>> As for the title, well, I was on a presidents and folk music kick. Writing 
>> titles is harder than writing dances...
>> 
>> Enjoy.
>> 
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Re: [Callers] New dance composition, star to next neighbor hey

[Michael Dyck via Callers]

On 2018-06-26 12:31 PM, Luke Donforth wrote:

Thanks Michael,

Do you happen to know if Greg Frock's was ladies starting by right or left 
shoulder for the hey? With the balance there, it could be either way. If it 
was a left shoulder hey, then I'd consider this a variation of that dance. 
If it was a right shoulder hey, then I'm more inclined to consider them 
separate.


The info I have says the hey starts with women passing left, same as yours.
(I don't have an authoritative reference though.)

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Re: [Callers] New dance composition, star to next neighbor hey

[Luke Donforth via Callers]

Jeff, that's an intricate one! I don't know that I'd run that one outside
of a challenge session.

Fun to see what you can put together when there doesn't have to be a
partner & neighbor swing ;-)

On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 6:03 PM, Jeffrey Spero via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Here’s one I wrote in back in 1993 (I was ahead of my time?)
>
> Harvesting the Hey
> Becket
>
> A1 Left diagonal, right and left thru
>Straight across, right and left thru
> A2 Star left once around
>With the NEXT (shadow - leave partners), star right once around
> B1 With the previous (the same four as the left hand star), Hey for four
> (ladies pass right in the center)
> B2 Partners balance and swing
>
> Jeffrey Spero
>
>
> On Jun 25, 2018, at 1:35 PM, Don Veino via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> Here's one I'm familiar with off the top of my head featuring that
> transition (called it at NEFFA this year):
>
> *Belmont Romp - Becket - Dan Pearl (var DonV)*
> A1 Circle Left 3/4x, Neighbor Swing
> A2 Long Lines Fwd/Back (note next N)
> Star Left 1x to Gents face out, Ladies in
> B1 NEXT Ns Full Hey (Ladies pass LEFT in center)
> B2 Ladies Cross, Partner Swing
>
> Dan's original is "modified DI" starting with the hey and has a Circle
> Left in place of the Long Lines. Page 94 of Give and Take.
>
> -Don
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 4:03 PM Luke Donforth via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I ran this at a monthly dance, and it was well received; so I figured I'd
>> share it around. To my knowledge it's new. Please correct me if you know of
>> a prior.
>>
>> The interesting/odd bit is the transition from B2 to A1, where the ladies
>> role comes out of a left hand star with old neighbors to start a hey by the
>> left shoulder in the middle with new neighbors. It flows well, but is
>> unexpected.
>>
>> *Hubert Humphrey Deserves More Than Just a Song By Tom Lehrer*
>> by Luke Donforth
>> Improper, duple minor contra
>> A1
>> Ladies start full hey by the left
>> A2
>> Neighbor gyre and swing
>> B1
>> Circle Left 3/4
>> Partner Swing
>> B2
>> Ladies chain across
>> Left Hand Star 1x
>>
>> As for the title, well, I was on a presidents and folk music kick.
>> Writing titles is harder than writing dances...
>>
>> Enjoy.
>>
>> --
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Re: [Callers] New dance composition, star to next neighbor hey

[Luke Donforth via Callers]

Thanks Michael,

Do you happen to know if Greg Frock's was ladies starting by right or left
shoulder for the hey? With the balance there, it could be either way. If it
was a left shoulder hey, then I'd consider this a variation of that dance.
If it was a right shoulder hey, then I'm more inclined to consider them
separate.



On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 4:31 PM, Michael Dyck via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> On 2018-06-25 04:03 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I ran this at a monthly dance, and it was well received; so I figured I'd
>> share it around. To my knowledge it's new. Please correct me if you know of
>> a prior.
>>
>
> If you replace the "gyre + swing" with "balance + swing", you get Greg
> Frock's "Composition 100".
>
> And if you move the gyre to the start of A1 (so the hey crosses the
> phrase), you get one of the variants of Michael Fuerst's "Even Heaven Knows
> a Hey No-No":
> http://aptsg.org/Dance/dances.html#HeavenKnows
>
> But I don't see an exact match.
>
> -Michael
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Re: [Callers] New dance composition, star to next neighbor hey

[Jeffrey Spero via Callers]

Here’s one I wrote in back in 1993 (I was ahead of my time?)

Harvesting the Hey
Becket

A1 Left diagonal, right and left thru
   Straight across, right and left thru
A2 Star left once around
   With the NEXT (shadow - leave partners), star right once around
B1 With the previous (the same four as the left hand star), Hey for four 
(ladies pass right in the center)
B2 Partners balance and swing

Jeffrey Spero


> On Jun 25, 2018, at 1:35 PM, Don Veino via Callers 
>  wrote:
> 
> Here's one I'm familiar with off the top of my head featuring that transition 
> (called it at NEFFA this year):
> 
> Belmont Romp - Becket - Dan Pearl (var DonV)
> A1 Circle Left 3/4x, Neighbor Swing
> A2 Long Lines Fwd/Back (note next N)
> Star Left 1x to Gents face out, Ladies in
> B1 NEXT Ns Full Hey (Ladies pass LEFT in center)
> B2 Ladies Cross, Partner Swing
> 
> Dan's original is "modified DI" starting with the hey and has a Circle Left 
> in place of the Long Lines. Page 94 of Give and Take.
> 
> -Don
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 4:03 PM Luke Donforth via Callers 
> mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>> 
> wrote:
> Hi folks, 
> 
> I ran this at a monthly dance, and it was well received; so I figured I'd 
> share it around. To my knowledge it's new. Please correct me if you know of a 
> prior. 
> 
> The interesting/odd bit is the transition from B2 to A1, where the ladies 
> role comes out of a left hand star with old neighbors to start a hey by the 
> left shoulder in the middle with new neighbors. It flows well, but is 
> unexpected.
> 
> Hubert Humphrey Deserves More Than Just a Song By Tom Lehrer
> by Luke Donforth
> Improper, duple minor contra
> A1
> Ladies start full hey by the left
> A2
> Neighbor gyre and swing
> B1
> Circle Left 3/4
> Partner Swing
> B2
> Ladies chain across
> Left Hand Star 1x
> 
> As for the title, well, I was on a presidents and folk music kick. Writing 
> titles is harder than writing dances...
> 
> Enjoy.
> 
> -- 
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Re: [Callers] New dance composition, star to next neighbor hey

[Don Veino via Callers]

Here's one I'm familiar with off the top of my head featuring that
transition (called it at NEFFA this year):

*Belmont Romp - Becket - Dan Pearl (var DonV)*

A1 Circle Left 3/4x, Neighbor Swing

A2 Long Lines Fwd/Back (note next N)

Star Left 1x to Gents face out, Ladies in

B1 NEXT Ns Full Hey (Ladies pass LEFT in center)

B2 Ladies Cross, Partner Swing


Dan's original is "modified DI" starting with the hey and has a Circle Left
in place of the Long Lines. Page 94 of Give and Take.


-Don


On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 4:03 PM Luke Donforth via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I ran this at a monthly dance, and it was well received; so I figured I'd
> share it around. To my knowledge it's new. Please correct me if you know of
> a prior.
>
> The interesting/odd bit is the transition from B2 to A1, where the ladies
> role comes out of a left hand star with old neighbors to start a hey by the
> left shoulder in the middle with new neighbors. It flows well, but is
> unexpected.
>
> *Hubert Humphrey Deserves More Than Just a Song By Tom Lehrer*
> by Luke Donforth
> Improper, duple minor contra
> A1
> Ladies start full hey by the left
> A2
> Neighbor gyre and swing
> B1
> Circle Left 3/4
> Partner Swing
> B2
> Ladies chain across
> Left Hand Star 1x
>
> As for the title, well, I was on a presidents and folk music kick. Writing
> titles is harder than writing dances...
>
> Enjoy.
>
> --
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Re: [Callers] New dance composition, star to next neighbor hey

[Michael Dyck via Callers]

On 2018-06-25 04:03 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers wrote:

Hi folks,

I ran this at a monthly dance, and it was well received; so I figured I'd 
share it around. To my knowledge it's new. Please correct me if you know of 
a prior.


If you replace the "gyre + swing" with "balance + swing", you get Greg 
Frock's "Composition 100".


And if you move the gyre to the start of A1 (so the hey crosses the phrase), 
you get one of the variants of Michael Fuerst's "Even Heaven Knows a Hey No-No":

http://aptsg.org/Dance/dances.html#HeavenKnows

But I don't see an exact match.

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Re: [Callers] New dance?

[Ron Blechner via Callers]

Called this last night at Greenfield. It's solid. Intermediate, definitely,
with the end effects, but solid. In my box for keeps!

Ron Blechner

On Dec 18, 2017 12:31 PM, "Donna Hunt via Callers" <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Hi:  I don't usually wake up with a dance in my brain so I'm wondering if
> it's already been written.
>
> Solistice '17 improper Donna Hunt
> Long waves with ladies facing in
>
> A1  Balance wave and Rory twirl to R to NEXT neighbor and Swing
> A2 Pass through to a wave and Balance, walk forward to next wave and
> Balance
> B1  Swing through (turn R 1/2, gents pull by)  Partner Swing
> B2  Balance ring and twirl to right,  Allem L neighbor 1 1/2 to make waves
>
> Anyone recognize this as a dance already out there?
>
> Donna Hunt
>
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Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Don Veino via Callers]

Presume the one you encountered was "The Love Pirate"? There's a few more
of mine featuring the move:

http://veino.com/blog/?tag=hole-in-the-wall

(One really must stress the timing of the move for contra dancers or
they'll fly through it in half the time (you can only build in so much
"shock absorber" capacity otherwise to deal with that). I replaced a HitW
in another new (not as yet posted) dance because I believed dancers would
tend to rush it and an alternative approach would be more robust there (it
wasn't central to the theme in that one).)

There's a few more of my ECD-feely dances currently posted:

http://veino.com/blog/?cat=328


On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 6:48 PM, Angela DeCarlis via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> I'm pretty happy with the choreography, generally.  I think adding a
> Gents' chain would serve to make the dance less accessible, and that wasn't
> my goal in writing it.
>
> I recently picked up a dance by Don Veino that has an English figure in
> it, too. I think the figure is called Hole in the Wall? That's another
> figure I'd love to see plopped into more contra choreography for
> easy/intermediate dances!
>
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Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[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'm pretty sure Cary Ravitz first developed the figure we call "gypsy star.." 
>  I know three of his dances which use the figure.  "Woven Waves" and "Gypsy 
> Star" were both written in May 1999.  "Gypsy Waves" was written in 2013.
> 
> I haven't seen it in many other dances.  Ryan Smith and I helped Stacey Lang 
> write a dance with the figure called "The Fault in Our Stars."  See 
> http://www.twirlyshirts.com/dances/by-ryan/the-fault-in-our-stars/
> 
> Dugan Murphy
> Portland, Maine
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> 
>> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 4:29 PM, Bill Olson  wrote:
>> Dugan and all, I don't know if Cary Ravitz actually "invented" the Gypsy 
>> Star but he wrote a dance entitled that and a lot of others that include it. 
>> Dugan, you're sort of Cary's protégé, right?, so you must know the dance. 
>> This is the same figure, correct??
>> 
>> 
>> bill
>> 
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Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Dugan Murphy via Callers]

Hi, Bill,

I'm pretty sure Cary Ravitz first developed the figure we call "gypsy
star."  I know three of his dances which use the figure.  "Woven Waves" and
"Gypsy Star" were both written in May 1999.  "Gypsy Waves" was written in
2013.

I haven't seen it in many other dances.  Ryan Smith and I helped Stacey
Lang write a dance with the figure called "The Fault in Our Stars."  See
http://www.twirlyshirts.com/dances/by-ryan/the-fault-in-our-stars/

Dugan Murphy
Portland, Maine
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On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 4:29 PM, Bill Olson  wrote:

> Dugan and all, I don't know if Cary Ravitz actually "invented" the Gypsy
> Star but he wrote a dance entitled that and a lot of others that include
> it. Dugan, you're sort of Cary's protégé, right?, so you must know the
> dance. This is the same figure, correct??
>
>
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Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Angela DeCarlis via Callers]

I'm pretty happy with the choreography, generally.  I think adding a Gents'
chain would serve to make the dance less accessible, and that wasn't my
goal in writing it.

I recently picked up a dance by Don Veino that has an English figure in it,
too. I think the figure is called Hole in the Wall? That's another figure
I'd love to see plopped into more contra choreography for easy/intermediate
dances!

