The dance is Becket formation and couples progress in the more common direction,
i.e., clockwise.
DuQuoin Races is a superb piece of choreography, I think, but it's not a simple
dance, either for the folks on the floor or for the caller at the mic. It has
many pieces that are unfamiliar for dancers and it's easy for people to get lost
(e.g., in crossing from one wave to the other side to form a new wave.) The
partner swing on the side at the start of B1 helps lost folks get reoriented
again. On the other hand, it's only an 8 count swing, so the caller needs to be
alert to prompt that first circle.
Dancers need to be encouraged for the circles to make 'em large, not to rush.
The tendency is to circle too far, too fast, too small, and then dancers are too
far around the circle for the rollaways, all of which leads to them ultimately
progressing on the wrong side or arriving several beats too early for the start
of the next round of the dance.
Called well and danced well, it's one of my favorites.
David Millstone
Lebanon, NH
Thanks for all the terrific suggestions of dances and ideas for the Valentine's dance. This list is a great resource!
So I thought I'd follow up with what actually transpired. Here's the program I wound up with:
Bob's Valentine - Chris Ricciotti
Gypsy 'Round Two - Tom Hinds +
Young at Heart - Steve Zakon-Anderson +
Pam's Clock-wise Valentine (2.5) - Seth Tepfer +
Love & Twirls - James Hutson +
Spring Dance Romance - Dean Snipes
Love Sting - Rick Mohr +
Heart of Glass - Cary Ravitz
Lover's Leap - Peter Stix +
Two Hearts in Reel Time - Lisa Greenleaf +
Always My Love - Dean Snipes +
I had several extra/alternative dances in reserve as well.
The program was a bit overly-ambitious for the crowd we got, but it was fun and we made it through. There were more "new to me" (marked with the + above) dances than I like to present in an evening, mostly because I was determined to stick with the theme. In retrospect that wasn't the best idea.
Given the dances I chose, I'm not so sure I presented them in the best order. Again - this was in part due to the high number of "new" dances. I've been using Will Loving's excellent CCDB for a few weeks and the "Program Matrix" and "Phrase Matrix" features of it really helped, however.
A few of the new ones will definitely be "keepers" for me. Others, maybe not so much.
The toughest ones for the crowd were Spring Dance Romance and Lover's Leap. Finding who's across from you after the diagonal moves proved to be troublesome. I'll need to work on that.
/Andy Shore
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Tom,
This looks like a neat dance. I would like to dance it and call it sometime soon.
(heck, I would like to dance sometime soon...)
I suspect that the Gents are going to arrive early for the Partner Gypsy and Swing in A2.
This may call for a Gents Allemande Left 1-1/2 at the bottom of A1.
Keeping the Gypsy in A2 will be more forgiving than a Balance should the Gents be a bit late from the Allemande.
Just my two cents worth.
Charley Harvey
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Hello folks,
Last summer i was thinking how nice it is to use a roll away to
start another move, and wrote this dance. (On July 13th, strangely
enough.) Do any of you know if someone else has used the same
sequence?
July 13th Tom Senior Duple Improper
A1 circle Left once;
roll away your N, (women in front of gent),
gents pull by by left to face partner. (women, if so inclined,
can cast Right into the gypsy)
A2 Gypsy swing partner. (or whatever move you like) End facing across.
B1 Forward into a Give and Take, Men pulling Neighbor back.
Swing N, end facing across to take hands in a ring.
B2 Balance ring, twirl right one place,
Balance ring, twirl right one place to face the next couple
(to circle as the dance begins again.)
Thanks for your advice,
--
Tom Senior
Dance while you can.
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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:00:01 -0500
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Thomas J Senior wrote:
>
> July 13th Tom Senior Duple Improper
>
> A1 circle Left once;
> roll away your N, (women in front of gent),
> gents pull by by left to face partner. (women, if so inclined,
> can cast Right into the gypsy)
> A2 Gypsy swing partner. (or whatever move you like) End facing across.
> B1 Forward into a Give and Take, Men pulling Neighbor back.
> Swing N, end facing across to take hands in a ring.
> B2 Balance ring, twirl right one place,
> Balance ring, twirl right one place to face the next couple
> (to circle as the dance begins again.)
