Hi,
Can anyone tell me what this dance is called and who wrote it, please. I'm
calling it Thursday in Jerusalem and I'd like to give credit, if I can. For
the moment, my dance card just says "vimeo 53908291".
Perpetual e-Motion at Tacoma
Called by George Marshall
Video by Doug Plummer
https://vimeo.com/53908291
Thanks,
Steve Silberman
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One of our pickier contra dancers *loves* this dance:
I call it Calvin Country, because it's based on David Smukler's dance,
Country Dance Romance, which is a modification of Don Armstrong's Calvin
Crest.
*A1* Neighbor sliding door (aka sideways do-si-do, Mad Robin, double Mad
Robin, shuttle)
Partner poussette 3/4 (Women advance) until Men are back to back in center
*A2* Hey for 4 (pass Partner by R sh, with a little assist)
*B1* Partner gypsy, swing
*B2* All 4 balance, circle L 1/2; shift L up/down set, circle L 3/4 with
new neighbors
I was inspired by the Blues Brothers version of Sweet Home Chicago to
write a 24 bar Contra recently:
Short But Sweet
Becket
A1 Circle left 3/4
Swing neighbour
A2 Balance the ring
Nevada twirl with partner (California twirl with other hands)
With next couple, balance the ring
Petronella turn one place anti-clockwise
B Half hey, starting with women passing left shoulders
Swing partner
There's an animation of the dance at
http://www.dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#ShortButSweet.
Are there many other 24 bar Contras?
Cheers
Keith
Hi: One of the newer additions to the contra dance repertory, and one that
I like, is the pousette -- in all its variations. I'm interested in
gathering dances with pousettes in them and would like to receive
suggestions/recommendations. Thanks, George Mercer
Does this dance have a name?
(16) neighbor balance and swing
(16) circle left, partner swing
(16) ladies chain, star left
Yes, it's a 24 bar dance. It's an attempt at being the most
predictable dance at every point except for the length.
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Oo! That sounds neat. Do you, or anyone here, have the card to share?
Tina
> On Jun 11, 2015, at 2:05 PM, via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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> From: Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Callers
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> If you get mostly advanced square dancers, Bill Olson called a great contra
> at Brattleboro that had a mini-grand square on the diagonal. It was cool!
> You sacrifice the neighbor swing I think, but it was a cool figure.
I have an interesting dance coming up this Saturday!
The regular Phoenix 2nd Saturday Contra is having a contra dance with
the Desert Valley Squares Club (an LGBT MWSD group). In addition, the
Desert Valley Squares have been advertising this dance heavily in the
local LGBT community as part of their recruitment drive.
Any suggestions as to how best to handle this mix (regular contra
dancers, MSWD dancers and non-dancers) would be most welcome.
--
Michael Barraclough
michael(a)michaelbarraclough.com
www.michaelbarraclough.com
Hi all, Anybody going to be in mid-coast Maine on July 18 and want to call the 3rd Saturday dance at Bowdoinham Town Hall?? We'd love to have a new face there! Let me know, thanks!!
bill
The recent discussions on this topic inspired me to try an experiment in
gender free calling. Last night I called the contra dance in St. Louis
using gender free calling without telling anyone. The experiment was a
great success. I received lots of positive feedback on the evenings
dance. At the break and after the dance I made a point to ask several
dancers, some were callers as well, if they noticed anything different or
unusual about the dances or how I taught them. One person noticed that
there were more dances that included a swing in the center for couple 2
than usual. No one I talked to noticed that the calls and teaching were
gender free.
It took some extra time to construct a fun, diverse 3 hour program, but it
is certainly possible. Re-labeling the dancers is not the only way to call
gender free.
If you are interested in the program I used or the larger collection of
gender free dances I chose the program from, send me an email,
arcadian35(a)gmail.com.
Thanks,
Jim Hemphill