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 6:34 PM, Alexandra Deis-Lauby <adeisla...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> If you find experienced folks do those moves faster, you could swap the
> ladies chain/dosido for a gents chain and do si do and make the facing star
> 1 1/4. I think that would make it clockwise becket.  Amble on west?
>
> Thanks for working to fix that problem. I often wish my box had dances
> with a pousette, or a ricochet, or a mad robin that had no other non-survey
> figure and also had some built in recovery time.
>
> Alex
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 2, 2017, at 5:50 PM, Angela DeCarlis via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks all! I have a video uploading to YouTube now of the dance's debut
> from last night, I'll post it here when it's done. You'll see that the
> dancers are using up the music for both the poussette and the star, at
> least in this crowd. Maybe it would be different for other (more advanced?)
> crowds, but I encouraged everyone to take their time, and it seemed to work
> out pretty well!
>
> While I like the dance of Ryan's, Maia, a big part of why I wrote this
> dance was because I was struggling to find a contra dance that included a
> pousette and *didn't* included any challenging figures (mad robins,
> ricochet hey, etc). I thought about including a walk-around before the
> partner swing, but the connection is already there, so I decided to just go
> old-school and let the dancers swing their partners for the full 16 beats.
>
> Angela
>
> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 5:36 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Your dance doesn't look familiar to me (for whatever that's
>> worth)--though I agree with Dugan's point that experienced dancers will
>> take fewer that 8 counts to do that pousette and fewer than 8 counts to
>> turn the star 3/4 (probably a lot fewer!), so it will potentially be a
>> very, very long swing. If you care, you could potentially get around that
>> by doing a walk-around and swing to eat up that extra time. Or just leave
>> it and let the dancers sort it out!
>>
>> Agreeing with Dugan yet again, I've been calling that figure a "facing
>> star", which seems to work well and be descriptive.
>>
>> And if you're itching for a dance with pousettes and facing stars, I
>> premiered this one of Ryan Carollo's at YDW this weekend and folks seemed
>> to dig it:
>>
>> *Trip to Saratoga** by Ryan Carollo* || improper
>>
>> *A1:* half pousette w/ P (gents pull)
>> facing star 1¼ (gents fwd)
>>
>> *A2:* P walk-around & swing
>>
>> *B1:* half hey (gents by L), ladies ricochet
>> N swing
>>
>> *B2:* long lines & gents roll N
>> half pousette w/ P (ladies lead)
>>
>> Ladies be proactive to catch P's hand in B2. B2 pousette should be
>> leisurely or ppl arrive at A1 early.
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 5:09 PM, Bill Olson via Callers <
>> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Mac, Well "Gypsy Star" and "Gypsy Waves" are two other Ravitz dances
>>> that have the interwoven long wavy lines and the "Gypsy Star", not sure if
>>> there are more. Probably.. But as long as you brought it up, the problem I
>>> found that most dancers had with the figures was NOT the Gypsy Star but
>>> rather the woven waves which, to many, were a little too "intimate" for
>>> comfort..  Just my observation from admittedly a pretty small sample..
>>>
>>>
>>> bill
>>>
>>>
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>>> Mac Mckeever via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
>>> *Sent:* Monday, October 2, 2017 8:53 PM
>>> *To:* Dugan Murphy; callers
>>>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Callers] New Dance?
>>>
>>> Cary's dance is Woven Waves.  I really liked it and called it several
>>> times - and I hav also danced it on several occasions
>>>
>>> I stopped calling it because I was not getting good feedback on the star
>>> figure from the dancers.
>>>
>>> Mac McKeever
>

Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Callers]

If you find experienced folks do those moves faster, you could swap the ladies 
chain/dosido for a gents chain and do si do and make the facing star 1 1/4. I 
think that would make it clockwise becket.  Amble on west?

Thanks for working to fix that problem. I often wish my box had dances with a 
pousette, or a ricochet, or a mad robin that had no other non-survey figure and 
also had some built in recovery time. 

Alex

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 2, 2017, at 5:50 PM, Angela DeCarlis via Callers 
> <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> 
> Thanks all! I have a video uploading to YouTube now of the dance's debut from 
> last night, I'll post it here when it's done. You'll see that the dancers are 
> using up the music for both the poussette and the star, at least in this 
> crowd. Maybe it would be different for other (more advanced?) crowds, but I 
> encouraged everyone to take their time, and it seemed to work out pretty well!
> 
> While I like the dance of Ryan's, Maia, a big part of why I wrote this dance 
> was because I was struggling to find a contra dance that included a pousette 
> and *didn't* included any challenging figures (mad robins, ricochet hey, 
> etc). I thought about including a walk-around before the partner swing, but 
> the connection is already there, so I decided to just go old-school and let 
> the dancers swing their partners for the full 16 beats.
> 
> Angela
> 
>> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 5:36 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers 
>> <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>> Your dance doesn't look familiar to me (for whatever that's worth)--though I 
>> agree with Dugan's point that experienced dancers will take fewer that 8 
>> counts to do that pousette and fewer than 8 counts to turn the star 3/4 
>> (probably a lot fewer!), so it will potentially be a very, very long swing. 
>> If you care, you could potentially get around that by doing a walk-around 
>> and swing to eat up that extra time. Or just leave it and let the dancers 
>> sort it out!
>> 
>> Agreeing with Dugan yet again, I've been calling that figure a "facing 
>> star", which seems to work well and be descriptive.
>> 
>> And if you're itching for a dance with pousettes and facing stars, I 
>> premiered this one of Ryan Carollo's at YDW this weekend and folks seemed to 
>> dig it:
>> Trip to Saratoga by Ryan Carollo || improper
>> A1: half pousette w/ P (gents pull)
>> facing star 1¼ (gents fwd)
>> A2: P walk-around & swing
>> B1: half hey (gents by L), ladies ricochet
>> N swing
>> B2: long lines & gents roll N
>> half pousette w/ P (ladies lead)
>> Ladies be proactive to catch P's hand in B2. B2 pousette should be leisurely 
>> or ppl arrive at A1 early.
>> 
>>> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 5:09 PM, Bill Olson via Callers 
>>> <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>> Mac, Well "Gypsy Star" and "Gypsy Waves" are two other Ravitz dances that 
>>> have the interwoven long wavy lines and the "Gypsy Star", not sure if there 
>>> are more. Probably.. But as long as you brought it up, the problem I found 
>>> that most dancers had with the figures was NOT the Gypsy Star but rather 
>>> the woven waves which, to many, were a little too "intimate" for comfort..  
>>> Just my observation from admittedly a pretty small sample..
>>> 
>>> 
>>> bill
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Callers <callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net> on behalf of Mac 
>>> Mckeever via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
>>> Sent: Monday, October 2, 2017 8:53 PM
>>> To: Dugan Murphy; callers
>>> 
>>> Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance?
>>>  
>>> Cary's dance is Woven Waves.  I really liked it and called it several times 
>>> - and I hav also danced it on several occasions
>>> 
>>> I stopped calling it because I was not getting good feedback on the star 
>>> figure from the dancers.
>>> 
>>> Mac McKeever
>>> 
>>> St Louis
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Monday, October 2, 2017, 3:30:07 PM CDT, Bill Olson via Callers 
>>> <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Dugan and all, I don't know if Cary Ravitz actually "invented" the Gypsy 
>>> Star but he wrote a dance entitled that and a lot of others that include 
>>> it. Dugan, you're sort of Cary's protégé, right?, so you must know the 
>>> dance. This is the same figure, correct??
>>> 
>>> 
>>> bill
>>> 
>>> 
&

Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Angela DeCarlis via Callers]

And here's the video!

You'll see that several dancers have "too much" time during the swing, but
also that everyone is starting the swing right on the B2, not earlier. Most
dancers are enjoying the swing for the full 16 beats, several stop
automatically after they've swung for 12.

Another note: this is at BIDA, where we've recently switched to the terms
Larks and Ravens.  The difference between who was dancing in which role
before the switch and a few months after is absolutely astounding to me
(and so wonderful!), though if you're not used to analyzing choreography
from a gender-free video, it could look a bit baffling! Just know that
there are many folks dancing in roles which don't align with the
traditional Gents and Ladies.

Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/3br0WlZGyq0

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 5:50 PM, Angela DeCarlis <aedecar...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks all! I have a video uploading to YouTube now of the dance's debut
> from last night, I'll post it here when it's done. You'll see that the
> dancers are using up the music for both the poussette and the star, at
> least in this crowd. Maybe it would be different for other (more advanced?)
> crowds, but I encouraged everyone to take their time, and it seemed to work
> out pretty well!
>
> While I like the dance of Ryan's, Maia, a big part of why I wrote this
> dance was because I was struggling to find a contra dance that included a
> pousette and *didn't* included any challenging figures (mad robins,
> ricochet hey, etc). I thought about including a walk-around before the
> partner swing, but the connection is already there, so I decided to just go
> old-school and let the dancers swing their partners for the full 16 beats.
>
> Angela
>
> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 5:36 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Your dance doesn't look familiar to me (for whatever that's
>> worth)--though I agree with Dugan's point that experienced dancers will
>> take fewer that 8 counts to do that pousette and fewer than 8 counts to
>> turn the star 3/4 (probably a lot fewer!), so it will potentially be a
>> very, very long swing. If you care, you could potentially get around that
>> by doing a walk-around and swing to eat up that extra time. Or just leave
>> it and let the dancers sort it out!
>>
>> Agreeing with Dugan yet again, I've been calling that figure a "facing
>> star", which seems to work well and be descriptive.
>>
>> And if you're itching for a dance with pousettes and facing stars, I
>> premiered this one of Ryan Carollo's at YDW this weekend and folks seemed
>> to dig it:
>>
>> *Trip to Saratoga** by Ryan Carollo* || improper
>>
>> *A1:* half pousette w/ P (gents pull)
>> facing star 1¼ (gents fwd)
>>
>> *A2:* P walk-around & swing
>>
>> *B1:* half hey (gents by L), ladies ricochet
>> N swing
>>
>> *B2:* long lines & gents roll N
>> half pousette w/ P (ladies lead)
>>
>> Ladies be proactive to catch P's hand in B2. B2 pousette should be
>> leisurely or ppl arrive at A1 early.
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 5:09 PM, Bill Olson via Callers <
>> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Mac, Well "Gypsy Star" and "Gypsy Waves" are two other Ravitz dances
>>> that have the interwoven long wavy lines and the "Gypsy Star", not sure if
>>> there are more. Probably.. But as long as you brought it up, the problem I
>>> found that most dancers had with the figures was NOT the Gypsy Star but
>>> rather the woven waves which, to many, were a little too "intimate" for
>>> comfort..  Just my observation from admittedly a pretty small sample..
>>>
>>>
>>> bill
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> *From:* Callers <callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net> on behalf of
>>> Mac Mckeever via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
>>> *Sent:* Monday, October 2, 2017 8:53 PM
>>> *To:* Dugan Murphy; callers
>>>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Callers] New Dance?
>>>
>>> Cary's dance is Woven Waves.  I really liked it and called it several
>>> times - and I hav also danced it on several occasions
>>>
>>> I stopped calling it because I was not getting good feedback on the star
>>> figure from the dancers.
>>>
>>> Mac McKeever
>>>
>>> St Louis
>>>
>>>
>>> On Monday, October 2, 2017, 3:30:07 PM CDT, Bill Olson via Callers <
>>> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>

Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Angela DeCarlis via Callers]

Thanks all! I have a video uploading to YouTube now of the dance's debut
from last night, I'll post it here when it's done. You'll see that the
dancers are using up the music for both the poussette and the star, at
least in this crowd. Maybe it would be different for other (more advanced?)
crowds, but I encouraged everyone to take their time, and it seemed to work
out pretty well!

While I like the dance of Ryan's, Maia, a big part of why I wrote this
dance was because I was struggling to find a contra dance that included a
pousette and *didn't* included any challenging figures (mad robins,
ricochet hey, etc). I thought about including a walk-around before the
partner swing, but the connection is already there, so I decided to just go
old-school and let the dancers swing their partners for the full 16 beats.