>
The B2 petronella into the A1 circle left seems like it might feel a
little weird.
Jeff
Hi All,
I have a set dance that currently is simply named "Shetland Set" in my
collection. I am trying to figure out the best number of dancers for it. If
you also have a name for it - fantastic, but the best number of dancers is
my most pressing problem. The dance is below.
Thanks,
Rickey Holt,
Fremont, NH
SHETLAND SET
Probably proper
A1 Top couple arch down over the gent's line (lady in the center) / and up
over the lady's line (gent in the center), back to place
A2 Same top couple sashay to the bottom / and reel back up
B1, 2 "Shuttle" to the bottom: one-half pousette (first man push to start),
the top couple exchanging places with each subsequent couple, all couples
except top couple can move together in the same direction as the top couple
weaves to the bottom.
My notes do not indicate this but I believe that it is common for each
couple to swing their partner after the top couple passes them. If so end
that swing proper.
Seems to me that the reel would take more than part of the A2, and the
"Shuttle" less than B1 and B2 combined. Do you recognize this dance?
I have a dance that has some similiar moves. The A1 (top couple
arches) times out to the music perfectly if there's a total of 5
couples. However, I don't know how the other figures would time out
with 5 couples.
Tom
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> 1. Re: A Dance Called Gypsy Cap or Camp? (Martha Edwards)
> 2. Best number of dancers for this set dance needed (Rickey)
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> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:13:19 -0600
> From: Martha Edwards <meedwards(a)westendweb.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Callers] A Dance Called Gypsy Cap or Camp?
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> We've never noticed trouble with the Down the Hall, just with the
> contra
> corners when some in the group have not done contra corners the
> regular way
> before. But perhaps instead of
>
> Down the hall four in line (ones between the twos)
>
> it should read
>
> Down the hall four in line (ones between their original twos)
>
> The progression happens later, at the very end of the dance ("twos
> cast the
> ones down to progressed place")
>
> Does this help?
>
> M
> E
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 1:28 PM, joe micheals
> <joemicheals1(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Martha & Mavis,
>> This looks like a fun dance but when you've called it is there
>> confusion
>> about which 2's to pick up going down the hall? The first corners
>> or 2nd
>> corners?
>> Joe Micheals
>>
>> --- On Mon, 2/8/10, mavis mcgaugh <yankeecalls(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: mavis mcgaugh <yankeecalls(a)yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Callers] A Dance Called Gypsy Cap or Camp?
>> To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
>> Date: Monday, February 8, 2010, 9:07 PM
>>
>>
>> thank you so much for the sequences, title and Author.
>> Mavis L McGaugh
>> 510-814-8118 (answering machine-leave message)
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Martha Edwards <meedwards(a)westendweb.com>
>> To: Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
>> Sent: Sun, February 7, 2010 3:05:54 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Callers] A Dance Called Gypsy Cap or Camp?
>>
>> I think you may mean Gypsy Camp by Bob Green.
>>
>> *Gypsy Camp* by Bob Green Duple PROPER
>>
>>
>>
>> A1 1. Ones gypsy your partner,
>>
>> 2. Swing your first corner
>>
>> A2 3. Ones gypsy your partner
>>
>> 4. Swing your second corner
>>
>> B1. 5.&6 Ones gypsy and swing
>>
>> 7. Down the hall four in line (ones between the twos)
>>
>> Ones turn as a couple, twos turn alone
>>
>> 8. Come back, twos cast the ones down to progressed place
>>
>>
>>
>> NOTE: This is best done with a move I call ?Flirt and Twirl?. In
>> the Contra
>> Corners, Gypsy about half-way, then twirl over your right shoulder
>> into the
>> arms of your corner. -BG
>>
>>
>> M
>> E
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 4:51 PM, mavis mcgaugh <yankeecalls(a)yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have a partial set of figures for a dance... I beleive it
>>> was called
>> A
>>> Gypsy Cap or Camp
>>>
>>> Intrigued me because it used a "Contra Corners" type figure done
>>> as -- 1s Gypsy Partner 3/4 and Swing 1st Corner then 1s Gypsy
>>> Partner
>>> 3/4 and Swing 2nd Corner - then 1s Gypsy and Swing in middle -
>> looks
>>> like they then go down the hall in a line of 4.
