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Re: [Callers] Easy dance list, plus a request to all of us

by Suzanne Girardot

I'd be interested in your list, also, Michael. Thanks. Suzanne -----Original Message----- >From: Cis Hinkle <chinkle(a)mindspring.com> >Sent: Aug 26, 2013 1:34 PM >To: callers(a)sharedweight.net >Subject: Re: [Callers] Easy dance list, plus a request to all of us > >Hi Michael, > >I'd also be very interested in your list of easy dances. > >That request to the rest of us: PLEASE cut out the many lines of unnecessary >verbiage when you reply - the last digest was enormous, but contained only 2 >one-line responses. > >Thanks all, and especially Michael. > >Cis Hinkle >chinkle(a)mindspring.com > >_______________________________________________ >Callers mailing list >Callers(a)sharedweight.net >http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers

11 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] Easy dance list, plus a request to all of us

by Cis Hinkle

Hi Michael, I'd also be very interested in your list of easy dances. That request to the rest of us: PLEASE cut out the many lines of unnecessary verbiage when you reply - the last digest was enormous, but contained only 2 one-line responses. Thanks all, and especially Michael. Cis Hinkle chinkle(a)mindspring.com

11 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] Callers Digest, Vol 108, Issue 20

by bobfab

Me too, please! Sent from my Samsung Epic™ 4G Touchcallers-request(a)sharedweight.net wrote:Send Callers mailing list submissions to callers(a)sharedweight.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to callers-request(a)sharedweight.net You can reach the person managing the list at callers-owner(a)sharedweight.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Callers digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: : easy dance list (Walter) 2. Re: Easy dance List (Perry Shafran) 3. Re: Easy dance List (Joy Greenwolfe) 4. Re: Easy dance List (Hanny Budnick) 5. Re: Easy dance List (Linda Mrosko) 6. Re: Easy dance List (Val & Tom Medve) 7. Re: Easy dance List (Karin Neils) 8. Re: Easy dance List (Heather Sevcik) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 12:52:04 -0400 From: Walter <walterdaves(a)windstream.net> To: callers(a)sharedweight.net Subject: Re: [Callers] : easy dance list Message-ID: <521B87B4.1010409(a)windstream.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I'd like the list of easy dances also. I somehow missed the earlier post. On 8/26/2013 12:00 PM, callers-request(a)sharedweight.net wrote: > Send Callers mailing list submissions to > callers(a)sharedweight.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > callers-request(a)sharedweight.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > callers-owner(a)sharedweight.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Callers digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Easy dance List (Michael Fuerst) > 2. Re: Easy dance List (Rickey Holt) > 3. Re: Easy dance List (Greg McKenzie) > 4. Re: Easy dance List (Andrea Nettleton) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 16:58:05 -0700 (PDT) > From: Michael Fuerst <mjerryfuerst(a)yahoo.com> > To: "callers(a)sharedweight.net" <callers(a)sharedweight.net> > Subject: [Callers] Easy dance List > Message-ID: > <1377475085.77988.YahooMailNeo(a)web122201.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > I have sent the list of easy dances I have collected to he 23 people who requested such. > If you have not received it by Monday, email me. > Make sure to check your trash ans spam folders, in case it ended up there. > ? > Michael Fuerst ? ? ?802 N Broadway ? ? ?Urbana IL 61801?????? 217-239-5844 > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 20:27:06 -0400 > From: "Rickey Holt" <holt.e(a)comcast.net> > To: "'Michael Fuerst'" <mjerryfuerst(a)yahoo.com>, "'Caller's discussion > list'" <callers(a)sharedweight.net> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Easy dance List > Message-ID: <001b01cea1f2$ff075030$fd15f090$(a)comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Can I still request a copy as well? That would be very helpful as I call to > many who would enjoy them. > Rickey Holt > > -----Original Message----- > From: callers-bounces(a)sharedweight.net > [mailto:callers-bounces@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Michael Fuerst > Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 7:58 PM > To: callers(a)sharedweight.net > Subject: [Callers] Easy dance List > > I have sent the list of easy dances I have collected to he 23 people who > requested such. > If you have not received it by Monday, email me. > Make sure to check your trash ans spam folders, in case it ended up there. > ? > Michael Fuerst ? ? ?802 N Broadway ? ? ?Urbana IL 61801?????? 217-239-5844 > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers(a)sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 08:13:23 -0700 > From: Greg McKenzie <grekenzie(a)gmail.com> > To: Michael Fuerst <mjerryfuerst(a)yahoo.com>, "Caller's discussion > list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Easy dance List > Message-ID: > <CAFqkWLssXMMbuSZLoj_cNghHsj5_icmdTWMqWAfQeSZ3WuJdPA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Michael Fuerst <mjerryfuerst(a)yahoo.com>wrote: > >> I have sent the list of easy dances I have collected to he 23 people who >> requested such. >> If you have not received it by Monday, email me. >> Make sure to check your trash ans spam folders, in case it ended up there. >> >> Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217-239-5844 >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> Callers(a)sharedweight.net >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:32:09 -0400 > From: Andrea Nettleton <twirly-girl(a)bellsouth.net> > To: Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Easy dance List > Message-ID: <DB8BE1B4-7F59-40A4-B28D-03BF5B034331(a)bellsouth.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I missed the posts regarding this list of dances, therefore did not request it. I'd like the list if possible. Wondering why you chose to send it by request only instead of putting it on the list, where presumably only the interested parties old bother downloading it. > Andrea > > Sent from my iPad > > On Aug 26, 2013, at 11:13 AM, Greg McKenzie <grekenzie(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Michael Fuerst <mjerryfuerst(a)yahoo.com>wrote: >> >>> I have sent the list of easy dances I have collected to he 23 people who >>> requested such. >>> If you have not received it by Monday, email me. >>> Make sure to check your trash ans spam folders, in case it ended up there. >>> >>> Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217-239-5844 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Callers mailing list >>> Callers(a)sharedweight.net >>> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> Callers(a)sharedweight.net >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers(a)sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > End of Callers Digest, Vol 108, Issue 19 > **************************************** ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 09:53:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Perry Shafran <pshaf(a)yahoo.com> To: Michael Fuerst <mjerryfuerst(a)yahoo.com>, Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net> Subject: Re: [Callers] Easy dance List Message-ID: <1377536033.64489.YahooMailNeo(a)web120706.