Angela

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 5:36 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Your dance doesn't look familiar to me (for whatever that's worth)--though
> I agree with Dugan's point that experienced dancers will take fewer that 8
> counts to do that pousette and fewer than 8 counts to turn the star 3/4
> (probably a lot fewer!), so it will potentially be a very, very long swing.
> If you care, you could potentially get around that by doing a walk-around
> and swing to eat up that extra time. Or just leave it and let the dancers
> sort it out!
>
> Agreeing with Dugan yet again, I've been calling that figure a "facing
> star", which seems to work well and be descriptive.
>
> And if you're itching for a dance with pousettes and facing stars, I
> premiered this one of Ryan Carollo's at YDW this weekend and folks seemed
> to dig it:
>
> *Trip to Saratoga** by Ryan Carollo* || improper
>
> *A1:* half pousette w/ P (gents pull)
> facing star 1¼ (gents fwd)
>
> *A2:* P walk-around & swing
>
> *B1:* half hey (gents by L), ladies ricochet
> N swing
>
> *B2:* long lines & gents roll N
> half pousette w/ P (ladies lead)
>
> Ladies be proactive to catch P's hand in B2. B2 pousette should be
> leisurely or ppl arrive at A1 early.
>
> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 5:09 PM, Bill Olson via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Mac, Well "Gypsy Star" and "Gypsy Waves" are two other Ravitz dances that
>> have the interwoven long wavy lines and the "Gypsy Star", not sure if there
>> are more. Probably.. But as long as you brought it up, the problem I found
>> that most dancers had with the figures was NOT the Gypsy Star but rather
>> the woven waves which, to many, were a little too "intimate" for comfort..
>> Just my observation from admittedly a pretty small sample..
>>
>>
>> bill
>>
>>
>> --------------
>> *From:* Callers <callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net> on behalf of
>> Mac Mckeever via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
>> *Sent:* Monday, October 2, 2017 8:53 PM
>> *To:* Dugan Murphy; callers
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Callers] New Dance?
>>
>> Cary's dance is Woven Waves.  I really liked it and called it several
>> times - and I hav also danced it on several occasions
>>
>> I stopped calling it because I was not getting good feedback on the star
>> figure from the dancers.
>>
>> Mac McKeever
>>
>> St Louis
>>
>>
>> On Monday, October 2, 2017, 3:30:07 PM CDT, Bill Olson via Callers <
>> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Dugan and all, I don't know if Cary Ravitz actually "invented" the Gypsy
>> Star but he wrote a dance entitled that and a lot of others that include
>> it. Dugan, you're sort of Cary's protégé, right?, so you must know the
>> dance. This is the same figure, correct??
>>
>>
>> bill
>>
>>
>> --
>> *From:* Callers <callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net> on behalf of
>> Dugan Murphy via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
>> *Sent:* Monday, October 2, 2017 8:16 PM
>> *To:* callers@lists.sharedweight.net
>> *Subject:* Re: [Callers] New Dance?
>>
>> Hi, Angela,
>>
>> I've been calling the figure a "facing star," when I bother naming it at
>> all while teaching or prompting it.
>>
>> Also, nice dance, though I suspect that since experienced dancers tend to
>> take fewer than eight beats to do half poussettes and 3/4 stars, I suspect
>> that dancers may end up swinging for as many as 20 beats.
>>
>> Dugan Murphy
>> Portland, Maine
>> dugan at duganmurphy.com
>>
>> <http://duganmurphy.c

Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Maia McCormick via Callers]

Your dance doesn't look familiar to me (for whatever that's worth)--though
I agree with Dugan's point that experienced dancers will take fewer that 8
counts to do that pousette and fewer than 8 counts to turn the star 3/4
(probably a lot fewer!), so it will potentially be a very, very long swing.
If you care, you could potentially get around that by doing a walk-around
and swing to eat up that extra time. Or just leave it and let the dancers
sort it out!

Agreeing with Dugan yet again, I've been calling that figure a "facing
star", which seems to work well and be descriptive.

And if you're itching for a dance with pousettes and facing stars, I
premiered this one of Ryan Carollo's at YDW this weekend and folks seemed
to dig it:

*Trip to Saratoga** by Ryan Carollo* || improper

*A1:* half pousette w/ P (gents pull)
facing star 1¼ (gents fwd)

*A2:* P walk-around & swing

*B1:* half hey (gents by L), ladies ricochet
N swing

*B2:* long lines & gents roll N
half pousette w/ P (ladies lead)

Ladies be proactive to catch P's hand in B2. B2 pousette should be
leisurely or ppl arrive at A1 early.

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 5:09 PM, Bill Olson via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Mac, Well "Gypsy Star" and "Gypsy Waves" are two other Ravitz dances that
> have the interwoven long wavy lines and the "Gypsy Star", not sure if there
> are more. Probably.. But as long as you brought it up, the problem I found
> that most dancers had with the figures was NOT the Gypsy Star but rather
> the woven waves which, to many, were a little too "intimate" for comfort..
> Just my observation from admittedly a pretty small sample..
>
>
> bill
>
>
> --
> *From:* Callers <callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net> on behalf of Mac
> Mckeever via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
> *Sent:* Monday, October 2, 2017 8:53 PM
> *To:* Dugan Murphy; callers
>
> *Subject:* Re: [Callers] New Dance?
>
> Cary's dance is Woven Waves.  I really liked it and called it several
> times - and I hav also danced it on several occasions
>
> I stopped calling it because I was not getting good feedback on the star
> figure from the dancers.
>
> Mac McKeever
>
> St Louis
>
>
> On Monday, October 2, 2017, 3:30:07 PM CDT, Bill Olson via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>
> Dugan and all, I don't know if Cary Ravitz actually "invented" the Gypsy
> Star but he wrote a dance entitled that and a lot of others that include
> it. Dugan, you're sort of Cary's protégé, right?, so you must know the
> dance. This is the same figure, correct??
>
>
> bill
>
>
> --
> *From:* Callers <callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net> on behalf of
> Dugan Murphy via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
> *Sent:* Monday, October 2, 2017 8:16 PM
> *To:* callers@lists.sharedweight.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Callers] New Dance?
>
> Hi, Angela,
>
> I've been calling the figure a "facing star," when I bother naming it at
> all while teaching or prompting it.
>
> Also, nice dance, though I suspect that since experienced dancers tend to
> take fewer than eight beats to do half poussettes and 3/4 stars, I suspect
> that dancers may end up swinging for as many as 20 beats.
>
> Dugan Murphy
> Portland, Maine
> dugan at duganmurphy.com
>
> <http://duganmurphy.com/>
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>
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Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Mac Mckeever via Callers]

Cary's dance is Woven Waves.  I really liked it and called it several times - 
and I hav also danced it on several occasions
I stopped calling it because I was not getting good feedback on the star figure 
from the dancers.
Mac McKeever
St Louis
 

On Monday, October 2, 2017, 3:30:07 PM CDT, Bill Olson via Callers 
<callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:  
 
 
Dugan and all, I don't know if Cary Ravitz actually "invented" the Gypsy Star 
but he wrote a dance entitled that and a lot of others that include it. Dugan, 
you're sort of Cary's protégé, right?, so you must know the dance. This is the 
same figure, correct??




bill



From: Callers <callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net> on behalf of Dugan 
Murphy via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Monday, October 2, 2017 8:16 PM
To: callers@lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance? Hi, Angela,
I've been calling the figure a "facing star," when I bother naming it at all 
while teaching or prompting it.

Also, nice dance, though I suspect that since experienced dancers tend to take 
fewer than eight beats to do half poussettes and 3/4 stars, I suspect that 
dancers may end up swinging for as many as 20 beats.
Dugan MurphyPortland, Maine
dugan at duganmurphy.com


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Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 14:03:37 -0400
From: Angela DeCarlis <aedecar...@gmail.com>
To: callers <callers@lists.sharedweight. net>
Subject: [Callers] New Dance?
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Hey y'all!

After a lovely weekend of both Contra and English at Youth Dance Weekend, I
had an itch for programming some English-inspired choreography at BIDA last
night. Since I didn't have a dance with the figures I wanted, I whipped one
together on the drive home, tested it in the driveway, and debuted it last
night. Success!

Now the question, of course, is whether or not someone already wrote it!

-===-

Amble On East
Becket CCW

A1: Long Lines Forward & Back
      Ladies Chain Across (to Neighbor)
A2: Ladies Dosido 1x
      Neighbor Swing
B1: Give & Take, Gents draw Partner into 1/2 Poussette CCW
      With NEXT, Gypsy Star* 3/4 (Ladies backing up)
B2: Partner (Long) Swing

-===-

*Do we have a new name for this figure yet? I called it Gypsy Star in the
walkthrough once or twice before realizing I should maybe figure something
else out, and the phrase "Special Star" actually escaped my mouth, to the
absolute delight of some of the dancers.  During the dance itself, I just
called "Star."
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Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Bill Olson via Callers]

Dugan and all, I don't know if Cary Ravitz actually "invented" the Gypsy Star 
but he wrote a dance entitled that and a lot of others that include it. Dugan, 
you're sort of Cary's protégé, right?, so you must know the dance. This is the 
same figure, correct??


bill



From: Callers <callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net> on behalf of Dugan 
Murphy via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Monday, October 2, 2017 8:16 PM
To: callers@lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance?

Hi, Angela,

I've been calling the figure a "facing star," when I bother naming it at all 
while teaching or prompting it.

Also, nice dance, though I suspect that since experienced dancers tend to take 
fewer than eight beats to do half poussettes and 3/4 stars, I suspect that 
dancers may end up swinging for as many as 20 beats.

Dugan Murphy
Portland, Maine
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Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 14:03:37 -0400
From: Angela DeCarlis <aedecar...@gmail.com<mailto:aedecar...@gmail.com>>
To: callers 
<callers@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>>
Subject: [Callers] New Dance?
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Hey y'all!

After a lovely weekend of both Contra and English at Youth Dance Weekend, I
had an itch for programming some English-inspired choreography at BIDA last
night. Since I didn't have a dance with the figures I wanted, I whipped one
together on the drive home, tested it in the driveway, and debuted it last
night. Success!

Now the question, of course, is whether or not someone already wrote it!

-===-

Amble On East
Becket CCW

A1: Long Lines Forward & Back
  Ladies Chain Across (to Neighbor)
A2: Ladies Dosido 1x
  Neighbor Swing
B1: Give & Take, Gents draw Partner into 1/2 Poussette CCW
  With NEXT, Gypsy Star* 3/4 (Ladies backing up)
B2: Partner (Long) Swing

-===-

*Do we have a new name for this figure yet? I called it Gypsy Star in the
walkthrough once or twice before realizing I should maybe figure something
else out, and the phrase "Special Star" actually escaped my mouth, to the
absolute delight of some of the dancers.  During the dance itself, I just
called "Star."
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Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Dugan Murphy via Callers]

Hi, Angela,

I've been calling the figure a "facing star," when I bother naming it at
all while teaching or prompting it.

Also, nice dance, though I suspect that since experienced dancers tend to
take fewer than eight beats to do half poussettes and 3/4 stars, I suspect
that dancers may end up swinging for as many as 20 beats.

Dugan Murphy
Portland, Maine
dugan at duganmurphy.com
www.DuganMurphy.com
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> Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 14:03:37 -0400
> From: Angela DeCarlis 
> To: callers 
> Subject: [Callers] New Dance?
> Message-ID:
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>
> Hey y'all!
>
> After a lovely weekend of both Contra and English at Youth Dance Weekend, I
> had an itch for programming some English-inspired choreography at BIDA last
> night. Since I didn't have a dance with the figures I wanted, I whipped one
> together on the drive home, tested it in the driveway, and debuted it last
> night. Success!
>
> Now the question, of course, is whether or not someone already wrote it!
>
> -===-
>
> Amble On East
> Becket CCW
>
> A1: Long Lines Forward & Back
>   Ladies Chain Across (to Neighbor)
> A2: Ladies Dosido 1x
>   Neighbor Swing
> B1: Give & Take, Gents draw Partner into 1/2 Poussette CCW
>   With NEXT, Gypsy Star* 3/4 (Ladies backing up)
> B2: Partner (Long) Swing
>
> -===-
>
> *Do we have a new name for this figure yet? I called it Gypsy Star in the
> walkthrough once or twice before realizing I should maybe figure something
> else out, and the phrase "Special Star" actually escaped my mouth, to the
> absolute delight of some of the dancers.  During the dance itself, I just
> called "Star."
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Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Dale Wilson via Callers]

Don said:  Privately I call them stub-toe stars

If this were Facebook I'd be clicking on that Laughing Out Loud icon.
This s the only move in contra where I actually lost a partner.  She was
walking backward and tripped over the person behind her and they both went
down,.

Dale  (who is slightly sorry for diverting this thread.)