>>>
>>> my scribbling says Proper dance but .. my scribbles were
>>> pretty bad.
>>>
>>> Would someone have the correct sequences and ttile and an Author?
>>> thanks
>>> Mavis L McGaugh
>>> 510-814-8118 (answering machine-leave message)
>>>
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>>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 22:48:39 -0500
> From: "Rickey" <holt.e(a)comcast.net>
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> Subject: [Callers] Best number of dancers for this set dance needed
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> Hi All,
>
> I have a set dance that currently is simply named "Shetland Set" in my
> collection. I am trying to figure out the best number of dancers
> for it. If
> you also have a name for it - fantastic, but the best number of
> dancers is
> my most pressing problem. The dance is below.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rickey Holt,
>
> Fremont, NH
>
>
>
> SHETLAND SET
>
> Probably proper
>
> A1 Top couple arch down over the gent's line (lady in the center) /
> and up
> over the lady's line (gent in the center), back to place
>
> A2 Same top couple sashay to the bottom / and reel back up
>
> B1, 2 "Shuttle" to the bottom: one-half pousette (first man push to
> start),
> the top couple exchanging places with each subsequent couple, all
> couples
> except top couple can move together in the same direction as the
> top couple
> weaves to the bottom.
>
> My notes do not indicate this but I believe that it is common for each
> couple to swing their partner after the top couple passes them. If
> so end
> that swing proper.
>
> Seems to me that the reel would take more than part of the A2, and the
> "Shuttle" less than B1 and B2 combined. Do you recognize this dance?
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:25:45 -0800 (PST)
> From: Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing
> <winston(a)slac.stanford.edu>
> To: Rickey <holt.e(a)comcast.net>
> Cc: callers(a)sharedweight.net
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Best number of dancers for this set dance
> needed
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> Rickey wrote:
>
>
>> I have a set dance that currently is simply named "Shetland Set"
>> in my
>> collection. I am trying to figure out the best number of dancers
>> for it. If
>> you also have a name for it - fantastic, but the best number of
>> dancers is
>> my most pressing problem. The dance is below.
>
> This looks to me like "Foula Reel", which is in the Community
> Dances Manual as
> a four-couple set dance (and which I've danced that way to Bruce
> Hamilton's
> calling). Four couples is what you want to make the poussette
> thing work in
> the time available.
>
> I think the breakdown in my notes will answer your timing questions.
>
> Here's the notes I have:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> The Foula Reel
> CDM7 - "The Shaalds of Foula"
> (CDM gives two tunes with the same name, both jigs, NIB)
> Longways for four couples
>
> A1 (1-4) top couple lead down between the fours
> (5-8) [Strip the Willow] Arm right with partner 1.5,
> left with neighbor to move up one place, continue with 1x
> turns
> A2 (1-8) finish stripping the willow
>
> B1: (1-8) 1st couple, man inside, arch over men's lie down and over
> women's
> line up the set.
>
> B2: (1-8) Poussette with partners.
> (1st couple go the opposite direction from everybody else;
> everybody keeps moving all the way.)
> 1st man pushes, others pull; 1st man pulls, others push,
> repeat.
>
>
> Dave Hunt's Variation for B2 (via Mike Courthold on the ceilidh list):
>
> BOING:
>
> * Top cpl face and boing off each other's hands
> (ie clap once to each other with both hands);
> and cast around the neighbouring cpl
>
> * Repeat the boing and cast twice more to get to the bottom of the set
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
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> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:26:41 GMT
> From: Colin Hume <colin(a)colinhume.com>
> To: "winston(a)slac.stanford.edu, Caller's discussion list"
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> On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:25:45 -0800 (PST), Alan Winston - SSRL Central
> Computing wrote:
>> A1 (1-4) top couple lead down between the fours
>> (5-8) [Strip the Willow] Arm right with partner 1.5,
>> left with neighbor to move up one place, continue with 1x turns
>> A2 (1-8) finish stripping the willow
>
> I do it giving 2 hands and a galop down (possibly Americans would say
> sashay) and I think it's only four galops (2 bars) - you need the rest
> of the 16 bars to strip the willow.