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I too would be interested in this list. Perry ________________________________ From: Michael Fuerst <mjerryfuerst(a)yahoo.com> To: "callers(a)sharedweight.net" <callers(a)sharedweight.net> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 7:58 PM Subject: [Callers] Easy dance List I have sent the list of easy dances I have collected to he 23 people who requested such. If you have not received it by Monday, email me. Make sure to check your trash ans spam folders, in case it ended up there. ? Michael Fuerst ? ? ?802 N Broadway ? ? ?Urbana IL 61801?????? 217-239-5844 _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 13:13:44 -0400 From: Joy Greenwolfe <joy2the(a)mindspring.com> To: Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net> Subject: Re: [Callers] Easy dance List Message-ID: <E3267D0B-32DD-404C-866A-F89B290DBC11(a)mindspring.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Me as well! Thanks, Michael! Joy > ________________________________ > From: Michael Fuerst <mjerryfuerst(a)yahoo.com> > To: "callers(a)sharedweight.net" <callers(a)sharedweight.net> > Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 7:58 PM > Subject: [Callers] Easy dance List > > > I have sent the list of easy dances I have collected to he 23 people > who requested such. > If you have not received it by Monday, email me. > Make sure to check your trash ans spam folders, in case it ended up > there. > > Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 > 217-239-5844 > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers(a)sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers(a)sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 13:41:43 -0400 From: Hanny Budnick <kyrmyt(a)cotse.net> To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net> Subject: Re: [Callers] Easy dance List Message-ID: <MTAwMDAxNi5reXJteXQ.1377538911@quikprotect> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Yup, I'd like that list as well! Hanny, dancemeestersche ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 12:57:25 -0500 From: Linda Mrosko <elmerosko(a)gmail.com> To: Michael Fuerst <mjerryfuerst(a)yahoo.com>, "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net> Subject: Re: [Callers] Easy dance List Message-ID: <CAHC5Bqcpe7LyD4seXkYrUmnBt+kOrY9kXDsW5f_YvYg4V61mog(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I hate to be left out of the mix. May I have a copy as well, please? Thank you! On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Michael Fuerst <mjerryfuerst(a)yahoo.com>wrote: > I have sent the list of easy dances I have collected to he 23 people who > requested such. > If you have not received it by Monday, email me. > Make sure to check your trash ans spam folders, in case it ended up there. > > Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217-239-5844 > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers(a)sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > -- *Looking forward, Linda S. Mrosko 7302 CR 2829 Mabank, Texas 75156 (903) 451-5535 (H)* ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:05:48 -0400 From: Val & Tom Medve <valandtom(a)myfairpoint.net> To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net> Subject: Re: [Callers] Easy dance List Message-ID: <201308261805.r7QI5ndC012888(a)mail11c26.carrierzone.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Please send your list to me, also, Michael. Thank you! Val Medve valandtom(a)myfairpoint.net At 01:13 PM 8/26/2013, you wrote: >Me as well! Thanks, Michael! > >Joy > > >>________________________________ >>From: Michael Fuerst <mjerryfuerst(a)yahoo.com> >>To: "callers(a)sharedweight.net" <callers(a)sharedweight.net> >>Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 7:58 PM >>Subject: [Callers] Easy dance List >> >> >>I have sent the list of easy dances I have collected to he 23 people >>who requested such. >>If you have not received it by Monday, email me. >>Make sure to check your trash ans spam folders, in case it ended up >>there. >> >>Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 >>217-239-5844 >>_______________________________________________ >>Callers mailing list >>Callers(a)sharedweight.net >>http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >>_______________________________________________ >>Callers mailing list >>Callers(a)sharedweight.net >>http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > >_______________________________________________ >Callers mailing list >Callers(a)sharedweight.net >http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > >----- >No virus found in this message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6610 - Release Date: 08/26/13 > Val Medve valandtom(a)myfairpoint.net ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:28:40 -0400 From: Karin Neils <kanara(a)triton.net> To: callers(a)sharedweight.net Subject: Re: [Callers] Easy dance List Message-ID: <521B9E58.6080306(a)triton.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Michael, Thanks for offering to share your list. Please send a copy; it will be exactly right for a new dance community I will be calling for next month. Karin On 8/26/2013 1:57 PM, Linda Mrosko wrote: > I hate to be left out of the mix. May I have a copy as well, please? > Thank you! > > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Michael Fuerst <mjerryfuerst(a)yahoo.com>wrote: > >> I have sent the list of easy dances I have collected to he 23 people who >> requested such. >> If you have not received it by Monday, email me. >> Make sure to check your trash ans spam folders, in case it ended up there. >> >> Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217-239-5844 >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> Callers(a)sharedweight.net >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> > > ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 13:49:37 -0500 From: Heather Sevcik <heather.a.sevcik(a)gmail.com> To: Michael Fuerst <mjerryfuerst(a)yahoo.com>, "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net> Subject: Re: [Callers] Easy dance List Message-ID: <CANo5fpojzgeyC=DtOxBv90x4c9bYLzO4-V6YyMXOyGn1Xw=M5w(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Michael, I'd love a copy of this list too! Thanks for sharing your calling knowledge, Heather Sevcik On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Michael Fuerst <mjerryfuerst(a)yahoo.com>wrote: > I have sent the list of easy dances I have collected to he 23 people who > requested such. > If you have not received it by Monday, email me. > Make sure to check your trash ans spam folders, in case it ended up there. > > Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217-239-5844 > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers(a)sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers End of Callers Digest, Vol 108, Issue 20 ****************************************