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Don Veino via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Privately I call them stub-toe stars & in public I use Wavy Star.
>
> -Don
>
> On Oct 2, 2017 2:03 PM, "Angela DeCarlis via Callers" <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Hey y'all!
>>
>> After a lovely weekend of both Contra and English at Youth Dance Weekend,
>> I had an itch for programming some English-inspired choreography at BIDA
>> last night. Since I didn't have a dance with the figures I wanted, I
>> whipped one together on the drive home, tested it in the driveway, and
>> debuted it last night. Success!
>>
>> Now the question, of course, is whether or not someone already wrote it!
>>
>> -===-
>>
>> Amble On East
>> Becket CCW
>>
>> A1: Long Lines Forward & Back
>>   Ladies Chain Across (to Neighbor)
>> A2: Ladies Dosido 1x
>>   Neighbor Swing
>> B1: Give & Take, Gents draw Partner into 1/2 Poussette CCW
>>   With NEXT, Gypsy Star* 3/4 (Ladies backing up)
>> B2: Partner (Long) Swing
>>
>> -===-
>>
>> *Do we have a new name for this figure yet? I called it Gypsy Star in the
>> walkthrough once or twice before realizing I should maybe figure something
>> else out, and the phrase "Special Star" actually escaped my mouth, to the
>> absolute delight of some of the dancers.  During the dance itself, I just
>> called "Star."
>>
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[Don Veino via Callers]

Privately I call them stub-toe stars & in public I use Wavy Star.

-Don

On Oct 2, 2017 2:03 PM, "Angela DeCarlis via Callers" <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Hey y'all!
>
> After a lovely weekend of both Contra and English at Youth Dance Weekend,
> I had an itch for programming some English-inspired choreography at BIDA
> last night. Since I didn't have a dance with the figures I wanted, I
> whipped one together on the drive home, tested it in the driveway, and
> debuted it last night. Success!
>
> Now the question, of course, is whether or not someone already wrote it!
>
> -===-
>
> Amble On East
> Becket CCW
>
> A1: Long Lines Forward & Back
>   Ladies Chain Across (to Neighbor)
> A2: Ladies Dosido 1x
>   Neighbor Swing
> B1: Give & Take, Gents draw Partner into 1/2 Poussette CCW
>   With NEXT, Gypsy Star* 3/4 (Ladies backing up)
> B2: Partner (Long) Swing
>
> -===-
>
> *Do we have a new name for this figure yet? I called it Gypsy Star in the
> walkthrough once or twice before realizing I should maybe figure something
> else out, and the phrase "Special Star" actually escaped my mouth, to the
> absolute delight of some of the dancers.  During the dance itself, I just
> called "Star."
>
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Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Ric Goldman - Letsdance via Callers]

Hi John,

My dictionary describes "A chevron is an inverted V-shaped mark. The word is 
usually used in reference to a kind of fret in architecture, or to a badge or 
insignia...".  I think of it as an upside down V movement  (^).

(All examples here for a longways duple.)

I assume you're referring to the use in English Country Dance, such as for 
Companions (see 
http://archives.mvfolkdancers.com/2013-11-23%20MVFD%20English%20Country%20Dance%20Syllabus%20-%20Brad%20Foster.pdf).
  In this case it's only the 1st corner (1M & 2W) people doing the chevron 
movement, and in fact they actually only turn left 1/8 because they are backing 
up "straight across the set" instead of at the angle in the beginning of the 
movement.  Often this "half chevron" uses 8 counts.  4 on the diagonal, 4 
backing up.  As I read it, the 2nd corners are not doing a chevon, just a 
wait-and-cast.

I've also seen the term "full chevron" used when *all* dancers come forward 
toward opposite corner (end almost nose-to-nose) then *all* turn 1/4 (90 
degrees) left and back up along the other diagonal (also used in ECD, also 
usually an 8-count movement).

In another case, the movement of the a circle set balancing-in-and-out while 
rotating CW (left), was described by the caller teaching it as a "ring chevon". 
 I'll admit that that case didn't make much sense to me, but that's just me.

The "chevron" movement in this dance is closer to the full chevron, but only 
has 4  counts, with everyone holding hands, using balance steps, and rotating 
the entire time.  To me, the phrase "Balance the Ring, Spin the Ring" sounds 
like the rotate doesn't happen until beat 3, but I think it would work as a 
call if the dancers know what's expected of them.

Here's sort've the stop-motion in Fried Rice (all begin on their opposite side 
than their initial duple improper position):
M2  W2
W1  M1

After the 2-count balance in (women face up/dn the set, men face across):
W2
M2  M1
W1

After the 2-count balance out (every has rotated one place CCW around the set):
W2  M1
M2  W1

After the 4-count petronella (all are progressed, but now facing new/next 
neighbors):
M1  W1
W2  M2

On a personal note, once the dancers associate the movement with the term 
"chevron", it makes it easy for me to call the last sequence as "Chevron, 
Petronella 1-1/2", or perhaps "Ring Chevron Right, Petronella".

I suppose we could call it a Foobar or anything else and demo it.  Whatever 
gets the idea across.  When I've used the "chevron" term, dancers seem to get 
it faster.  Go figure.  

Your mileage may vary, but the fun should be constant, Ric Goldman

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Sent: Friday, August 04, 2017 2:44 PM
To: callers@lists.sharedweight.net
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Hi Ric,
A Chevron is already defined as:
First Corners cross diagonally by the right shoulder, turn left 1/4 to face 
out, then back up across the set to the opposite place WHILE Second Corners 
wait, then cast into their neighbour's place

Is your Chevron something that has been used before to mean what you 
mean?

I call your move, "balance the ring in-and-out while rotating the ring 
1 place CCW (i.e. to the R)", Balance the Ring, Spin the Ring.

Happy dancing,
   John   

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[via Callers]

Hi Ric,
A Chevron is already defined as:
First Corners cross diagonally by the right shoulder, turn left 1/4 to face
out, then back up across the set to the opposite place WHILE Second Corners
wait, then cast into their neighbour's place

Is your Chevron something that has been used before to mean what you
mean?

I call your move, "balance the ring in-and-out while rotating the
ring 1 place CCW (i.e. to the R)", Balance the Ring, Spin the Ring.

    Happy dancing,  
   John   
    
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http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive Events & DVDs   
    
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Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Ric Goldman - Letsdance via Callers]

HI Luke,

 

You didn’t understand it cuz I miscopied it.  

 

The B2 is actually

 

B2   1-4  Neighbors allemande R 1-1/2 (W end turning R to face 
into the set)
5-6  Chevron: balance the ring in-and-out while rotating the ring 1 
place CCW (i.e. to the R)
7-8  Petronella with an extra half-turn to face new neighbors

 

I called it again last night and it went quite well.  A few folk said they 
really liked the “petronella one-and-a-half” at the end.  Who knew? 

 

Thanx, Ric

 

From: Luke Donforth [mailto:luke.do...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2017 7:42 AM
To: Ric Goldman - Letsdance <letsda...@rgoldman.org>
Cc: Bob Isaacs <isaacs...@hotmail.com>; Shared Weight <call...@sharedweight.net>
Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance?

 

Bob, did you put a name on your version?

 

Ric, I admit to being confused by your dance. Are you putting an allemande once 
and a half AND two full petronella in the B2? Normally I'd give 8 counts to 
each petronella balance and move; so two fill out one B. Does your dance Fried 
Rice perhaps not have the long lines?

 

(yes, I know this was a while ago; digging through a back-log)

 

On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 2:11 AM, Ric Goldman - Letsdance via Callers 
<callers@lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net> > wrote:

Hi Bob,

It’s almost the same as my dance Fried Rice, written in 2012 in a Chinese 
restaurant while waiting for dinner.  The only difference is the B2 5-8:

Fried Rice, duple improper

A1   1-8  Neighbors balance + swing
A2   1-4  Gents allemande L 1-1/2
5-8  Partners swing
B1   1-4  Long lines fwd & back
5-8  Circle L 3/4 
B2   1-4  Neighbors allemande R 1-1/2
5-6  Balance the ring, petronella
7-8  Balance the ring, petronella with an extra 
half-turn to face new neighbors

Hope this helps.
Thanx, Ric Goldman

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<mailto:callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net> ] On Behalf Of Bob Isaacs via 
Callers
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 7:12 PM
To: Shared Weight <call...@sharedweight.net <mailto:call...@sharedweight.net> >
Subject: [Callers] New Dance?

Hive Mind:

I wrote the following solid little contra on a recent flight when I had too 
much time on my hands, and it went well on its initial test.   It didn't show 
up in my database, but do you know if it has been written previously?

Improper

A1.  Neighbor balance, swing
A2.  Gents allemande L 1 1/2, partner swing
B1.  Long lines, circle L ¾
B2.  Neighbor allemande R 1 1/2, 1/2 hey (GL, PR, LL, -)

Bob

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Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[Chris Page via Callers]

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

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[Don Veino via Callers]

I'm guessing it has to do with average wing spans. Much as we may like to
divorce role from physical characteristics, there are times in choreography
where predominant dancer properties can affect the "feel" of a dance.

BTW, folks: please remember to trim your posts to just the applicable bits.
Risking swiping thumb fatigue on my phone today... 

On Jun 10, 2017 3:06 PM, "jandnbloom via Callers" <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

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 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 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 little to make it work for all
experience levels.

The Wheel by Gene Huber - random circle mixer

Start in a circle with Ladies facing partner with their backs to center -
holding 2 hands with partner (I think the original had the gents in the
center - but I found it works better this way)

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[Mac Mckeever via Callers]

Generally their arms are shorter - so it works better if they make the smaller 
circle. 

I tried it with the gents in the center and found that awkward
By the way, our web site - www.chldgrove.org has a photo of us doing this dance 
in the home page banner at the wonderful Missouri Botanical Garden with me 
standing in the center calling.  The fountain is usually on when we danced 
there - but they had it turned off that evening.

Mac McKeever


  From: jandnbloom <jandnbl...@gmail.com>
 To: Mac Mckeever <mac...@ymail.com>; Frederick Park <freder...@apalache.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 Device

 Original message From: Mac Mckeever via Callers 
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 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 little to make it work for all experience levels.

The Wheel by Gene Huber - random circle mixer

Start in a circle with Ladies facing partner with their backs to center - 
holding 2 hands with partner (I think the original had the gents in the center 
- but I found it works better this way)

A1 - Into the center - all drop hands with partner take hands with the persons 
on both sides of you - so you have a circle of gents facing in and a circle of 
ladies facing out
walk back out so both circles are near their full size - there is lots of time 
to get everything done in this part.

A2 - everyone circle left (this makes the circles turn in opposite directions
B1 - everyone balance and swing (or do-si-do and swing depending on the 
experience level) who ever is in front of them at the time - lost and found is 
in the center.
B2 Prominade with current partner - ladies on outside - roll ladies to the 
inside to get ready for A1
Mac McKeever


  From: Frederick Park via Callers <callers@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 “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 dances are well known to me and I wish to offer a teaching element 
I’ve used successfully in the Pat Shaw dance, K + E.
Once sets are established, 1s on the outside facing in, 2s standing back to 
back in the center facing outside couples, the primary dance move that makes it 
all work out is the partner relationship.I ask all to practice once or twice 
“Change Hands” with Partners. Obviously, those in the center, the 1s, when 
changing the direction they face at any time places their own Partner on one 
side and then the other.Simply suggesting that the call is “Change Hands” when 
practicing the move makes it unique and clear and simple, all at once!Having 
the sense of “double beckett” is not so very intuitive for dancers simply 
because this dance is a one-of-a-kind dance. I can “see” it but I wouldn’t 
mention it to dancers.The 1s need to “bond”. As well those far across on the 
opposite side of the set, the 2s, need to “bond” or recognize they are a 
unit…which is all the more useful once any couples reach the end of the set.To 
that end I ask the dancers to change places with couple they are initially 
facing (each 1 changes places with their original 2) and the “Change Hands” 
introduces them to their other half for any who are in the center four.
The only thing that pushes this dance into the realm of “intermediate to 
advanced” is the final 8 bars of the dance, the progression.Those on the 
outside are swinging their Partners and could and should “move up the hall” 
every so slightly.Meanwhile the center four have just met again (the “magic” 
includes meeting their Partners!) and are with their “other half”, the 2s! The 
1s then “Circle Down - three quarters ‘round - and Change Hands”. This call 
indicates the movement of Circle Left 3/4 WHILE moving down the hall ever so 
slightly (to end with “Trade Hands in the Center”, face out and meet a new 
Couple 2 to begin again . . .
I’ve found that the movement of Circle and move is akin the square dance chorus 
figure of four dancers moving in a circle Left while dancing in Promenade 
direction around the “other couple”.So introducing such a chorus in a square 
dance one or two dances earlier allows the whole dance hall to be a bit 
familiar with the s

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[jandnbloom via Callers]

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 Device

 Original message From: Mac Mckeever via 
Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> Date:06/10/2017  1:48 PM  
(GMT-05:00) To: Frederick 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 little to make it work for all experience levels.