>
>> arch over men's lie down and over women's line up the set.
>
> You'll find there's not time to lie down!
>
> Colin Hume
>
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I have a partial set of figures for a dance... I beleive it was called A Gypsy Cap or Camp
Intrigued me because it used a "Contra Corners" type figure done as -- 1s Gypsy Partner 3/4 and Swing 1st Corner then 1s Gypsy Partner 3/4 and Swing 2nd Corner - then 1s Gypsy and Swing in middle - looks like they then go down the hall in a line of 4.
my scribbling says Proper dance but .. my scribbles were pretty bad.
Would someone have the correct sequences and ttile and an Author? thanks
Mavis L McGaugh
510-814-8118 (answering machine-leave message)
I know this has been covered before (I've searched the archives) but I figured others might want new ideas for programming dances for this weekend.
I'm calling a dance on Saturday 2/13 with a Valentine's Day theme.
Thus far, I've come up with the following ideas (not in program order yet)
Bob's Valentine - Chris Ricciotti
Gypsy 'Round Two - Tom Hinds
Pam's Clock-wise Valentine (2.5) - Seth Tepfer
Love Sting - Rick Mohr
Heart of Glass - Cary Ravitz
Spring Dance Romance - Dean Snipes
The Tease - Tom Hinds
Also thinking about:
The Country of Marriage - Susan Kevra
The Rendezvous - Dan Pearl
Caught in the Act - Donna McAllister
The Valentine's Day Massacre - Colin Hume (circle mixer, not sure about the clap "massacre" progression)
Other ideas? Any dances with titles including "cupid" "arrow" or "chocolate"?
I keep finding dances that are heavy on gypsy's, unequal, or have lines of 4 down the hall and I don't want to make my program too heavy on any of those.
Also, I've had a request (from the band) for a dance that begins A1 with Petronella-style balance and spins. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!
/Andy Shore
andyshore(a)gmail.com
http://andyshore.com/
Seth Tepfer's Will You Marry Me
A1 Slide left, circle .75 to a wavy line, ladies in center; balance the
line; ladies allm L once
A2 N b/s (16) end facing across
B1 Circle .75 to wavy line, ladies in the center; balance the line, ladies
allm L once
B2 Partner b/s (16)
Carol Ormond's My Ex Ex-Fiance's Ex
(Both stars are hands-across) (for experienced dancers) (Introduce next
neighbors and former neighbors before beginning the walk thru)
A1 Begin in a RH hands-across star. Balance the star (critical to timing,
and dancers tend to forget -- watch the dance and call this balance if
needed a few times extra) (4); Turn the star 0.5 to NEXT neighbors (4); form
LH hands-across star with Next neighbors, turn it once around, end facing
original neighbors (8) (for walk thru: "drop hands, face up and down the set")
A2 PASS original neighbors by the right (4) Allm left PREVIOUS neighbor
once around (4 or so), go back and swing your CURRENT neighbor (no balance
-- about 8)
B1 Men allm. L 1.5 (8), partner swing (no bal) (8)
B2 Women allm right 1.5 to a wave of four (8); balance the wave (4),
ladies let go in the center, allm current neighbor left ABOUT .75 to form the
NEXT hands-across star (4) -- ready to BALANCE THE STAR..
Bob Isaac's United We Dance
Starts in long wavy lines, with men facing out, women facing in.
A1 Balance the wave, slide R past neighbor, balance the wave, slide L (16)
A2 B/s N (16)
B1 Circle L .75 (8) Partner swing (8)
B2 Ladies chain across to N (8); LH star to form a new long wavy line
No gypsies or down the hall, and symmetrical.
April Blum
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I know this has been covered before (I've searched the archives) but I
figured others might want new ideas for programming dances for this weekend.
I'm calling a dance on Saturday 2/13 with a Valentine's Day theme.
Thus far, I've come up with the following ideas (not in program order yet)
Bob's Valentine - Chris Ricciotti
Gypsy 'Round Two - Tom Hinds
Pam's Clock-wise Valentine (2.5) - Seth Tepfer
Love Sting - Rick Mohr
Heart of Glass - Cary Ravitz
Spring Dance Romance - Dean Snipes
The Tease - Tom Hinds
Also thinking about:
The Country of Marriage - Susan Kevra
The Rendezvous - Dan Pearl
Caught in the Act - Donna McAllister
The Valentine's Day Massacre - Colin Hume (circle mixer, not sure about
the clap "massacre" progression)
Other ideas? Any dances with titles including "cupid" "arrow" or
"chocolate"?
