[Callers] Mystery dance from Contracopia

Bob Green via Callers callers at lists.sharedweight.net
Mon Dec 7 20:59:57 PST 2015


The name of Ron's dance is *Mange Tak - *Danish for "thank you very much".

Bob Green

On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 10:08 PM, Laur via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Thanks Jim.  I also retrieved  this from one of the RPDLW lists.  Ron is
> alwasy tweaking his dances as he finds needed. LOL. I asked him once if I
> could look over his "book" and he said sure but some of them really don't
> work. I said, so do you have them marked in some way, he laughed then said
> No.
>
> Laurie
>
>
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>
>
> On Monday, December 7, 2015, 10:43 PM, James Saxe via Callers <
> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> I believe the correct title for the dance described below by Laur
> is "Mange Tak" (not "Mange Talk", "Mongatack", or "Manga Tok").
> That's how it's spelled in the 2009 RPDLW syllabus
>
>     http://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2009.pdf
>
> It's the correct spelling for "many thanks" in Danish, which is
> what the title is based on.
>
> The dance Maia asked about has a clear resemblance to "Mange Tak"
> but also is clearly different, with more balances (which Maia
> says she definitely recalls) and with no shadow allemande.  It's
> apparently an intentionally written variation, perhaps to achieve
> a little simplification, since Maia collected it from Ron
> Buchanan's calling, and it's unlikely he would unwittingly have
> called a folk-processed garbling of his own dance.  I don't know
> whether this variation is one that Ron came up with himself nor
> whether it has a more specific title than something like "Mange
> Tak (variation)".
>
> --Jim
>
>
> On Dec 7, 2015, at 6:38 PM, Laur via Callers <
> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> > Is this it????
> >
> > Mange Talk By Ron Buchanan Formation: Contra, duple improper
> >
> > A1 - Give left hand to neighbor : balance and swing
> > A2 - Pass through to an ocean wave (see note), balance Allemande right
> neighbor halfway, gents allemande left halfway, allemande right partner ¾
> > B1 - Turn shadow by the left and swing your partner
> > B2 - Pass through to an ocean wave, balance Allemande right partner
> halfway, gents allemande left halfway, allemande right neighbor ¾ to a new
> neighbor The title is Danish for “Many Thanks.”
> >
> >
> > To pass through to an ocean wave: start to pass opposite by the right
> shoulder, ladies catch left hands and turn just ¼ as gents walk all the way
> to the other side and take right hands with the lady to form a wavy line
> -of- 4 across.
> >
> > Laurie P
> > West MI
> >
> >
> >
> > On Monday, December 7, 2015 9:10 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers <
> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Ron Buchanan this one at Contracopia, and it was a lot of fun!
> >
> > ???, by ??? (becket)
> > A1: pass the ocean and balance
> > partner R 1/2, gents L 1/2, balance
> > A2: neighbor R 3/4, new neighbor swing
> > B1: pass the ocean and balance
> > neighbor R 1/2, gents L 1/2, balance
> > B2: partner swing
> <snip>
>
>
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