The Wheel by Gene Huber - random circle mixer

Start in a circle with Ladies facing partner with their backs to center - 
holding 2 hands with partner (I think the original had the gents in the center 
- but I found it works better this way)

A1 - Into the center - all drop hands with partner take hands with the persons 
on both sides of you - so you have a circle of gents facing in and a circle of 
ladies facing out

walk back out so both circles are near their full size - there is lots of time 
to get everything done in this part.

A2 - everyone circle left (this makes the circles turn in opposite directions

B1 - everyone balance and swing (or do-si-do and swing depending on the 
experience level) who ever is in front of them at the time - lost and found is 
in the center.

B2 Prominade with current partner - ladies on outside - roll ladies to the 
inside to get ready for A1

Mac McKeever


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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 “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 dances are well known to me and I wish to offer a teaching element 
I’ve used successfully in the Pat Shaw dance, K + E.

Once sets are established, 1s on the outside facing in, 2s standing back to 
back in the center facing outside couples, the primary dance move that makes it 
all work out is the partner relationship.
I ask all to practice once or twice “Change Hands” with Partners. Obviously, 
those in the center, the 1s, when changing the direction they face at any time 
places their own Partner on one side and then the other.
Simply suggesting that the call is “Change Hands” when practicing the move 
makes it unique and clear and simple, all at once!
Having the sense of “double beckett” is not so very intuitive for dancers 
simply because this dance is a one-of-a-kind dance. I can “see” it but I 
wouldn’t mention it to dancers.
The 1s need to “bond”. As well those far across on the opposite side of the 
set, the 2s, need to “bond” or recognize they are a unit…which is all the more 
useful once any couples reach the end of the set.
To that end I ask the dancers to change places with couple they are initially 
facing (each 1 changes places with their original 2) and the “Change Hands” 
introduces them to their other half for any who are in the center four.

The only thing that pushes this dance into the realm of “intermediate to 
advanced” is the final 8 bars of the dance, the progression.
Those on the outside are swinging their Partners and could and should “move up 
the hall” every so slightly.
Meanwhile the center four have just met again (the “magic” includes meeting 
their Partners!) and are with their “other half”, the 2s! 
The 1s then “Circle Down - three quarters ‘round - and Change Hands”. 
This call indicates the movement of Circle Left 3/4 WHILE moving down the hall 
ever so slightly (to end with “Trade Hands in the Center”, face out and meet a 
new Couple 2 to begin again . . .

I’ve found that the movement of Circle and move is akin the square dance chorus 
figure of four dancers moving in a circle Left while dancing in Promenade 
direction around the “other couple”.
So introducing such a chorus in a square dance one or two dances earlier allows 
the whole dance hall to be a bit familiar with the similar pattern used in K+E!

Lastly, may I recommend that any of you may also find interest in Pat Shaw’s 
“The American Husband”! It’s a sicillian circle for groups of three, very 
unusual progression and includes a Shetland Hey (for three) with each couple 
dancing as a single unit in a hey for three pattern! Let me know if you can’t 
find it and I’ll post it here.

More dances? Yes, please! (especially circle mixers and sicillian circles)  : )


Frederick Park
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Burnsville, NC 28714
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[Frederick Park via Callers]

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 Pat Shaw 
dance, K + E.

Once sets are established, 1s on the outside facing in, 2s standing back to 
back in the center facing outside couples, the primary dance move that makes it 
all work out is the partner relationship.
I ask all to practice once or twice “Change Hands” with Partners. Obviously, 
those in the center, the 1s, when changing the direction they face at any time 
places their own Partner on one side and then the other.
Simply suggesting that the call is “Change Hands” when practicing the move 
makes it unique and clear and simple, all at once!
Having the sense of “double beckett” is not so very intuitive for dancers 
simply because this dance is a one-of-a-kind dance. I can “see” it but I 
wouldn’t mention it to dancers.
The 1s need to “bond”. As well those far across on the opposite side of the 
set, the 2s, need to “bond” or recognize they are a unit…which is all the more 
useful once any couples reach the end of the set.
To that end I ask the dancers to change places with couple they are initially 
facing (each 1 changes places with their original 2) and the “Change Hands” 
introduces them to their other half for any who are in the center four.

The only thing that pushes this dance into the realm of “intermediate to 
advanced” is the final 8 bars of the dance, the progression.
Those on the outside are swinging their Partners and could and should “move up 
the hall” every so slightly.
Meanwhile the center four have just met again (the “magic” includes meeting 
their Partners!) and are with their “other half”, the 2s! 
The 1s then “Circle Down - three quarters ‘round - and Change Hands”. 
This call indicates the movement of Circle Left 3/4 WHILE moving down the hall 
ever so slightly (to end with “Trade Hands in the Center”, face out and meet a 
new Couple 2 to begin again . . .

I’ve found that the movement of Circle and move is akin the square dance chorus 
figure of four dancers moving in a circle Left while dancing in Promenade 
direction around the “other couple”.
So introducing such a chorus in a square dance one or two dances earlier allows 
the whole dance hall to be a bit familiar with the similar pattern used in K+E!

Lastly, may I recommend that any of you may also find interest in Pat Shaw’s 
“The American Husband”! It’s a sicillian circle for groups of three, very 
unusual progression and includes a Shetland Hey (for three) with each couple 
dancing as a single unit in a hey for three pattern! Let me know if you can’t 
find it and I’ll post it here.

More dances? Yes, please! (especially circle mixers and sicillian circles)  : )


And here’s one from me ~

 "Michael and Angie”
Originally written as a wedding dance for old friends in the early days of the 
Old Farmers Ball, it also works as a stand-alone Becket Formation dance.

Formation:
Sicilian Circle, Becket Formation (large circle round the hall, with hands four 
established as in Becket. Each couple either faces out of the large big circle 
or into the large big circle).

Notes: 
ID each dancers’ “Corner” thusly: join hands in two single circles just after 
hands-four have been established. Corners are as in the original Becket’s Reel, 
next to you in the large circle but NOT in your “hands four”. Moderate to slow 
speed. Accomplished dance leaders may choose to speed up the dance tempo just a 
bit after seeing the room has “got it”!

A1  Corners Alle. L, Partners Swing (end facing original Opposite Couple) . 
. .

A2  Circular Hey (see description below -  alternatively, simply dance a 
straight Hey for Four but note the ending!!!) 

B1  See Saw Partner once Round (ending with the Gent on the R. Lady on the 
L. facing Original Opposite Couple in original Hands-Four), 
Star Left three-quarters round (progression - to face new dancers)

B2  Swing New Opposites, Half Ladies Chain (to Partner)

Additional Notes for teaching:  Timing is an essential part of a satisfactory 
dance here. There are two points that may be useful.

First - - - - - - -
The beginning of the dance flows out of a Ladies Chain to their Partners and 
into Allemande Left with Corners all. To ease this transition, a modified 
“courtesy turn” enabling the person dancing the “Gent’s” roll to use his Right 
Arm around their Partner’s waist to receive and send their Partner toward their 
Corner…freeing both dancers’ Left Hand for the Allemande Left with Corners All.

Second - - - - -
The Hey begins (one may assume) with the Gent on the Left as the two couples 
face one another. Yet the end of the Hey - in this dance - requires the Gent to 
transition from the Hey into a “See Saw” (or reverse Gypsy) and then into a 
Star 

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[Mac Mckeever via Callers]

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 little to make it work for all experience levels.

The Wheel by Gene Huber - random circle mixer

Start in a circle with Ladies facing partner with their backs to center - 
holding 2 hands with partner (I think the original had the gents in the center 
- but I found it works better this way)

A1 - Into the center - all drop hands with partner take hands with the persons 
on both sides of you - so you have a circle of gents facing in and a circle of 
ladies facing out
walk back out so both circles are near their full size - there is lots of time 
to get everything done in this part.

A2 - everyone circle left (this makes the circles turn in opposite directions
B1 - everyone balance and swing (or do-si-do and swing depending on the 
experience level) who ever is in front of them at the time - lost and found is 
in the center.
B2 Prominade with current partner - ladies on outside - roll ladies to the 
inside to get ready for A1
Mac McKeever


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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 dances are well known to me and I wish to offer a teaching element 
I’ve used successfully in the Pat Shaw dance, K + E.
Once sets are established, 1s on the outside facing in, 2s standing back to 
back in the center facing outside couples, the primary dance move that makes it 
all work out is the partner relationship.I ask all to practice once or twice 
“Change Hands” with Partners. Obviously, those in the center, the 1s, when 
changing the direction they face at any time places their own Partner on one 
side and then the other.Simply suggesting that the call is “Change Hands” when 
practicing the move makes it unique and clear and simple, all at once!Having 
the sense of “double beckett” is not so very intuitive for dancers simply 
because this dance is a one-of-a-kind dance. I can “see” it but I wouldn’t 
mention it to dancers.The 1s need to “bond”. As well those far across on the 
opposite side of the set, the 2s, need to “bond” or recognize they are a 
unit…which is all the more useful once any couples reach the end of the set.To 
that end I ask the dancers to change places with couple they are initially 
facing (each 1 changes places with their original 2) and the “Change Hands” 
introduces them to their other half for any who are in the center four.
The only thing that pushes this dance into the realm of “intermediate to 
advanced” is the final 8 bars of the dance, the progression.Those on the 
outside are swinging their Partners and could and should “move up the hall” 
every so slightly.Meanwhile the center four have just met again (the “magic” 
includes meeting their Partners!) and are with their “other half”, the 2s! The 
1s then “Circle Down - three quarters ‘round - and Change Hands”. This call 
indicates the movement of Circle Left 3/4 WHILE moving down the hall ever so 
slightly (to end with “Trade Hands in the Center”, face out and meet a new 
Couple 2 to begin again . . .
I’ve found that the movement of Circle and move is akin the square dance chorus 
figure of four dancers moving in a circle Left while dancing in Promenade 
direction around the “other couple”.So introducing such a chorus in a square 
dance one or two dances earlier allows the whole dance hall to be a bit 
familiar with the similar pattern used in K+E!
Lastly, may I recommend that any of you may also find interest in Pat Shaw’s 
“The American Husband”! It’s a sicillian circle for groups of three, very 
unusual progression and includes a Shetland Hey (for three) with each couple 
dancing as a single unit in a hey for three pattern! Let me know if you can’t 
find it and I’ll post it here.
More dances? Yes, please! (especially circle mixers and sicillian circles)  : )


Frederick Park3377 Halls Chapel Road
Burnsville, NC 28714
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Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[Frederick Park via Callers]

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 dances are well known to me and I wish to offer a teaching element 
I’ve used successfully in the Pat Shaw dance, K + E.

Once sets are established, 1s on the outside facing in, 2s standing back to 
back in the center facing outside couples, the primary dance move that makes it 
all work out is the partner relationship.
I ask all to practice once or twice “Change Hands” with Partners. Obviously, 
those in the center, the 1s, when changing the direction they face at any time 
places their own Partner on one side and then the other.
Simply suggesting that the call is “Change Hands” when practicing the move 
makes it unique and clear and simple, all at once!
Having the sense of “double beckett” is not so very intuitive for dancers 
simply because this dance is a one-of-a-kind dance. I can “see” it but I 
wouldn’t mention it to dancers.
The 1s need to “bond”. As well those far across on the opposite side of the 
set, the 2s, need to “bond” or recognize they are a unit…which is all the more 
useful once any couples reach the end of the set.
To that end I ask the dancers to change places with couple they are initially 
facing (each 1 changes places with their original 2) and the “Change Hands” 
introduces them to their other half for any who are in the center four.

The only thing that pushes this dance into the realm of “intermediate to 
advanced” is the final 8 bars of the dance, the progression.
Those on the outside are swinging their Partners and could and should “move up 
the hall” every so slightly.
Meanwhile the center four have just met again (the “magic” includes meeting 
their Partners!) and are with their “other half”, the 2s! 
The 1s then “Circle Down - three quarters ‘round - and Change Hands”. 
This call indicates the movement of Circle Left 3/4 WHILE moving down the hall 
ever so slightly (to end with “Trade Hands in the Center”, face out and meet a 
new Couple 2 to begin again . . .

I’ve found that the movement of Circle and move is akin the square dance chorus 
figure of four dancers moving in a circle Left while dancing in Promenade 
direction around the “other couple”.
So introducing such a chorus in a square dance one or two dances earlier allows 
the whole dance hall to be a bit familiar with the similar pattern used in K+E!

Lastly, may I recommend that any of you may also find interest in Pat Shaw’s 
“The American Husband”! It’s a sicillian circle for groups of three, very 
unusual progression and includes a Shetland Hey (for three) with each couple 
dancing as a single unit in a hey for three pattern! Let me know if you can’t 
find it and I’ll post it here.