I keep finding dances that are heavy on gypsy's, unequal, or have lines of
4 down the hall and I don't want to make my program too heavy on any of
those.
Also, I've had a request (from the band) for a dance that begins A1 with
Petronella-style balance and spins. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!
/Andy Shore
andyshore(a)gmail.com
http://andyshore.com/
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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:02:10 -0500
From: Jeff Kaufman <jeff(a)alum.swarthmore.edu>
To: Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
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Andy Shore wrote:
>
> Also, I've had a request (from the band) for a dance that begins A1
> with Petronella-style balance and spins.
Heartbeat contra starts this way and has "heart" in the title.
Jeff
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and its a terrific dance!
On Feb 9, 2010, at 1:02 PM, Jeff Kaufman wrote:
> Andy Shore wrote:
>>
>> Also, I've had a request (from the band) for a dance that begins A1
>> with Petronella-style balance and spins.
>
> Heartbeat contra starts this way and has "heart" in the title.
>
> Jeff
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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:58:10 -0600
From: "Mortland, Jo" <j-mortland(a)neiu.edu>
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Subject: Re: [Callers] Valentine's theme dance
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I am not above announcing that "just for tonight, this dance is called
"I Love Chocolate"!!
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:17:24 -0500
From: Susan Moffett <smoffett(a)insightbb.com>
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here's one-Love of my Life by Dan Pearl, and no gypsy.
improper duple
A1 circle left, once around
w/partner, california twirl (back to back with neighbors)
2's arch and 1's back up to reform ring
A2 Balance ring, N swing
B1 Down the hall 4 in line
turn alone and come back up, bend the line
B2 2's 1/2 figure 8 below
1's swing, end facing down
On Feb 9, 2010, at 12:49 PM, Andy Shore wrote:
> I know this has been covered before (I've searched the archives) but
> I figured others might want new ideas for programming dances for
> this weekend.
>
> I'm calling a dance on Saturday 2/13 with a Valentine's Day theme.
> Thus far, I've come up with the following ideas (not in program
> order yet)
>
> Bob's Valentine - Chris Ricciotti
> Gypsy 'Round Two - Tom Hinds
> Pam's Clock-wise Valentine (2.5) - Seth Tepfer
> Love Sting - Rick Mohr
> Heart of Glass - Cary Ravitz
> Spring Dance Romance - Dean Snipes
> The Tease - Tom Hinds
>
> Also thinking about:
>
> The Country of Marriage - Susan Kevra
> The Rendezvous - Dan Pearl
> Caught in the Act - Donna McAllister
> The Valentine's Day Massacre - Colin Hume (circle mixer, not sure
> about the clap "massacre" progression)
>
> Other ideas? Any dances with titles including "cupid" "arrow" or
> "chocolate"?
>
> I keep finding dances that are heavy on gypsy's, unequal, or have
> lines of 4 down the hall and I don't want to make my program too
> heavy on any of those.
>
> Also, I've had a request (from the band) for a dance that begins A1
> with Petronella-style balance and spins. Any suggestions would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> /Andy Shore
> andyshore(a)gmail.com
> http://andyshore.com/
>
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:19:20 -0500
From: Susan Moffett <smoffett(a)insightbb.com>
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And "Young at Heart" by Steve Zakon-Anderson is a great dance, a
classic, solid dance in my repertoire.
On Feb 9, 2010, at 12:49 PM, Andy Shore wrote:
> I know this has been covered before (I've searched the archives) but
> I figured others might want new ideas for programming dances for
> this weekend.
>
> I'm calling a dance on Saturday 2/13 with a Valentine's Day theme.
