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by Bill Baritompa

Hi All, Jan/Feb 2014 will have some special summer dancing. http://contra.baritompa.com/weekend.shtml https://www.facebook.com/events/1422654004614312 Hope to see some of you :-) Cheers, Bill

11 years, 6 months

new combination

by Tom Hinds

Often I write a new dance and then discover that the idea or combination has already been invented by someone else. Here's a dance I just wrote that has what I think might be a new way to progress. Please let me know if this has been done before. I haven't tried it out yet. Becket A1 Circle left three-quarters and swing neighbor. A2 Long lines forward and back. Half hey, women by right. B1 Women ricochet.* New men ricochet** Half hey, new women by the left. B2 Gypsy and swing partner *In the B1 the women move from right to left while they ricochet. They keep moving right to left behind a new man the then start the second hey. **While the women ricochet, the men move left to right behind their current neighbor. They keep moving to the right in order to ricochet with a new man (moving in front of a new neighbor).

11 years, 6 months

Help with a dance name, and it's formation

by Keith Tuxhorn

Hi all-- Going through my "mystery dances" pile of cards, I discovered I had copied this dance down three times! And I did try to call it once, but there was no progression. I think I've figured out how it works-- the dancers start "indecent", 1s proper, 2s improper... So, if anyone can name this dance... A1 Star R 1 1/4; P swing A2 Promenade across; pass thru to short wave, balance B1 W allmnde L 1 1/2; N swing B2 Long lines; balance across (w/P), CA twirl (to new Ns) Thanks for the help! Keith Tuxhorn,caller Austin TX

11 years, 6 months

Re: [Callers] Tranquility - thanks!

by Nathaniel Puffer

thanks so much, Linda, Don, and Yoyo! - Nate > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:30:10 -0400 > > From: Linda Leslie <laleslierjg(a)comcast.net> > > To: Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net> > > Subject: Re: [Callers] Author of Tranquility? > > Message-ID: <96C1AD3D-3A1B-40DE-9BC2-7068FC9273F7(a)comcast.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; > > delsp=yes > > > > The author would be me, Don! Except that for the B2, the original > > dance has the women do an allemande left just 1/2, then a long Partner > > swing. Certainly the allemande left 1 and 1/2 also works! > > warmly, Linda > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 13:18:12 -0400 > From: Don Veino <sharedweight_net(a)veino.com> > To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Tranquility > Message-ID: > <CAAJTtiLeo2LxFVU48hvVZXAX4= > K81BKT1gkX62LOWWvL5vCX-g(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > At the end of the A2 you are on the side of the set with your N in standard > "Gents on the left, Ladies on the right" orientation. G is on the opposite > side from where they started the dance, L are on their home side. > > B1 starts with a pass the ocean (where Gs essentially just walk across the > set and then turn to their right 1/4. At the same time L Allem. Lt. 1/2 to > cross set and give Rt. to their same N to form a short wave across with L > still holding Lt. in the center). Wave balance. (So everyone is now facing > direction of progression up/down at this point, opposite direction of their > current Ns.) > > All walk forward to new short wave across in same orientation (so Ps travel > together but join wave with new Ns in their Rt. hand, new Ls holding Lt. > hands). Wave balance before starting the B2. > > I suggest fwd & back balances to use the momentum to help timing. Just my > opinion. > > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Nathaniel Puffer < > nathanielpuffer(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > This looks like a very nice dance. I'm not sure I'm picturing correctly > > what happens in B1 part - is anyone able & willing to describe this in > > slightly more detail? > > > > Nathaniel Puffer > > > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 10:00 AM, <callers-request(a)sharedweight.net> > > wrote: > > > > > Message: 1 > > > Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 14:44:51 -0400 > > > From: Don Veino <sharedweight_net(a)veino.com> > > > To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net> > > > Subject: [Callers] Author of Tranquility? > > > Message-ID: > > > <CAAJTtiL2aU9WmsEsqXNwyRp2ZNUT= > > > gMp0M6CQNTD-v-O80-b6A(a)mail.gmail.com> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > > > > > I got this one from a local caller but there was no author known. > > Googling > > > has failed to uncover them. Do you know? > > > > > > Tranquility ? Becket ? Unknown > > > > > > A1 > > > > > > (8) LLFB > > > > > > (8) G Allem. Lt. 1+1/2 *to N* > > > > > > A2 > > > > > > (4,12) N Bal. & Swing *end facing across* > > > > > > B1 > > > > > > (4,4) Pass The Ocean to Wave/4, Bal. *Fwd/Bk* > > > > > > *Pass the Ocean: L take LH as cross, RH to N - G are back on home > side, L > > > away* > > > > > > (4,4) Pass Thru Up/Dn to new Wave/4, Bal. *Fwd./Bk.* > > > > > > B2 > > > > > > (8) L Allem. Lt. 1+1/2 *to your P* > > > > > > (8) P Swing > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Message: 2 > > > Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:30:10 -0400 > > > From: Linda Leslie <laleslierjg(a)comcast.net> > > > To: Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net> > > > Subject: Re: [Callers] Author of Tranquility? > > > Message-ID: <96C1AD3D-3A1B-40DE-9BC2-7068FC9273F7(a)comcast.net> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; > > > delsp=yes > > > > > > The author would be me, Don! Except that for the B2, the original > > > dance has the women do an allemande left just 1/2, then a long Partner > > > swing. Certainly the allemande left 1 and 1/2 also works! > > > warmly, Linda > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > Callers(a)sharedweight.net > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 10:32:59 -0700 > From: Yoyo Zhou <yozhov(a)gmail.com> > To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Tranquility > Message-ID: > <CAPNCXWhZMMUGSog9YZbnvfH=Fs23FCdAcKhdtwv2poYd= > L0O4Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Here's an animation of pass the ocean (sometimes called pass thru to > an (ocean) wave) from a square dance club, since it's a move borrowed > from square dancing: > http://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamination/b2/pass_the_ocean.html > > Yoyo Zhou > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers(a)sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > End of Callers Digest, Vol 110, Issue 26 > **************************************** >

