I'm looking for some zesty Proper dances to add to my collection.
Suggestions?
aTdHvAaNnKcSe (thanks in advance)
/Andy Shore
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Thanks Jack. The last 8 counts of Pecan Pie should have couple 2 swing in
the center, ending the swing facing up to new neighbors.
Jim
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 10:28 AM, Jack Mitchell <jmitchell.nc(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Jim--
>
> Looks like the B2 of Pecan Pie is missing 8 beats....does someone do a 1/2
> figure 8 at the end?
>
> J
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 8:50 AM Jim Hemphill via Callers <
> callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> I love proper dances with zest. Here are a few of my favorites.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>> *Pecan Pie *Proper By Jim Hemphill
>>
>> A1 Neighbor do si do to a short wave
>> Balance right and left, Neighbor allemande right 3/4 to a long wave
>> A2 Balance right and back, box circulate
>> Partner swing
>> B1 Circle left 3
>> Neighbor swing
>> B2 Partner right hand balance and box the gnat
>>
>>
>> *Proper Zest* Proper by Jim Hemphill
>>
>> A1 1st corners start a full ricochet hey (clockwise)
>> A2 1st corners cross, partner gypsy & swing
>> B1 Circle left 3
>> Neighbor swing
>> B2 Partner Left hand balance, couple 1 swat the flea
>> Left hand star once around Couple 2 swing in the center, end facing
>> up, 1's face down
>>
>>
>>
>> *Proper Swingfest II* Proper by Jim Hemphill
>>
>> A1 Neighbor do si do 1 1/2
>> Next neighbor allemande left 1 1/4 to an ocean wave
>> A2 Balance right and left, centers slide right
>> Partner swing
>> B1 Circle left 3
>> Neighbor swing
>> B2 Long lines forward & back\
>> 2's swing in the center, end facing up
>> *La Poussette Peculiar* Proper by Jim Hemphill
>> A1 1/2 Poussette (clockwise)
>> 2nd corners swing in the center
>> A2 Down the hall in lines of 4
>> Turn as couples (with partner) and come back
>> B1 Invert the line and swing your partner (1's arch as they bend the
>> line, lady 2 leads the end of the line thru the arch as they cross the set)
>> B2 Long lines forward, 2's roll away with 1/2 sashay
>> Circle right 3
>>
>> The progression, as you complete the circle right 3 in B2, drop hands
>> with current neighbors, take 2 hands with partner and start the clockwise
>> poussette with next neighbors.
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 9:11 PM, Andy Shore via Callers <
>> callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm looking for some zesty Proper dances to add to my collection.
>>>
>>> Suggestions?
>>>
>>> aTdHvAaNnKcSe (thanks in advance)
>>> /Andy Shore
>>> http://andyshore.com/
>>>
>>> best email - andyshore(a)gmail.com
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>
I've had a request for a dance for a flash mob that has petronellas, Long
lines, and if possible, a do si do. Most of the people learning it are
folk dancers but not contra dancers.
Does such dance exist?
Thanks in advance!
Alex
I just had a thought for another possible substitute if we need to
replace the term "gypsy". This would be "vis-a-vis" (face to face). I
like this since it is in some sense similar to dos-a-dos (back to back)
and makes them complimentary figures. I think it suggests the
importance of facing the person you are dancing with, making eye
contact, though not necessarily staring, during the figure. Since many
of the figure names in country dance come from French words, sometimes
corrupted by time and the folk process, it seems reasonable to borrow
another French term. I'm not aware of this term already being used for
some other dance figure, let me know if it is. Even though it has 3
syllables instead of 2 I kind of like the sound of "vis-a-vis and swing!"
Just putting it out there for your consideration.
Jonathan
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Q: How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
A: It depends on what dance you call!
Does anyone have the choreography for Dick Leger's North, South, East, West
square dance figure. It was not quite a progressive square, or grid
square, but it had interation between suares that were aligned along the
floor.
Rich Sbardella
Snowed in at Stafford, CT
I've called this dance a lot (along with Swannee River) for a "lady round lady" singing call but with live music. Plenty of vocal versions on line of course!Once found an instrumental on YouTube but not now. There were once square dance recordings on 78s.
If you call it as found in books the timing is terrible. It goes - first couple to the right and you pass (split) right thru - you walk around the lady and I'll tell youwhat to do." That's two full phrases (16 beats) just for one single file around the lady. But it was danced that way..
I started to fix it by saying first couple to the right and you balance four right there. But who would balance anymore at "club" level or ONSs?!So now its "First Couple to the Right and you say How do you do. - The Lady go Round the Lady and the Gent you Follow too.The Rest: The lady go round the lady and the gent go round the gent - now the lady go round the gent and the gent go round the gal.
Swing in the middle go on to the next - you say How do you do....
Bob LivingstonMiddletown, CT
From: Don Yosten via sd-callers <sd-callers(a)all8.com>
To: sd-callers(a)all8.com
Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2016 2:52 PM
Subject: [sd-callers] Traditional Music
I'm looking for the music to an old traditional square dance. The dance is
called "The Lady Around the Lady". The song used is "Eleven More Months and
Ten More Days".
Can anyone tell me where I can find the instrumental version of the song in
any format?