> Thus far, I've come up with the following ideas (not in program
> order yet)
>
> Bob's Valentine - Chris Ricciotti
> Gypsy 'Round Two - Tom Hinds
> Pam's Clock-wise Valentine (2.5) - Seth Tepfer
> Love Sting - Rick Mohr
> Heart of Glass - Cary Ravitz
> Spring Dance Romance - Dean Snipes
> The Tease - Tom Hinds
>
> Also thinking about:
>
> The Country of Marriage - Susan Kevra
> The Rendezvous - Dan Pearl
> Caught in the Act - Donna McAllister
> The Valentine's Day Massacre - Colin Hume (circle mixer, not sure
> about the clap "massacre" progression)
>
> Other ideas? Any dances with titles including "cupid" "arrow" or
> "chocolate"?
>
> I keep finding dances that are heavy on gypsy's, unequal, or have
> lines of 4 down the hall and I don't want to make my program too
> heavy on any of those.
>
> Also, I've had a request (from the band) for a dance that begins A1
> with Petronella-style balance and spins. Any suggestions would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> /Andy Shore
> andyshore(a)gmail.com
> http://andyshore.com/
>
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:26:24 -0500
From: Linda Leslie <laleslierjg(a)comcast.net>
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And another few,
enjoy! Linda Leslie
Lover's Leap
Peter Stix
Type: Contra
Formation: Becket
A1 -----------
Right diagonal right and left through (pass N#1)
Straight across right and left through
A2 -----------
Circle left three-quarters
Pass through up and down
N#1 Swing
B1 -----------
Long lines forward, on the way back roll away/half sashay
Half hey (gents center right)
B2 -----------
Gents pass right
Partner swing
Love's Score
Steve Zakon-Anderson
Type: Contra
Formation: Improper
Level:
A1 -----------
Circle left once
Neighbor Swing
A2 -----------
Hey (ladies center right) Three-quarters
OR Gents center left
(Instead of the second pass, take right/left hands in the center)
to Wave with ladies (or Gents) all in the center WAVE balance
if ladies start the hey, the gents go over and back
B1 -----------
Ladies allemande right once (or gents allemande left once)
Partner Swing
B2 -----------
Circle left three-quarters
Balance
If ladies start: Twirl to Swap
If Gents: Twos arch, Ones duck
Love's First Circle
Steve Zakon-Anderson
Type: Contra
Formation: Improper
A1 -----------
Ring Balance
Neighbor allemande right once and a quarter (or once and a three-
quarters)
Ladies allemande left once and a half (Gents pass by the left)
A2 -----------
Partner Balance and Swing
B1 -----------
Ladies allemande left once and a half (or gents)
Neighbor Swing
B2 -----------
Ring Balance
Pass through across, turn alone
Ring Balance
California Twirl
Love & Twirls
James Hutson
Type: Contra
Formation: Duple-Improper
Level: Easy
A1 -----------
(start in long waves, ladies in, gents out) Balance R,L slide right
Balance L,R, slide left
A2 -----------
(16) Neighbor balance and swing
B1 -----------
(8) Circle Left 3/4
(8) Partner swing
B2 -----------
(8) Long lines, forward and back
Ladies pull by the right
Neighbor allemande left three-quarters to long wves
(new neighbor in right)
Two Hearts in Reel Time
Lisa Greenleaf
Type: Contra
Formation: Becket-CW
Level:
A1 -----------
Circle left three-quarters
Neighbor allemande right once and a half
A2 -----------
Half hey (gents center left)
Neighbor Swing
B1 -----------
Long Lines forward on the way back roll away
Gents do si do once and a half
B2 -----------
Partner Balance and Swing
Other Notes: Written for the wedding of Steve and Betty Zakon-Anderson
Hearts & Flowers
Ted Sannella
Type: Contra
Formation: Improper
Level:
A1 -----------
Neighbor allemande left once and a half
Half hey (ladies, center, right)
A2 -----------
Ladies allemande right once and a half
Partner Swing
B1 -----------
Promenade across
Ladies chain
B2 -----------
Left hand star
Right hand star
Hearts & Flowers
Ted Sannella
Type: Contra
Formation: Improper
A1 -----------
Neighbor allemande left once and a half
Half hey (ladies, center, right)
A2 -----------
Ladies allemande right once and a half
Partner Swing
B1 -----------
Promenade across
Ladies chain
B2 -----------
Left hand star
Right hand star
On Feb 9, 2010, at 1:17 PM, Susan Moffett wrote:
> here's one-Love of my Life by Dan Pearl, and no gypsy.