11 years, 7 months

Easy Dance List

by Gloria Johnson

________________________________ Michael, I, too, would like a copy of your list of easy dances. Thanks! Gloria Johnson Scarlet Springfield, MO >> From: Michael Fuerst <mjerryfuerst(a)yahoo.com> >> To: "callers(a)sharedweight.net" <callers(a)sharedweight.net> >> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 7:58 PM >> Subject: [Callers] Easy dance List >> >> >> I have sent the list of easy dances I have collected to he 23 people? >> who requested such. >> If you have not received it by Monday, email me. >> Make sure to check your trash ans spam folders, in case it ended up? >> there. >> >> Michael Fuerst? ? ? 802 N Broadway? ? ? Urbana IL 61801? ? ? ? >> 217-239-5844

11 years, 7 months

Dances licensed with CC or similar

by Sam Whited

Hi all: Does anyone here know of any dances that are licensed under an open (free as in freedom) license or have fallen into the public domain (it's hard to find dates for a lot of older dances)? I'm already using a few of Seth Tepfer's dances which are licensed under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0) license [1] (Thanks Seth; I owe you a beer or something!) and wondered if anyone else had licensed their dances in a similar fashion? I know that most callers don't mind if people include their dances in non-commercial teaching materials or call them at dances (implicit CC licensing is sort of ingrained in the culture), but I'd like to stick with things that are verifiably in the public domain or have explicitly been released under a CC or similar license. These would be used as example dances in the typesetting project that I mentioned recently (which will hopefully be published sometime next week). Thanks, Sam P.S. I always wonder why more callers don't do this; lack of knowledge that such things exist? P.P.S. As a matter of public record: All of my dances are _always_ released under CC BY-NC 3.0 license unless otherwise marked or stated. I also waive the noncommercial restriction for the purpose of calling them at a dance. [1]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ -- Sam Whited pub 4096R/EC2C9934 https://samwhited.com/contact