11 years, 6 months

Re: [Callers] Tranquility

by Nathaniel Puffer

This looks like a very nice dance. I'm not sure I'm picturing correctly what happens in B1 part - is anyone able & willing to describe this in slightly more detail? Nathaniel Puffer On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 10:00 AM, <callers-request(a)sharedweight.net> wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 14:44:51 -0400 > From: Don Veino <sharedweight_net(a)veino.com> > To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net> > Subject: [Callers] Author of Tranquility? > Message-ID: > <CAAJTtiL2aU9WmsEsqXNwyRp2ZNUT= > gMp0M6CQNTD-v-O80-b6A(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > I got this one from a local caller but there was no author known. Googling > has failed to uncover them. Do you know? > > Tranquility ? Becket ? Unknown > > A1 > > (8) LLFB > > (8) G Allem. Lt. 1+1/2 *to N* > > A2 > > (4,12) N Bal. & Swing *end facing across* > > B1 > > (4,4) Pass The Ocean to Wave/4, Bal. *Fwd/Bk* > > *Pass the Ocean: L take LH as cross, RH to N - G are back on home side, L > away* > > (4,4) Pass Thru Up/Dn to new Wave/4, Bal. *Fwd./Bk.* > > B2 > > (8) L Allem. Lt. 1+1/2 *to your P* > > (8) P Swing > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:30:10 -0400 > From: Linda Leslie <laleslierjg(a)comcast.net> > To: Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Author of Tranquility? > Message-ID: <96C1AD3D-3A1B-40DE-9BC2-7068FC9273F7(a)comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; > delsp=yes > > The author would be me, Don! Except that for the B2, the original > dance has the women do an allemande left just 1/2, then a long Partner > swing. Certainly the allemande left 1 and 1/2 also works! > warmly, Linda > >