>
> improper duple
>
> A1 circle left, once around
> w/partner, california twirl (back to back with neighbors)
> 2's arch and 1's back up to reform ring
> A2 Balance ring, N swing
> B1 Down the hall 4 in line
> turn alone and come back up, bend the line
> B2 2's 1/2 figure 8 below
> 1's swing, end facing down
>
> On Feb 9, 2010, at 12:49 PM, Andy Shore wrote:
>
>> I know this has been covered before (I've searched the archives)
>> but I figured others might want new ideas for programming dances
>> for this weekend.
>>
>> I'm calling a dance on Saturday 2/13 with a Valentine's Day theme.
>> Thus far, I've come up with the following ideas (not in program
>> order yet)
>>
>> Bob's Valentine - Chris Ricciotti
>> Gypsy 'Round Two - Tom Hinds
>> Pam's Clock-wise Valentine (2.5) - Seth Tepfer
>> Love Sting - Rick Mohr
>> Heart of Glass - Cary Ravitz
>> Spring Dance Romance - Dean Snipes
>> The Tease - Tom Hinds
>>
>> Also thinking about:
>>
>> The Country of Marriage - Susan Kevra
>> The Rendezvous - Dan Pearl
>> Caught in the Act - Donna McAllister
>> The Valentine's Day Massacre - Colin Hume (circle mixer, not sure
>> about the clap "massacre" progression)
>>
>> Other ideas? Any dances with titles including "cupid" "arrow" or
>> "chocolate"?
>>
>> I keep finding dances that are heavy on gypsy's, unequal, or have
>> lines of 4 down the hall and I don't want to make my program too
>> heavy on any of those.
>>
>> Also, I've had a request (from the band) for a dance that begins
>> A1 with Petronella-style balance and spins. Any suggestions would
>> be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> /Andy Shore
>> andyshore(a)gmail.com
>> http://andyshore.com/
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Callers mailing list
>> Callers(a)sharedweight.net
>> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
>
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:28:25 -0500
From: Jack Mitchell <jamitch3(a)mindspring.com>
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How about Song in the Night by Gene Hubert....a song in the night sounds
romantic. Also including Always My Love, another Dean Snipes dance.
Let me know if either of these don't come through readable.
Jack.
*Song in the Night** -- *Gene Hubert Improper
*A1* N Alle L 1? women end up facing in
men turn in to Promenade across
Shift right do this with a ghost at the ends
*A2* Star Left ?
P Sw
*B1* w/ partner Promenade across
Shift Right, Star Left ?
*B2* N Sw
LL F&B
also
*Always My Love* -- Dean Snipes *Becket*
A1 Circle Left ?
N Sw
A2 LL F&B
Pass thru to a wave of 4, Balance Wave
ladies take LH as they pass each other, men take N's RH
B1 N Alle R ?, Gents Alle L ?, P Alle R 1x
face up or down -- partners facing in opp directions
walk forward and with your neighbor and shadow,
LHS 1x
B2 P B&S
**
On 2/9/2010 12:49 PM, Andy Shore wrote:
> I know this has been covered before (I've searched the archives) but I
figured others might want new ideas for programming dances for this weekend.
>
> I'm calling a dance on Saturday 2/13 with a Valentine's Day theme.
> Thus far, I've come up with the following ideas (not in program order
yet)
>
> Bob's Valentine - Chris Ricciotti
> Gypsy 'Round Two - Tom Hinds
> Pam's Clock-wise Valentine (2.5) - Seth Tepfer
> Love Sting - Rick Mohr
> Heart of Glass - Cary Ravitz
> Spring Dance Romance - Dean Snipes
> The Tease - Tom Hinds
>
> Also thinking about:
>
> The Country of Marriage - Susan Kevra
> The Rendezvous - Dan Pearl
> Caught in the Act - Donna McAllister
> The Valentine's Day Massacre - Colin Hume (circle mixer, not sure about
the clap "massacre" progression)
>
> Other ideas? Any dances with titles including "cupid" "arrow" or
"chocolate"?
>
> I keep finding dances that are heavy on gypsy's, unequal, or have lines
of 4 down the hall and I don't want to make my program too heavy on any of
those.
