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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. >

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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,

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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

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ally 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

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s 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.nilsfredlan

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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 San Diego ___ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address:

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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

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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

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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

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sda...@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

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> 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 Diver

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sda...@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 id

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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

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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

Re: [Callers] New dance!

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

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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 < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Kamryn Wisner and I wrote a dance! > > Does it exist? > > “Techno fix”

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

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

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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

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

Men need to orbit ccw! Barrie On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 12:53 PM Liam Binley via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> 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

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

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

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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

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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

Re: [Callers] New(?) dance, transitions?

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

Re: [Callers] New(?) dance, transitions?

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

Re: [Callers] New(?) dance, transitions?

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.

Re: [Callers] New dance, written by me! (It's my first) (Liam Binley)

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

Re: [Callers] New dance, new move

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

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@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? Donna Web Site: donnahuntcaller.com Email: dhuntdan...@aol.com Cell: 21

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

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.

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

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

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harles 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: Wednesda

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: [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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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:

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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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

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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 >

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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

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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

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;>> 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 fro

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ot;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" f

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s 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

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- > *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 danc

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t 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

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t?? 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

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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

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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

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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

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.  Your mileage may vary, but the fun should be constant, Ric Goldman -Original Message- From: Callers [mailto:callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of via Callers Sent: Friday, August 04, 2017 2:44 PM To: callers@lists.sharedweight.net Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance? Hi Ric,

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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

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, 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 danc

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

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

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

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

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)

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

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

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

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

Re: [Callers] New Dance?

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

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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

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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

Re: [Callers] new (?) dance - with a shadow swing

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

Re: [Callers] new (?) dance - with a shadow swing

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

Re: [Callers] new (?) dance - with a shadow swing

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

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

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 >

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

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,)

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

(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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

(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

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

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

Re: [Callers] New dance?

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

Re: [Callers] New dance?

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]

Re: [Callers] New dance?

<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 v

Re: [Callers] New dance?

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

Re: [Callers] New dance?

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" <

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