11 years, 6 months

Author of Tranquility?

by Don Veino

I got this one from a local caller but there was no author known. Googling has failed to uncover them. Do you know? Tranquility – Becket – Unknown A1 (8) LLFB (8) G Allem. Lt. 1+1/2 *to N* A2 (4,12) N Bal. & Swing *end facing across* B1 (4,4) Pass The Ocean to Wave/4, Bal. *Fwd/Bk* *Pass the Ocean: L take LH as cross, RH to N - G are back on home side, L away* (4,4) Pass Thru Up/Dn to new Wave/4, Bal. *Fwd./Bk.* B2 (8) L Allem. Lt. 1+1/2 *to your P* (8) P Swing

11 years, 6 months

Re: [Callers] Unsual dances (Levi Jackson mod)

by Colin Hume

On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:24:29 +1300, Bill Baritompa wrote: > Your version if danced with a five couple set, doesn't change > partners. Of course not: my description started "For 6 couples". > At a barn dance, I didn't want to leave people out of the > dance, and by getting odd couples to join 5 couple sets, there was > a mix of 5 and 6 couple sets on the floor. Then you have to make it clear that the 6 couple sets are doing the 6 couple version, with the "one man further" in the second chain each time, and that the 6 couple set don't go back to place after the walk-through. Then five times through the dance will get everyone home. Colin Hume

11 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] Unsual dances

by John Sweeney

Hexitation (six couple square) is fun: http://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2008.pdf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qNy9II3OiU In this video the dance starts at around 0.:28. Before that, and in the middle of the video, the caller has the head couples pair up and the couples work as if they were a single person, then he calls standard square dance breaks. Must try that :-) Happy dancing, John John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent

11 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] Levi Jackson Rag

by John Sweeney

In my experience we usually dance Levi Jackson Rag a little more zestily than was shown in the video referenced earlier. Have a look at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l8OjD-1464 Though that is maybe a little bit fast :-) But notice also how they do the balance before the swing. I was taught Levi Jackson Rag in the 1960s and that's how we were taught then and how I have always seen it danced over here: Step, Kick, Step, Kick Happy dancing, John John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent

11 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] Callers Digest, Vol 110, Issue 20 Unusual dances

by Hgrastorf＠aol.com

Two other 5-couple set dances are Brief Encounter by Marj Hendy (1996) (any AABB reel) 5 couple longway set -- PROPER A1 On the right diagonal (if someome is there), pull by right. Face straight across and pull by left. Same again (like Beneficial Traditions). This leaves four ladies at the top, four men at the bottom, and a couple in the middle who are NOT each other's partners. A2 -- on the ENDS star right and then left -- MEANWHILE the couple in the middle has a "brief encounter" -- gypsy and swing?. B1 -- Original first woman (now in 2nd place on the men's side) and original fifth man (now in 4th place on the women's side) "unwind" their star, casting up and around the short end (for the women) and casting down and around the short end (for the men), and leading their same sex star buddies back into line -- the "brief encounter" couple split and tag on to their respective unwinding stars. Everyone's original partner should magically appear as the lines re-coalesce. B2 -- The original TOP couple (now at the bottom) leads up the center to the top, and casts back down (peel the banana) to invert the set. And the dance begins again with A1 -- pull by on the right diagonal. There is NO recovery time. Winter Solstice Wendy Crouch 1988 Square set of four couples, with a 5th couple in the middle facing couple 1. There's a traditional tune, but any square AABB will do. http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/ecd/ecd-modern/134-winter-solstice Contra dancers sometimes have trouble grasping the hey for 3 instead of hey for 4 -- remembering to tell them that their partner is NOT in the hey with them seems to help. Also, you can change the meanwhile "set and turn single" on the sides to a partner swing. Last December I called this one to Jingle Bells at the Baltimore contra. The part that the more analytically minded dancers really like is the last bit -- a grand square with a FIFTH couple in the mix. And the progression is lovely and smooth. April Blum

11 years, 7 months

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