>
> Also, I've had a request (from the band) for a dance that begins A1
with Petronella-style balance and spins. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> /Andy Shore
> andyshore(a)gmail.com
> http://andyshore.com/
>
> _______________________________________________
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>
>
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:35:57 -0500
From: Susan Moffett <smoffett(a)insightbb.com>
To: Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
Subject: Re: [Callers] Valentine's theme dance
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OK one more and I'm done....for now. I wrote this dance a while back
"Stars in our Eyes" becket, double progression
A1 On the left diagonal, lines go forward and back (face a new couple)
Ladies chain
A2 Star left once around, look for a new neighbor and swing
B1 Gents alle left 1 and 1/2, pick up your pt. for a star promenade
and a butterfly twirl
B2 Ladies gypsy
Pt. swing
Jo Mortland and I turned this one into a crooked contra ( I guess you
call it that....one with a C part)
"48 Stars"
A1-B1 Same as above
B2 Hey for 4
C1 Pt. balance and swing
C2 Long lines F&B
Circle left once around
If any of you try either of these let me know (and Jo too) what you
think.
Thanks!
On Feb 9, 2010, at 12:49 PM, Andy Shore wrote:
> I know this has been covered before (I've searched the archives) but
> I figured others might want new ideas for programming dances for
> this weekend.
>
> I'm calling a dance on Saturday 2/13 with a Valentine's Day theme.
> Thus far, I've come up with the following ideas (not in program
> order yet)
>
> Bob's Valentine - Chris Ricciotti
> Gypsy 'Round Two - Tom Hinds
> Pam's Clock-wise Valentine (2.5) - Seth Tepfer
> Love Sting - Rick Mohr
> Heart of Glass - Cary Ravitz
> Spring Dance Romance - Dean Snipes
> The Tease - Tom Hinds
>
> Also thinking about:
>
> The Country of Marriage - Susan Kevra
> The Rendezvous - Dan Pearl
> Caught in the Act - Donna McAllister
> The Valentine's Day Massacre - Colin Hume (circle mixer, not sure
> about the clap "massacre" progression)
>
> Other ideas? Any dances with titles including "cupid" "arrow" or
> "chocolate"?
>
> I keep finding dances that are heavy on gypsy's, unequal, or have
> lines of 4 down the hall and I don't want to make my program too
> heavy on any of those.
>
> Also, I've had a request (from the band) for a dance that begins A1
> with Petronella-style balance and spins. Any suggestions would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> /Andy Shore
> andyshore(a)gmail.com
> http://andyshore.com/
>
> _______________________________________________
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Hi Andy (and everyone) -
Last fall, I was asked by a woman to surprise her man on their 1st anniv of dating -- at the dance where they met! -- by calling a sweetheart dance in their honor. (They did want gypsies &/or Mad Robin, sorry... but just to add to the valentine theme dance list, here 'tis.) This back-to-back combo turned out to be, as she put it, horrifyingly right on. Hey, why not a bit of spicy reality for the season?
Ramsay Chase Improper
Joseph Pimentel (dreamy jigs or old-timey)
A1) (4+4) W
dance into center. Form wavy line. Balance
(4) W
back out as M dance in (M don’t take hands)
(4) M
turn over R sh & go back to place, facing out
A2) (8) Prom
single file (W 3 places. End up
on same side as P)
(8) P
Gypsy 1-1/2 (W end
facing into set facing ea other.
No
sw yet! - delayed gratification.
B1) (8) ½
hey, W pass L to start
(8) P
Sw
B2) (8) Cir
L ¾
(8) N
Sw (not too long!
Gents, help N lady into center
on
time for new start.)
New England Sweethearts improper contra
Linda Leslie
A1 (8) LL F & B
(8) Mad
Robin
A2 (4) Ladies
cross, passing by L sh
(12) P
- Gypsy and Sw
B1 (8) Gents
chain across
(8) ½
hey (Gents pass by L sh to start)
B2 (16) N
– B & Sw
[BTW, I left my teaching/calling/orientation notes on here because I sure appreciate seeing what other callers have found helpful to say. Hint! hint! :-)]
Rock 'em, Andy!