More dances? Yes, please! (especially circle mixers and sicillian circles)  : )


Frederick Park
3377 Halls Chapel Road
Burnsville, NC 28714
828.335.5630
freder...@apalache.com

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[jandnbloom via Callers]

When teaching the Weevil, I've found it essential to make it clear that the 
dancers are NOT standing across from each other.   The three dancers are 
standing across from the gaps between the four dancers.  If the dancers stand 
across from each other,  then finding the next diagonal dancer becomes very 
confusing. 
Jacob


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 Original message From: DAVID HARDING via 
Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> Date:06/09/2017  5:06 PM  
(GMT-05:00) To: John Sweeney <j...@modernjive.com>,John Sweeney via 
Callers <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 around the aT the ends.
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Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

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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 each other I got it from Sherry Nevins, but I don't know that she wrote it. Anyone know a source?Gender is not a thing in this one.each person has a number, 1, 2 or 3.  1 on caller L, 2s in middle, 3s on callers RA1 Sashay 4 steps L and 4 Rtake hands 6 and circle R 1 xA2 Sashay 4 steps R and 4 Ltake hands 6 and circle L 1xB1 1s swing each other, 2s swing each other3s swing each other ALL END THE SWINGS HAVING TRADED PLACESB2 take hands in lines of 3 and 4 steps Forward and back right high, left hand low and turn around to face the new(middle person, still holding hands with the other 2, raises R hand to make and arch, the L hand person, still holding on, crosses in front and goes under that arch, the R hand person crosses in front, the middle person turns under their own R arm and they face a new 3 some)Enjoy!Amy**Amy Carrolla...@calleramy.com206-330-7408http://www.calleramy.com/https://youtu.be/mTd_iyi3IcI
 

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[DAVID HARDING via Callers]

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.

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[John Sweeney via Callers]

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 between the "fours" - remind them every time the figure
eights and the tunnels end - "face a gap"
As they go through the tunnel call, "First go right, second go left" (Or
vice versa if you set the set up as it was originally written) - that REALLY
helps them to end up on the correct side
Tell the last two of the tunnel not to bother if the set is behind the music
- just get ready for the next time through.

Happy dancing,
John

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Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[DAVID HARDING via Callers]

I've danced "The weevil" three times in very different settings: once at a guinea pig dance, once at a weekend workshop, and once at our regular  barn dance on a nasty weather night when the caller ran out of triplets after two+ hours.  The dance is sufficiently different from  contra or square that all three groups had trouble.  The ends are odd.  I have a firm grasp of how it is supposed to go,  but in the middle of it all things are very hectic and it is difficult to turn the correct direction consistently .  It is fun when it's working. It is probably not for a ONS, though perhaps without incorrect muscle memory things would go more smoothly.    The group needs a high tolerance for temporary chaos.  You do recover the formation quickly after it breaks down.  One time the walk through was great, then chaos.  Another the walk through was not promising, but once we started dancing it clicked.On June 8, 2017 at 8:35 PM Mac Mckeever via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:I have a dance called The Weevil by Richard MasonIt 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  The WeevilA gender free dance written by by Richard Mason for 7 people in friends garden on a sunny summer day in New Zeal... Mac McKeeverFrom: Frederick Park via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> To: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net  Sent: Thursday, 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 come from or if you think of the dance as strictly for beginners, intermediate or advanced dancers.Is this a dance you usually share? Is this a dance you save for “special occasions”?Should be a fun “read”!Best regards to all,Frederick Park___Callers mailing listCallers@lists.sharedweight.nethttp://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net ___Callers mailing listCallers@lists.sharedweight.nethttp://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
 

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[Kalia Kliban via Callers]

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 


It's more challenging than you might think, especially getting the 
tunnel to form up correctly.  I wouldn't do this one with brand-new 
dancers.  On the other hand, Le Brandy is _great_ with new dancers.


Le Brandy
trad. French Canadian
Longways set of 6-10 couples
A1 All R elbow turn, then L elbow.
A2 All dosido partner, then dosido by the other shoulder, ending 
standing back to back in the middle of the set.
B1 Everyone yell "Un, deux, trois, poussez!" on the first 4 beats, doing 
a gentle bootie bump with partner on "poussez," then swing partner.
B2 Top couple boogie down the middle with style as the rest move up one 
place.


Kalia Kliban

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[Mac Mckeever via Callers]

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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The Weevil
 A gender free dance written by by Richard Mason for 7 people in friends garden 
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Mac McKeever

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 Sent: Thursday, June 8, 2017 7:25 PM
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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 beginners, intermediate or advanced dancers.

Is this a dance you usually share? Is this a dance you save for “special 
occasions”?

Should be a fun “read”!

Best regards to all,

Frederick Park
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Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[Isaac Banner via Callers]

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)
Circle right (8)
 A2 Into the middle & back (8)
Into the middle & back (8)
 B1 One in the middle, swing [some]one [Ballroom,
elbow, or 2-hand swing.  Choose fast!] (8)
Those 2, swing 2 [The swinging pair let go of each other, and
each swing someone new.] (8)
 B2 Those 4, swing 4 [Each swings one of the remaining five.  The
left-over person becomes the ...] (16)
New monkey in the middle.  [The other eight] join hands and ...


It's a hit with young and old dancers alike.

- Isaac Banner

On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 5:25 PM Frederick Park via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> 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 beginners, intermediate or advanced dancers.
>
> Is this a dance you usually share? Is this a dance you save for “special
> occasions”?
>
> Should be a fun “read”!
>
> Best regards to all,
>
> Frederick Park
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Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[Richard Fischer via Callers]

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 the dancers at 
our regular Princeton contra dance mastered it and enjoyed it. I think it’s a 
fabulous dance!  Instructions are here:

http://www.patshaw.info/dances/#kande

It has its own tune, which is in Barnes 1.

Richard Fischer
Princeton, NJ

> On Jun 8, 2017, at 8:24 PM, Frederick Park via Callers 
>  wrote:
> 
> 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 beginners, intermediate or advanced dancers.
> 
> Is this a dance you usually share? Is this a dance you save for “special 
> occasions”?
> 
> Should be a fun “read”!
> 
> Best regards to all,
> 
> Frederick Park
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Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[Frederick Park via Callers]

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 beginners, intermediate or advanced dancers.

Is this a dance you usually share? Is this a dance you save for “special 
occasions”?

Should be a fun “read”!

Best regards to all,

Frederick Park

Re: [Callers] New Dance?

[Ric Goldman - Letsdance via Callers]

Hi Bob,



It's almost the same as my dance Fried Rice, written in 2012 in a Chinese
restaurant while waiting for dinner.  The only difference is the B2 5-8:



Fried Rice, duple improper

A1   1-8  Neighbors balance + swing

A2   1-4  Gents allemande L 1-1/2

5-8  Partners swing

B1   1-4  Long lines fwd & back

5-8  Circle L 3/4 

B2   1-4  Neighbors allemande R 1-1/2

5-6  Balance the ring, petronella

7-8  Balance the ring, petronella with an extra half-turn to face
new neighbors



Hope this helps.



Thanx, Ric Goldman



From: Callers [mailto:callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of
Bob Isaacs via Callers
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 7:12 PM
To: Shared Weight 
Subject: [Callers] New Dance?



Hive Mind:



I wrote the following solid little contra on a recent flight when I had too
much time on my hands, and it went well on its initial test.   It didn't
show up in my database, but do you know if it has been written previously?



Improper



A1.  Neighbor balance, swing

A2.  Gents allemande L 1 1/2, partner swing

B1.  Long lines, circle L 3/4

B2.  Neighbor allemande R 1 1/2, 1/2 hey (GL, PR, LL, -)



Bob

Re: [Callers] New Dance

[Tom Hinds via Callers]

Really nice dance.  Do neighbors face across when they balance?  Or  
do they face each other?


T


On May 30, 2017, at 8:16 AM, Stephanie Marie via Callers wrote:

Wrote this over the last several months and called it last night in  
Charlotte:


Swim at Round Pond, improper

A1 1's in the middle gypsy and swing
A2 Circle left 1x and neighbor swing
B1 Down the hall four in line, turn alone, come back
B2 Neighbor balance, 2's gate 1's down the middle, New neighbor  
mirror do si do



The dance ends up being a bit on the ECD side. It was written in  
honor of my literally hot week at the CDSS Pinewoods Camp last  
summer. I took many swims at Round Pond right outside Nonesuch cabin.


Stephanie Marie
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Re: [Callers] New Dance

[Don Veino via Callers]

Harking back to a prior thread - there's different dizziness quotients for
different moves. I ran an experiment with dancers where we did 64 beats+ of
Mad Robin CW - no reported dizziness.

In my experience, the tighter the radius, the higher the perceived
dizziness. Think of it as RPB (rotations per beat). Facing direction also
impacts perception (can you look at a fixed (relative) point?).

So on a scale, a swing could be a 1.0, a Walkaround/G*p*y Right say a 0.8,
Allemande Right = 0.6?, Left shoulder center start Hey = 0.2?. Circles more
dizzy than Stars?, etc.

Bottom line, in my experience, a simple CW beat count is a useful first
level check but doesn't necessarily represent the dance's true perceived
"dizzy dancer" impact.

-Don

BTW Michael (from the parallel Trad Dance Callers thread): I have Fun Dance
for Marjorie as being by Bob Golder, collected from the author himself. :)
Ref:
https://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2009.pdf#page=25


On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 12:39 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Unfortunately, I count a whole lot of clockwise rotation.
> In beats:
> A1: 12 all, assuming people spin on the Petronella
> A2: 4 for Gents
> B1. 16
> B2. 16, with ladies getting an extra rotation.
>
> So, that's 44 beats of clockwise rotation (the "noticeably dizzy mark" for
> me is 40) and gents get 48 beats.
>
> Sorry. :(
>
> Ron Blechner
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Re: [Callers] new (?) dance - with a shadow swing

[Bree Kalb via Callers]

I'd like to add this to my collection. Have you named it?



On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I know the list has had big debates about shadow swings in the past. If
> you don't like 'em, you can pitch this. This dance was written for someone
> who wanted a shadow swing, and is something I might call at a shadow-themed
> festival session. As shadow swings go, I like the idea of swingus
> interuptus going from shadow to partner.
>
> To my knowledge, it's a new composition. Haven't gotten to test it yet.
> But I present it for comment and/or collection.
>
> Becket, cw
> A1
> Circle L 3/4
> Neighbor Swing
> A2
> Promenade across with neighbor
> Left Diagonal Ladies chain (to shadow)
> B1
> women start 1/2 hey straight across by Right shoulder
> Women Do Si Do 1x
> B2
> Shadow swing
> Partner swing
> (no slide required, circle with couple straight across)
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Re: [Callers] new (?) dance - with a shadow swing

[Luke Donforth via Callers]

I agree that promenade across takes up more room than a R Given the
space, I'd take the promenade here because of the extra turn required to go
on the left diagonal for the chain to shadow. I think the promenade has
better connection, so folks can work together more.

If it was crowded, it could be switched to a R I wouldn't want to do a
swing->swing transition in a very crowded hall though. But I could imagine
a density where I'd still run the dance but want to use a R instead of a
promenade.

On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 1:03 PM, Rich Dempsey via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> I like the way you can hand off from shadow to partner. That feels
> exciting.
>
> What is the aesthetic consideration that leads you to choose a promenade
> across?
>
> My personal experience is that the line tends to tighten up, and it's hard
> to get across without bumping you neighbors.  I think a R through doesn't
> have this problem, possibly because we're not traveling together.
> Sometimes, I convert it to a traveling swing in an especially tight line
> because at the moment of lining up with the larger line, my partner and I
> are oriented perpendicularly to it, which takes up less space up and down
> the hall. Not sure you could teach that. It requires precision.
>
> Rich
>
> On Sep 20, 2016 1:49 PM, "Luke Donforth via Callers" <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I know the list has had big debates about shadow swings in the past. If
>> you don't like 'em, you can pitch this. This dance was written for someone
>> who wanted a shadow swing, and is something I might call at a shadow-themed
>> festival session. As shadow swings go, I like the idea of swingus
>> interuptus going from shadow to partner.
>>
>> To my knowledge, it's a new composition. Haven't gotten to test it yet.
>> But I present it for comment and/or collection.
>>
>> Becket, cw
>> A1
>> Circle L 3/4
>> Neighbor Swing
>> A2
>> Promenade across with neighbor
>> Left Diagonal Ladies chain (to shadow)
>> B1
>> women start 1/2 hey straight across by Right shoulder
>> Women Do Si Do 1x
>> B2
>> Shadow swing
>> Partner swing
>> (no slide required, circle with couple straight across)
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Re: [Callers] new (?) dance - with a shadow swing

[Rich Dempsey via Callers]

I like the way you can hand off from shadow to partner. That feels exciting.

