Offering up the following:
*Burning Ring of Arches **by Elizabeth Bloom Albert*
Sicilian Circle. QUADRUPLE Progression dance
*Key: 1’s = Couples who are facing CW around circle*
* 2’s = Couples who are facing CCW around circle*
A1 1’s Arch, 2’s Duck under;
Thanks for the comments, everyone. Very helpful, especially the tip about
promenading into the proper formation.
I noticed no one has responded yet to the question about whether a large number
of contra dances could be run as Sicilian circles. I'd be curious to hear what
others say, but my
What do you mean by "barn burner contra"?
Confused,
-Chris Page
Los Angeles, CA
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It appears that in that book the dance formation is given as a longways, duple,
improper set. Not the circle of couple facing couple that we typically connect to the
Sicilian circle formation. The dance just before it is the Spanish Dance and gives as
the formation, "The first couple at
Hey All,
What are your favorite barn burner contras? I have a few, but they get old.
-Amy
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There is a specific old dance bearing the name "Sicilian Circle". You
can find it in, for instance, this 1857 instruction book from the
Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/musdi.094/ The name has
come to imply the formation and general pattern.
On 2/4/2023 3:49 PM, Joe Harrington
I call Hot Buttered Rolls by Perry Shafran and sometimes modify the B1 to “pass
P, shadow DSD” and then invite them to sort out with their shadow as to what
they want to do.
https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=7821
Newbie question: Why is it called a "Sicilian" circle?
While certain dances came from long ago with that label, wouldn't many/most
contras work, as long as the circle isn't too small and the 1s and 2s are
comparably active?
--jh--
On Sat, Feb 4, 2023 at 4:39 PM Amy Cann via Contra Callers <
Glad you like it!
For what it's worth, at a ONS I often do a scatter mixer that's
basically half of "Haste to the Wedding" -
Circle L, circle R
Star R star L
everybody bow, promenade and find someone else
for a little, then turn the scatter promenade into the big ring and go
from there.
On
Any —
That’s great! I hadn’t encountered that, and I really have to put it in my
toolbox for ONS - way faster/more fun than getting people who have no idea what
a Sicilian *is* to pair up and form one. (The best I had up to this point was
make a big circle, pick a pair and make them face,
Here's how I learned:
"Everybody promenade the usual way, two-by-two around the room - now
stop where you are."
"Starting from this point right in front of me (gesture to where head
couple of center set usually stands for contras), you're going to
count off in pairs of couples and take hands
To your questions:
1: Right, the vast majority of Sicilians are completely symmetrical.
2: Because of this, I don't think there's a default for whether CW or CCW are
the "1s". You can just pick which one you want.
3. Yes, there are non-symmetric Sicilians -= I'm looking at notes for "The
Hey folks,
After a number of relatively quiet caller years (parenting; pandemic), I've
started to dig deep to expand my repertoire and up my skills. It feels
like it's time for lots more dance fun! :)
One dance that I've really enjoyed is Heartbeat Contra (by Don Flaherty -
see below).
Tom
I have a Sicilian Circle dance in my collection called Dip for the Oyster
which designates 1's and 2's to determine who ducks or arches first. In my
notes I have 1's facing CCW and 2's facing CW. However, I imagine this is
totally arbitrary and you could do it whichever way you like. In
Hello group, It's been a while since I called a Sicilian Circle, but I may soon
- two questions:
1. Typically, one couple isn't considered the "ones" and the other "twos",
right?
2. If there are ones and two, which couple would be considered the "ones" -
CW or CCW?
3. If there are not
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