Re: [Callers] Pre-existing dance?

2016-10-18 Thread Luke Donforth via Callers
ehalf of > Dave Casserly via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 18, 2016 7:25 PM > *To:* Neal Schlein > *Cc:* callers > *Subject:* Re: [Callers] Pre-existing dance? > > Regarding attribution, I like the way David Kaynor puts it on

Re: [Callers] Pre-existing dance?

2016-10-18 Thread Bill Olson via Callers
Yep, I agree.. bill From: Callers <callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net> on behalf of Dave Casserly via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 7:25 PM To: Neal Schlein Cc: callers Subject: Re: [Callers] Pre-ex

Re: [Callers] Pre-existing dance?

2016-10-18 Thread Dale Wilson via Callers
On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 1:59 PM, Neal Schlein via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > So please...if you came up with a dance put your name on it along with > some of the details---and then tell me who else came up with it, too. > Don't just stick their name on it. > > ​An

Re: [Callers] Pre-existing dance?

2016-10-18 Thread Bill Olson via Callers
haredweight.net> on behalf of Neal Schlein via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 6:59 PM To: Luke Donforth; callers Subject: Re: [Callers] Pre-existing dance? As someone with an academic background in the field of Folklore, the way we talk about att

Re: [Callers] Pre-existing dance?

2016-10-18 Thread Dave Casserly via Callers
Regarding attribution, I like the way David Kaynor puts it on this website: "Some of my dances are "compositions" only in the loosest sense of the word; they fall into the category of "glossary" contras which basically amount to minimally imaginative resequencing of ordinary contra dance elements.

Re: [Callers] Pre-existing dance?

2016-10-18 Thread Neal Schlein via Callers
As someone with an academic background in the field of Folklore, the way we talk about attribution and authorship bothers me. (NOTE: what I'm talking about here is distinct from trying to track down the source of a dance you collected somewhere, or according respect to the first person to dream

Re: [Callers] Pre-existing dance?

2016-10-18 Thread Luke Donforth via Callers
Thanks. I'll attribute it to Mark Goodwin. On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 11:03 PM, Michael Barraclough via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > I have that exact dance as To Wedded Bliss by Mark Goodwin (2014). I use > that in my Lesson and then, after teaching ladies chain and right &

Re: [Callers] Pre-existing dance?

2016-10-17 Thread Michael Barraclough via Callers
I have that exact dance as To Wedded Bliss by Mark Goodwin (2014). I use that in my Lesson and then, after teaching ladies chain and right & left through, follow that with my dance The Lesson (2009) which is > A1 --- > (8) Neighbor Do-si-do > (8) Neighbor swing > A2 --- > (8) >