What is the aesthetic consideration that leads you to choose a promenade
across?

My personal experience is that the line tends to tighten up, and it's hard
to get across without bumping you neighbors.  I think a R through doesn't
have this problem, possibly because we're not traveling together.
Sometimes, I convert it to a traveling swing in an especially tight line
because at the moment of lining up with the larger line, my partner and I
are oriented perpendicularly to it, which takes up less space up and down
the hall. Not sure you could teach that. It requires precision.

Rich

On Sep 20, 2016 1:49 PM, "Luke Donforth via Callers" <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I know the list has had big debates about shadow swings in the past. If
> you don't like 'em, you can pitch this. This dance was written for someone
> who wanted a shadow swing, and is something I might call at a shadow-themed
> festival session. As shadow swings go, I like the idea of swingus
> interuptus going from shadow to partner.
>
> To my knowledge, it's a new composition. Haven't gotten to test it yet.
> But I present it for comment and/or collection.
>
> Becket, cw
> A1
> Circle L 3/4
> Neighbor Swing
> A2
> Promenade across with neighbor
> Left Diagonal Ladies chain (to shadow)
> B1
> women start 1/2 hey straight across by Right shoulder
> Women Do Si Do 1x
> B2
> Shadow swing
> Partner swing
> (no slide required, circle with couple straight across)
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Re: [Callers] New (?) dance, B1 balance, B2 balance and partner swing

[Maia McCormick via Callers]

Called Bob's "Return 2 Sender" this past Thursday at Mt. Airy, PA -- what a
good dance!!

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 6:37 PM, Bob Isaacs via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Hi All:
>
> As Luke noted, there are two dances with similar names.  The first is:
>
> Return to Sender
> Becket-L, double, 7/18/00
>
> A1.  L diagonal R and L through, ladies chain to neighbor
> A2.  Hey (LR, PL, GR, NL) - give R to N
> B1.  Balance, box the gnat and pull by R, gents allemande L 1 1/2
> B2.  Partner balance, swing
>
> On 5/19/03 I wrote Return 2 Sender, the same dance below that Luke
> re-discovered.  With a neighbor swing and a single progression, this is
> objectively better.
>
> For both I offer the following teaching tip: at the end of the hey take R
> with neighbor and have all face across, so for Return 2 Sender the ladies
> are back to back.  Then have all take a small step to their L as the ideal
> position to finish the hey (if facing across is 12 o'clock/6 o'clock, then
> slightly L of across is 1 o'clock/7 o'clock).  Then after the box the gnat
> and pull by, the ladies have a clearer path into the allemande L -
>
> Bob
>
>
> Becket
> A1
> Circle left 3/4
> Neighbor swing
> A2
> Gents start hey for 4 by left
> B1
> Right to neighbor (women back to back in middle), balance and box gnat
> Pull by right, women allemande left 1 1/2
> B2
> Partner balance and swing
> Slide left
>
> Happy dancing
>
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Re: [Callers] New (?) dance, B1 balance, B2 balance and partner swing

[Yoyo Zhou via Callers]

I was trying to come up with a dance last night that fit different
parameters (full hey, no chain, and more balances), but it ends up fitting
Luke's parameters too. I ended up not using this one, but has Bob (or
another choreographer) written it already?

Becket
A1: (slide left to progress,) circle left 3/4, N swing
A2: full hey for 4, gents pass left; the second time ladies meet, they
ricochet; make long waves, right hand to P
B1: balance right, slide right; balance left, slide left
B2: P balance, swing

Thanks,
Yoyo Zhou

Re: [Callers] New (?) dance, B1 balance, B2 balance and partner swing

[Colin Hume via Callers]

(Sending to the list this time!)

On Mon, 9 May 2016 18:37:23 -0400, Bob Isaacs via Callers wrote:
> With a neighbor swing and a single progression, this is objectively better.

Bob -

That depends on your objectives!  The original Becket Reel was a double 
progression and I generally prefer that.  And in England
the swing isn't seen as the main part of a contra and contras don't go on 
nearly so long, so I (objectively) prefer your first
version and will call that!

Colin Hume

Re: [Callers] New (?) dance, B1 balance, B2 balance and partner swing

[Bob Isaacs via Callers]

Hi All:
 
As Luke noted, there are two dances with similar names.  The first is:
 
Return to Sender
Becket-L, double, 7/18/00
 
A1.  L diagonal R and L through, ladies chain to neighbor
A2.  Hey (LR, PL, GR, NL) - give R to N
B1.  Balance, box the gnat and pull by R, gents allemande L 1 1/2
B2.  Partner balance, swing
 
On 5/19/03 I wrote Return 2 Sender, the same dance below that Luke 
re-discovered.  With a neighbor swing and a single progression, this is 
objectively better.
 
For both I offer the following teaching tip: at the end of the hey take R with 
neighbor and have all face across, so for Return 2 Sender the ladies are back 
to back.  Then have all take a small step to their L as the ideal position to 
finish the hey (if facing across is 12 o'clock/6 o'clock, then slightly L of 
across is 1 o'clock/7 o'clock).  Then after the box the gnat and pull by, the 
ladies have a clearer path into the allemande L - 
 
Bob
 
 
BecketA1Circle left 3/4Neighbor swingA2Gents start hey for 4 by leftB1Right to 
neighbor (women back to back in middle), balance and box gnatPull by right, 
women allemande left 1 1/2B2Partner balance and swingSlide left
Happy dancing

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Re: [Callers] New (?) dance, B1 balance, B2 balance and partner swing

[Luke Donforth via Callers]

Two corrections:

The Bob Isaacs composition that I accidentally duplicated is "Return 2
Sender".
"Return to Sender" is a different Bob Isaacs dance with a double
progression.

I'm now proposing Vallimont's Silver Hammer be the following dance instead:

Becket
A1
Circle Left
Neighbor Swing
A2
Promenade across with neighbor
Ladies chain to partner
B1
Right to neighbor, balance and pull by; pull by partner left
shadow DSD 1x
B2
Partner Balance and Swing
slide left

(That is, unless that one exists as well; in which case I'll write her a
different one.)

Happy dancing

Re: [Callers] New (?) dance, B1 balance, B2 balance and partner swing

[Robert Golder via Callers]

The dance name "Return to Sender" may always now seem a bit ironic to you, but 
there are worse things in life than to come up with choreography so good that 
Bob Isaacs got there first.  

On May 9, 2016, at 3:23 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers 
 wrote:

> And it turns out it's already been written:
> Bob Isaacs called it "Return to Sender"
> 
> Sorry for the false alarm. 
> 
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Luke Donforth  wrote:
> My tentative name (assuming the composition doesn't already exist) is 
> Vallimont's Silver Hammer. The dance came out of a conversation with the 
> talented musician Julie Vallimont (just got permission to use the name) about 
> closing sets; and how callers like dances that end with swings but bands 
> often have something that builds to a big hit at the A to B transition in the 
> music.
> 
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Jerome Grisanti  
> wrote:
> Luke,
> 
> I don't recognize it, but it looks fun.
> 
> Just curious ... did you have a particular tune in mind that shaped your 
> desire for the balance at the top of the B sections?
> 
> --Jerome
> 
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> 660-528-0858
> http://www.jeromegrisanti.com
> 
> "Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power 
> and magic in it." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
> 
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers 
>  wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I was trying to write a nice end-of-evening dance that had a balance at the 
> top of B1, and ended with a partner swing (that wasn't Old Time Elixir #2 or 
> Tica Tica timing...) and came up with this. I think it's new, and it worked 
> well in Montreal recently; but I'd like to know if it already existed: 
> 
> Becket
> A1
> Circle left 3/4
> Neighbor swing
> A2
> Gents start hey for 4 by left
> B1
> Right to neighbor (women back to back in middle), balance and box gnat
> Pull by right, women allemande left 1 1/2
> B2
> Partner balance and swing
> Slide left
> 
> Happy dancing
> 
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> 
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Re: [Callers] New (?) dance, B1 balance, B2 balance and partner swing

[Luke Donforth via Callers]

And it turns out it's already been written:
Bob Isaacs called it "Return to Sender"

Sorry for the false alarm.

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Luke Donforth  wrote:

> My tentative name (assuming the composition doesn't already exist) is
> Vallimont's Silver Hammer. The dance came out of a conversation with the
> talented musician Julie Vallimont (just got permission to use the name)
> about closing sets; and how callers like dances that end with swings but
> bands often have something that builds to a big hit at the A to B
> transition in the music.
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Jerome Grisanti  > wrote:
>
>> Luke,
>>
>> I don't recognize it, but it looks fun.
>>
>> Just curious ... did you have a particular tune in mind that shaped your
>> desire for the balance at the top of the B sections?
>>
>> --Jerome
>>
>> Jerome Grisanti
>> 660-528-0858
>> http://www.jeromegrisanti.com
>>
>> "Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and
>> power and magic in it." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
>>
>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers <
>> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I was trying to write a nice end-of-evening dance that had a balance at
>>> the top of B1, and ended with a partner swing (that wasn't Old Time Elixir
>>> #2 or Tica Tica timing...) and came up with this. I think it's new, and it
>>> worked well in Montreal recently; but I'd like to know if it already
>>> existed:
>>>
>>> Becket
>>> A1
>>> Circle left 3/4
>>> Neighbor swing
>>> A2
>>> Gents start hey for 4 by left
>>> B1
>>> Right to neighbor (women back to back in middle), balance and box gnat
>>> Pull by right, women allemande left 1 1/2
>>> B2
>>> Partner balance and swing
>>> Slide left
>>>
>>> Happy dancing
>>>
>>> --
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>>
>
>
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>



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Re: [Callers] New (?) dance, B1 balance, B2 balance and partner swing

[Luke Donforth via Callers]

My tentative name (assuming the composition doesn't already exist) is
Vallimont's Silver Hammer. The dance came out of a conversation with the
talented musician Julie Vallimont (just got permission to use the name)
about closing sets; and how callers like dances that end with swings but
bands often have something that builds to a big hit at the A to B
transition in the music.

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Jerome Grisanti 
wrote:

> Luke,
>
> I don't recognize it, but it looks fun.
>
> Just curious ... did you have a particular tune in mind that shaped your
> desire for the balance at the top of the B sections?
>
> --Jerome
>
> Jerome Grisanti
> 660-528-0858
> http://www.jeromegrisanti.com
>
> "Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and
> power and magic in it." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I was trying to write a nice end-of-evening dance that had a balance at
>> the top of B1, and ended with a partner swing (that wasn't Old Time Elixir
>> #2 or Tica Tica timing...) and came up with this. I think it's new, and it
>> worked well in Montreal recently; but I'd like to know if it already
>> existed:
>>
>> Becket
>> A1
>> Circle left 3/4
>> Neighbor swing
>> A2
>> Gents start hey for 4 by left
>> B1
>> Right to neighbor (women back to back in middle), balance and box gnat
>> Pull by right, women allemande left 1 1/2
>> B2
>> Partner balance and swing
>> Slide left
>>
>> Happy dancing
>>
>> --
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>>
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Re: [Callers] New (?) dance, B1 balance, B2 balance and partner swing

[Jerome Grisanti via Callers]

Luke,

I don't recognize it, but it looks fun.

Just curious ... did you have a particular tune in mind that shaped your
desire for the balance at the top of the B sections?

--Jerome

Jerome Grisanti
660-528-0858
http://www.jeromegrisanti.com

"Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power
and magic in it." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I was trying to write a nice end-of-evening dance that had a balance at
> the top of B1, and ended with a partner swing (that wasn't Old Time Elixir
> #2 or Tica Tica timing...) and came up with this. I think it's new, and it
> worked well in Montreal recently; but I'd like to know if it already
> existed:
>
> Becket
> A1
> Circle left 3/4
> Neighbor swing
> A2
> Gents start hey for 4 by left
> B1
> Right to neighbor (women back to back in middle), balance and box gnat
> Pull by right, women allemande left 1 1/2
> B2
> Partner balance and swing
> Slide left
>
> Happy dancing
>
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Re: [Callers] New Dance: For He's A Jolly Good Fellow

[Michael Fuerst via Callers]

(Corrected)Hmmm...   (a)  Exactly what do you mean  by "Petronella?"(b)  
Exactly what do you mean by "Give and Take?" Michael Fuerst      802 N Broadway 
     Urbana IL 61801  217 239 5844 

On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 1:38 AM, Michael Barraclough via Callers 
 wrote:
 

  Thank you for the helpful comments when I shared this dance a few weeks ago. 
I called the dance as written on 3/18/2016 at the Memorial Dance for Charlie 
Fellows.  It went ok but, as forecast, it was hard work to ensure that the 
B2/A1 transition went smoothly. I have therefore changed the dance slightly 
which I hope makes it a better dance. The original B1and B2 have been swapped 
and the two 'trades' have been changed for a 'turn single' and a 'California 
Twirl'.

