[Callers] What dance is this?

Rich Sbardella via Callers callers at lists.sharedweight.net
Fri Oct 7 20:21:12 PDT 2016


Dave, Andrea,and Yoyo,
My apologies, you are absolutely correct.  I somehow confused "Boys from
Urbana" with another dance.  The two dances are very similar, and the
untitled dance could easily be considered a variation of "Boys from
Urbana".
Rich Sbardella

On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Dave Casserly <david.j.casserly at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I agree with Andrea and Yoyo that this dance is very similar to Boys from
> Urbana, enough certainly to qualify as a variation of the same dance.
> Literally the only difference is that there's a 1/2 gents allemenade after
> the progression in Boys from Urbana.  And this one starts at a different
> spot than Boys from Urbana usually starts, but there's no reason Boys has
> to start there.
>
> I also agree with Yoyo about the timing.  The reason Boys from Urbana
> works well is that there are 2 beats to veer each direction, then 4 beats
> for the gent to allemande left 1/2.  In this dance, timing in B2 is
> unclear: 3/4 circle left is typically 6 beats, which leaves 10 for the veer
> left and veer right.  Dancers won't split that into 5 beats and 5 beats, so
> it's uneven.  Some dancers will compensate by taking extra time to circle
> left, and doing it in 8 beats instead of 6, but other dancers find such
> circles unsatisfying.
>
> -Dave
> Washington, DC
>
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 5:58 PM, Andrea Nettleton via Callers <
> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my external brain
>>
>> On Oct 6, 2016, at 2:44 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers <
>> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>
>> While we are at this, here is another untitled dance.  I am not sure
>> where I collected it.
>>
>> Can anyone name it?
>>
>> a1  N B&S
>> a2  LL, Ladies Alle R 1 1/2
>> b1  P B&S
>> b2  CL 3/4, Veer Left, Veer Right
>>
>>
>> This looks like Boys from Urbana
>>
>>
>> Rich Sbardella
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 2:29 PM, frannie via Callers <
>> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I have it as a variation of Berkeley Bind by Erik Hoffman. Long lines
>>> instead of a full circle Left.   If it's actually something else I'd love
>>> to give it correct credit.
>>>
>>> ~Frannie
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Maia McCormick via Callers <
>>> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Any insights?
>>>>
>>>> A1: neighbor B&S
>>>> A2: long lines
>>>> gents alle. L 1 1/2
>>>> B1: PB&S
>>>> B2: circle L 3/4
>>>> Bal. the ring, CA twirl to face new neighbors
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Maia
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> twirls,
>>> Frannie
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