<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57650">One could name a dance about whatever one wants</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57834">However, here's one from the book <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57940">Midwest Folklore </b>published by the Urbana Country Dancers in 1995 <a href="https://store.cdss.org/product/178-midwest-folklore-and-other-dances" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_58146">https://store.cdss.org/product/178-midwest-folklore-and-other-dances</a></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57835">Colonel North's Contra Insurgency</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57836">by Erna-Lynne Bogue</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_58266">A1 </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_58269">N's dsd</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651" dir="ltr">Start grand R&L around the major set: N right, nest neighbor left, right to a third, start left allemande with a fourth</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651" dir="ltr">A2</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651" dir="ltr"> ... finish the allemande and lefts and rights to original neighbor</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651" dir="ltr">Swing original neighbor</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651" dir="ltr">B1 1's half figure 8 above, 1's start turning contra corners</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651" dir="ltr">B2 1's finish turning contra corners, 1's swing end facing down</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651" dir="ltr">Erna-Lynne wrote the first version of this dance during some well publicized Congressional hearings in the 1980's, and found it gain when Col North was again inthe news in 1991.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651" dir="ltr">Col North ran unsuccessfully for the Senate in 1994</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651" dir="ltr"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_North" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_61229" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oliver North - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57651"><br></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57837"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57840">Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217 239 5844<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57845"><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(112, 172, 237);" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57844">Links to photos of many of my drawings and paintings are at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.artcomesfuerst.com/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1459163144832_57854">www.ArtComesFuerst.com</a></span></div></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Monday, March 28, 2016 9:41 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv9684452615"><div><div dir="ltr">Let me rephrase:</div>
<div dir="ltr">Is there a precedent for naming a dance after a living politician?</div>
<div class="yiv9684452615yqt2497477439" id="yiv9684452615yqt52361"><div class="yiv9684452615gmail_quote">On Mar 28, 2016 10:29 AM, "Don Veino" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:sharedweight_net@veino.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:sharedweight_net@veino.com">sharedweight_net@veino.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv9684452615gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr">Jefferson and Liberty.<div class="yiv9684452615gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv9684452615gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv9684452615gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr">I have another question to pose:</div>
<div dir="ltr">Is there precedent for naming a dance after a politician? </div>
<div dir="ltr">While I may have voted for Bernie, I'm careful to not inject my political view into my calling / choreography. (Though, on the other hand, if Bernie doesn't win the nomination, in 5 years dancers will just hear "feel the burn".)</div>
<div dir="ltr">In Dance,<br clear="none">
Ron Blechner</div><div><div>
<div class="yiv9684452615gmail_quote">On Mar 27, 2016 8:24 AM, "Pat Hoekje via Callers" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv9684452615gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr"><span>I am trying to visualize the circle R to star R with new neighbor from the women's place and I have to turn around (or drop from the circle right a bit early to star right with the next neighbor. What am I not seeing correctly or is that true? </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Thanks,</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Pat</span></div> <div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div style="display:block;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Sunday, March 27, 2016 4:22 AM, Amy Wimmer via Callers <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></font></div> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div>Tom and Erik are quite right about that swing. It lasts FOREVER, which<br clear="none">is a little too long. I took Michael's suggestion and started at A2.<br clear="none">I also took Michael's suggestion of turning the allemande into a<br clear="none">two-eyed turn (an "eye-lemande" as my friend Matthew coined). Thank<br clear="none">you for the suggestions for changing that bit.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Two callers danced it tonight. One (my husband, Tom) thought the flow<br clear="none">was good, but the swing was definitely too long. The other caller said<br clear="none">she really liked that the mad robin wasn't with your partner, which<br clear="none">she said tends to make a dance seem very partner-only-centric,<br clear="none">ignoring the neighbors. She agreed with me that I need to figure out a<br clear="none">better way to teach it. One of the band members noticed the long swing<br clear="none">and said it needs some other element to break it up.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">This particular dance community has lots of beginners and folks who<br clear="none">just don't dance very well. It took them a while to get the circle<br clear="none">right-to star right transition. Tom thought that part was simple. He<br clear="none">noticed that when one is out at the ends one should not cross over,<br clear="none">but should stand "proper."<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I very much appreciate your input, guys. Next time I'll try some more<br clear="none">of your ideas.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-Amy<br clear="none"><div><br clear="none">> On Mar 26, 2016, at 5:50 PM, Tom Hinds <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:twhinds@earthlink.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:twhinds@earthlink.net">twhinds@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Nice dance Amy. I really like the sequence of moves.<br clear="none">> I'm trying to imagine this in my head and assume that the allemande right is once around which takes less than 8 beats to do.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Hope you don't mind suggesting a change. I would change the allemande right to once and a half. That would give us:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> B2 neighbor allemande right 1 1/2<br clear="none">> ladies ric. men pass left<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> T<br clear="none">><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Callers mailing list<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net">Callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net">http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net</a><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">
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