The final dance is as follows:

FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW

Michael Barraclough (2016)
Longways improper

A1 Balance the ring, Petronella, Balance the ring, Turn Single
A2 Give & take (men take, neighbor swing)
B1 Give & take (men take, partner swing)
B2 Balance the ring, Petronella, Balance the ring, California Twirl

This keeps most of the symmetry/simplicity from the original but improves the 
B2/A1 transition. Dancers eemed to like the double Give & Take.

The full dance is available at 
http://www.michaelbarraclough.com/24-dances-i-have-written/1090-for-he-s-a-jolly-good-fellow


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Re: [Callers] New Dance: For He's A Jolly Good Fellow

[Michael Fuerst via Callers]

Hmmm...   (a)  Exactly what do you mean  by "Petronella?"(b) Exactly what hat 
do you mean by "Give and Take?" Michael Fuerst      802 N Broadway      Urbana 
IL 61801  217 239 5844 

On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 1:39 AM, Michael Barraclough via Callers 
 wrote:
 

  Thank you for the helpful comments when I shared this dance a few weeks ago. 
I called the dance as written on 3/18/2016 at the Memorial Dance for Charlie 
Fellows.  It went ok but, as forecast, it was hard work to ensure that the 
B2/A1 transition went smoothly. I have therefore changed the dance slightly 
which I hope makes it a better dance. The original B1and B2 have been swapped 
and the two 'trades' have been changed for a 'turn single' and a 'California 
Twirl'.

The final dance is as follows:

FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW

Michael Barraclough (2016)
Longways improper

A1 Balance the ring, Petronella, Balance the ring, Turn Single
A2 Give & take (men take, neighbor swing)
B1 Give & take (men take, partner swing)
B2 Balance the ring, Petronella, Balance the ring, California Twirl

This keeps most of the symmetry/simplicity from the original but improves the 
B2/A1 transition. Dancers eemed to like the double Give & Take.

The full dance is available at 
http://www.michaelbarraclough.com/24-dances-i-have-written/1090-for-he-s-a-jolly-good-fellow


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Re: [Callers] New dance?

[Alan Winston via Callers]

In fact, MacArthur was considered a potential Republican presidential 
candidate and made some speeches, but it didn't work out.  So he was a 
politician, too.


-- Alan


On 3/28/16 9:42 AM, James Saxe via Callers wrote:

This isn't exactly a case of naming a dance after a politician
(in the sense of someone seeking or holding elective government
office), but the description of "Monadnock Reel" in the syllabus
from the 2011 Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend includes the
following comment:

  Dudley [Laufman] added, "[Ralph] Page originally named the
  dance MacArthur's Reel after General Douglas MacArthur, but
  when the boys came home to Keene after the war, Ralph found
  that many of them did not share a love for the general. So
  he changed the name to Monadnock Reel."

--Jim

On Monday, March 28, 2016 9:41 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers 
 wrote:


Let me rephrase:
Is there a precedent for naming a dance after a living politician?



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Re: [Callers] New dance?

[James Saxe via Callers]

This isn't exactly a case of naming a dance after a politician
(in the sense of someone seeking or holding elective government
office), but the description of "Monadnock Reel" in the syllabus
from the 2011 Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend includes the
following comment:

 Dudley [Laufman] added, "[Ralph] Page originally named the
 dance MacArthur's Reel after General Douglas MacArthur, but
 when the boys came home to Keene after the war, Ralph found
 that many of them did not share a love for the general. So
 he changed the name to Monadnock Reel."

--Jim

On Monday, March 28, 2016 9:41 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers 
 wrote:

> Let me rephrase:
> Is there a precedent for naming a dance after a living politician?

Re: [Callers] New dance?

[Ric Goldman - Letsdance via Callers]

FWIW, I have such a dance, although the original conceit was bidding in bridge. 
 The dance is called “One No-Trump”.

 

Thanx, Ric Goldman

 

From: Callers [mailto:callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Ron 
Blechner via Callers
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 7:21 AM
To: Pat Hoekje <tccal...@yahoo.com>
Cc: Caller's discussion list <call...@sharedweight.net>
Subject: Re: [Callers] New dance?

 

I have another question to pose:

Is there precedent for naming a dance after a politician? 

While I may have voted for Bernie, I'm careful to not inject my political view 
into my calling / choreography. (Though, on the other hand, if Bernie doesn't 
win the nomination, in 5 years dancers will just hear "feel the burn".)

In Dance,
Ron Blechner

On Mar 27, 2016 8:24 AM, "Pat Hoekje via Callers" 
<callers@lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net> > wrote:

I am trying to visualize the circle R to star R with new neighbor from the 
women's place and I have to turn around (or drop from the circle right a bit 
early to star right with the next neighbor.  What am I not seeing correctly or 
is that true?  

 

Thanks,

Pat

 

On Sunday, March 27, 2016 4:22 AM, Amy Wimmer via Callers 
<callers@lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net> > wrote:

 

Tom and Erik are quite right about that swing. It lasts FOREVER, which
is a little too long.  I took Michael's suggestion and started at A2.
I also took Michael's suggestion of turning the allemande into a
two-eyed turn (an "eye-lemande" as my friend Matthew coined). Thank
you for the suggestions for changing that bit.

Two callers danced it tonight. One (my husband, Tom) thought the flow
was good, but the swing was definitely too long. The other caller said
she really liked that the mad robin wasn't with your partner, which
she said tends to make a dance seem very partner-only-centric,
ignoring the neighbors. She agreed with me that I need to figure out a
better way to teach it. One of the band members noticed the long swing
and said it needs some other element to break it up.

This particular dance community has lots of beginners and folks who
just don't dance very well. It took them a while to get the circle
right-to star right transition. Tom thought that part was simple. He
noticed that when one is out at the ends one should not cross over,
but should stand "proper."

I very much appreciate your input, guys. Next time I'll try some more
of your ideas.

-Amy


> On Mar 26, 2016, at 5:50 PM, Tom Hinds <twhi...@earthlink.net 
> <mailto:twhi...@earthlink.net> > wrote:
>
> Nice dance Amy.  I really like the sequence of moves.
> I'm trying to imagine this in my head and assume that the allemande right is 
> once around which takes less than 8 beats to do.
>
> Hope you don't mind suggesting a change.  I would change the allemande right 
> to once and a half.  That would give us:
>
> B2neighbor allemande right 1 1/2
>ladies ric.  men pass left
>
> T
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Re: [Callers] New dance?

[Michael Fuerst via Callers]

One could name a dance about whatever one wants
However, here's one from the book Midwest Folklore published by the Urbana 
Country Dancers in 1995   
https://store.cdss.org/product/178-midwest-folklore-and-other-dances
Colonel North's Contra Insurgencyby Erna-Lynne Bogue
A1 N's dsdStart grand R around the major set:  N right, nest neighbor left, 
right to a third, start left allemande with a fourth
A2 ... finish the allemande and lefts and rights to original neighborSwing 
original neighbor
B1  1's half figure 8 above,  1's start turning contra corners
B2   1's finish turning contra corners,  1's swing end facing down
Erna-Lynne wrote the first version of this dance during some well publicized 
Congressional hearings in the 1980's, and found it gain when Col North was 
again inthe news in 1991.Col North ran unsuccessfully for the Senate in 
1994Oliver North - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 Michael Fuerst      802 N Broadway      Urbana IL 61801  217 239 5844Links 
to photos of many of my drawings and paintings are at www.ArtComesFuerst.com 

On Monday, March 28, 2016 9:41 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers 
 wrote:
 

 Let me rephrase:Is there a precedent for naming a dance after a living 
politician?On Mar 28, 2016 10:29 AM, "Don Veino"  
wrote:

Jefferson and Liberty.
On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers 
 wrote:

I have another question to pose:Is there precedent for naming a dance after a 
politician? While I may have voted for Bernie, I'm careful to not inject my 
political view into my calling / choreography. (Though, on the other hand, if 
Bernie doesn't win the nomination, in 5 years dancers will just hear "feel the 
burn".)In Dance,
Ron BlechnerOn Mar 27, 2016 8:24 AM, "Pat Hoekje via Callers" 
 wrote:

I am trying to visualize the circle R to star R with new neighbor from the 
women's place and I have to turn around (or drop from the circle right a bit 
early to star right with the next neighbor.  What am I not seeing correctly or 
is that true?  
Thanks,Pat 

On Sunday, March 27, 2016 4:22 AM, Amy Wimmer via Callers 
 wrote:
 

 Tom and Erik are quite right about that swing. It lasts FOREVER, which
is a little too long.  I took Michael's suggestion and started at A2.
I also took Michael's suggestion of turning the allemande into a
two-eyed turn (an "eye-lemande" as my friend Matthew coined). Thank
you for the suggestions for changing that bit.

Two callers danced it tonight. One (my husband, Tom) thought the flow
was good, but the swing was definitely too long. The other caller said
she really liked that the mad robin wasn't with your partner, which
she said tends to make a dance seem very partner-only-centric,
ignoring the neighbors. She agreed with me that I need to figure out a
better way to teach it. One of the band members noticed the long swing
and said it needs some other element to break it up.

This particular dance community has lots of beginners and folks who
just don't dance very well. It took them a while to get the circle
right-to star right transition. Tom thought that part was simple. He
noticed that when one is out at the ends one should not cross over,
but should stand "proper."

I very much appreciate your input, guys. Next time I'll try some more
of your ideas.

-Amy

> On Mar 26, 2016, at 5:50 PM, Tom Hinds  wrote:
>
> Nice dance Amy.  I really like the sequence of moves.
> I'm trying to imagine this in my head and assume that the allemande right is 
> once around which takes less than 8 beats to do.
>
> Hope you don't mind suggesting a change.  I would change the allemande right 
> to once and a half.  That would give us:
>
> B2    neighbor allemande right 1 1/2
>    ladies ric.  men pass left
>
> T
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Re: [Callers] New dance?

[Darwin Gregory via Callers]

There is some precedent for political dances   Jefferson & Liberty
along with its derivatives are still danced in some places.  I'm sure there
must be others,  but as an aspiring caller I don't know of any recent
examples.
On Mar 28, 2016 10:21 AM, "Ron Blechner via Callers" <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> I have another question to pose:
>
> Is there precedent for naming a dance after a politician?
>
> While I may have voted for Bernie, I'm careful to not inject my political
> view into my calling / choreography. (Though, on the other hand, if Bernie
> doesn't win the nomination, in 5 years dancers will just hear "feel the
> burn".)
>
> In Dance,
> Ron Blechner
> On Mar 27, 2016 8:24 AM, "Pat Hoekje via Callers" <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> I am trying to visualize the circle R to star R with new neighbor from
>> the women's place and I have to turn around (or drop from the circle right
>> a bit early to star right with the next neighbor.  What am I not seeing
>> correctly or is that true?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Pat
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, March 27, 2016 4:22 AM, Amy Wimmer via Callers <
>> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Tom and Erik are quite right about that swing. It lasts FOREVER, which
>> is a little too long.  I took Michael's suggestion and started at A2.
>> I also took Michael's suggestion of turning the allemande into a
>> two-eyed turn (an "eye-lemande" as my friend Matthew coined). Thank
>> you for the suggestions for changing that bit.
>>
>> Two callers danced it tonight. One (my husband, Tom) thought the flow
>> was good, but the swing was definitely too long. The other caller said
>> she really liked that the mad robin wasn't with your partner, which
>> she said tends to make a dance seem very partner-only-centric,
>> ignoring the neighbors. She agreed with me that I need to figure out a
>> better way to teach it. One of the band members noticed the long swing
>> and said it needs some other element to break it up.
>>
>> This particular dance community has lots of beginners and folks who
>> just don't dance very well. It took them a while to get the circle
>> right-to star right transition. Tom thought that part was simple. He
>> noticed that when one is out at the ends one should not cross over,
>> but should stand "proper."
>>
>> I very much appreciate your input, guys. Next time I'll try some more
>> of your ideas.
>>
>> -Amy
>>
>> > On Mar 26, 2016, at 5:50 PM, Tom Hinds  wrote:
>> >
>> > Nice dance Amy.  I really like the sequence of moves.
>> > I'm trying to imagine this in my head and assume that the allemande
>> right is once around which takes less than 8 beats to do.
>> >
>> > Hope you don't mind suggesting a change.  I would change the allemande
>> right to once and a half.  That would give us:
>> >
>> > B2neighbor allemande right 1 1/2
>> >ladies ric.  men pass left
>> >
>> > T
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