Don Yosten
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Can anyone help with this? Don is part of another group, but I am curious
as well. I will forward the source, if one is found.
Rich
Stafford, CT
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I'm looking for the music to an old traditional square dance. The dance is
called "The Lady Around the Lady". The song used is "Eleven More Months and
Ten More Days".
Can anyone tell me where I can find the instrumental version of the song in
any format?
Don Yosten
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I've agreed to an extremely last minute "Hoe Down" gig this Saturday for a
local church, where I'm promised 25-75 people of mixed ages. No dance
experience at all.
I've reset their expectation to a family/barn dance - no cowboy outfits on
the performers, no line dances. They asked for some squares - ok. If the
crowd is really that size, I'm all set. Have the material, live music with
a contra and squares, etc. fiddler & piano player. Good to go.
My nightmare is there's only 5 people that show, say: a toddler, a teen, 2
parents and a grandparent. I have a few things I might do with that small
number of inexperienced folks, but not enough to fill 2 (fun) hours.
Any ideas on what you'd do/use in that instance? I'm all ears!
I think that, if I decide to abandon gypsy, I will go with "ease about". I like the feel of it. An alternative would be "walkabout".
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<div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Martha Wild via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> </div><div>Date:01/26/2016 10:17 PM (GMT-06:00) </div><div>To: Jonathan Sivier <jsivier(a)illinois.edu> </div><div>Cc: Callers(a)sharedweight.net </div><div>Subject: Re: [Callers] another new word idea </div><div>
</div>How about “mimsy” then - kind of like Jets and Rubies, it has a similar feel to the word it replaces.
Martha
> On Jan 25, 2016, at 3:53 PM, Jonathan Sivier via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> That's what made me think of it. In some earlier message someone mentioned "Gyre" (probably a diminutive of gyrate) as a possibility. That led me to
>
> "Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
> Did gyre and gimble in the wabe"
>
> "Gimble" may, or may not, be a real word spelled that way, but Gimbal is and seemed like it might have potential.
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> On 1/25/2016 2:32 PM, Andrea Nettleton wrote:
>> I love this! And it has a playful kind of sound, despite its technical origin. :-) reminds me of jabberwocky somehow...
>> Andrea
>>
>> Sent from my iOnlypretendtomultitask
>>
>>> On Jan 25, 2016, at 11:26 AM, Jonathan Sivier via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've been thinking about this as well. I'd like to propose "Gimbal" as a substitute for gypsy. You could even spell it "Gymbal" if you liked. ;-) This also has the same number of syllables and starts with the same letter as a bonus. A gimbal is a pivoted support that allows the rotation of an object about a single axis, so it also makes some sense with respect to the movement being named. It is sometimes used as a verb, as in the movement of rocket motors used for guidance, as well as being a noun.
>>>
>>> Jonathan
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>>> A: It depends on what dance you call!
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My father said it was a tool, maybe a type of drill? I can't remember, unfortunately.
Sarah
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------ Original message------From: Richard Fischer via Callers Date: Thu, Jan 28, 2016 1:34 PMTo: Andrea Nettleton;Cc: callers@lists.sharedweight.net;Subject:Re: [Callers] Walk around, ease around etc.
The Oxford English Dictionary gives both pronunciations for "gimbal" with the "soft" g first:
/ˈdʒɪmbəl/ /ˈɡɪmbəl/
I followed their etymology trail, and it seems to ultimately come from a word meaning "twin."
Richard
On Jan 27, 2016, at 6:30 PM, Andrea Nettleton via Callers wrote:
Thanks, Delia, for somehow understanding what I meant despite the spate of autocorrects and typos.
It is pronounced with a hard "g" as in gill, just to be clear.
Andrea
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On Jan 27, 2016, at 3:10 PM, Delia Clark <deliaclark8(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I agree that a playful name would be a wonderful way to go for this very playful move. I like Gimbal for that reason. Just checking, it’s pronounced “gym-bal” right?
There was one other playful suggestion sometime in the past couple of weeks, in addition to gyre, but try as I might, I just can’t find it in the rich flow of email on this topic, so if someone wants to re-nominate it, with the goal of a rememberable and playful name in mind, please do. I know that indicates it’s not passing the rememberability test for me at the moment but, to be fair, I was just skimming on a work night when it flew by.
On Jan 27, 2016, at 5:57 PM, Andrea Nettleton via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
What I feel
Is missing from these expressions is twofold. One is memorability. We remember things better to which we attach emotions of some kind. A name people giggle or oo ah about is going to stick and be pleasurable each time they hear it. I love the name Mad Robin, as an example of a distinctive and whimsical name for a dance move, which could as easily be called a sideways do si do. The second is the sense of playful interaction that gypsy has always engendered. I don't want to restart the discussion of why that is, but I do want to keep that in the move, along with eye contact, rather than go to a dry workmanlike term. So nice of to have to invite play, but perhaps only need to mention that you look at your P, N, Sh, as you (new name) around them by the (R/L Sh). I think that was the appeal to me of the word Gimbal, which somehow revoked both rotation and play all in one. I hope I'm not alone in this desire, though I know we are often of very diverse opinions as a group.
Cheers,
Andrea
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