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Norms/Ethics of Dance Choreography Sharing

by Don Veino

I'm interested in others' perspectives on this topic integral to our passion. I've had a few very brief interactions with other callers on this topic but would appreciate a wider view with an eye towards commonly agreed acceptable practice. We live in a world that has the dichotomy of very strong legal concepts of "ownership" and yet at the same time the dance community carries on a more open heredity of sharing and the folk process in order to benefit us all. As I became interested in calling, I started to do a fair amount of capture from live calling with occasional "asks" to the caller for clarification/confirmation of my capture (at a convenient point in the program for them). Often they would just hand me their card. In one case an established caller offered a stack of "easy" dances to a group of us at a shared caller night which was very helpful to gain some known entities. Nowadays if a caller offers their card I usually simply take a photo of it with my cell phone to respect their time and transcribe from that later. Lately I've been doing a couple of other things to capture dances: gaining clarification from YouTube videos for trickier choreography I've seen live or leveraging positive mentions of dance names on lists like this to trigger a YouTube search for original capture. If folks ask me to look at a card when I'm calling I'll gladly share it. However, I'm a bit uneasy when they ask for more than a couple and from my experience on the other side it appears others around me feel similarly. (I once had the unusual experience of a caller unknown to me asking for one card which I handed over and then came back from socializing during the break to find her rifling through and copying from my card deck on stage - seemed to think that was perfectly normal behavior!) I've not posted another composer's work (with the exception of one dance commissioned for my daughter) as I feel this is crossing the line. However, I have noted several collections of dances posted on the web by folks other than the authors - in some cases they assert they have permission to do so and others are mum. I have copied from several of these in the past but now steer away from "no permission expressed" ones. So I've kinda boiled this down to a tentative personal code of sharing: - OK to gather from primary sources on my own work (live dance, YouTube videos, etc.) - OK to gather first hand from another caller's offered card or follow up message, whether their own work or of another composer - OK to gather from web publication or books expressing permission, or posted by the author - Before copyright works/chestnuts open game and OK - OK to offer my own compositions as I like in any form - OK to share others' compositions in a one-on-one on request fashion - Not cool to hoover up another caller's deck in big gulps (at least at an event or without offer) or to be expected to give likewise - Grey area: sharing another's composition in response to a request on a list post (as opposed to an off-list one-on-one email, or a link to an existing acceptable on-line resource) - No Way: publishing a list of other's compositions, without the expressed permission of the author, in any form. I freely offer that some of the distinctions may or may not make sense to others, but feels right to me in this environment. The grey area one above would probably be stifling to several of the choreography review and criticism threads which are otherwise very helpful were it made "not OK." I'd love to hear what others think!

11 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] Code's Compiling

by John Sweeney

Code's Compiling by Sam Whited (Duple becket) A1. Neighbor dosido (8); Partner see saw (8) A2. Shadow swing (16) B1. Balance and petronella (8); Balance and petronella (8) B2. Partner swing (8); Left diagonal: Right and left through (8) Hi Sam, Just a few suggestions. Seesaw has multiple meanings; it could be a left shoulder dosido (old MWSD definition), it could be a left shoulder gypsy (current MWSD definition), it could be the men walking in a dosido path around a stationary lady (see 37 seconds in at http://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/654). Whereas dosido (which has countless spellings and more meanings) has been standardised in the contra community, I don't believe seesaw has, so I would always specify which one I mean. When you say "Shadow swing" you haven't yet established who the shadow is. I guess you mean the person beside you in the long lines, but it depends on the dance; your shadow could be some distance away. Again, I would suggest you specify who you mean. Balance and Petronella: I guess you mean Balance the Ring and Petronella. The original dance from which the Petronella move was taken didn't have hands joined in a ring - see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TamzPchX--I So unless you say it is a ring/circle readers might assume you are using the original move and not join hands. Again, it helps to make things clear if you use a few more words. Hope that helps. Happy dancing, John John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent

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Orange You Glad We Met?

by Aahz Maruch

In light of the earlier discussion about both double-progression and dances with neighbor swing that don't have circle left 3/4, I wrote the following. I'd first like to double-check that this doesn't already exist under some other name, nor does the name exist for some other dance; I'd also like feedback on the choreography. Orange You Glad We Met? Becket A1 Men L allemande 1/2 (4) Neighbor B&S (12) A2 L star 1/2 to prev neighbor (6) R star full to current neighbor (10) B1 Pass thru current neighbor to new neighbor (4) PROGRESSION End in wave Balance wave (4) Square thru 3.5 (8) B2 Partner B&S (16) -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> "It's 106 miles to Chicago. We have a full tank of gas, a half-pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses." "Hit it."

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Re: [Callers] Sweaty ECD

by John Sweeney

Sam asked for some samples of less formal ECD: This is a demonstration team using lots of bits from different dances, together with some fun choreography: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXzEy9qzeSQ This is also a demo team, but they are doing a selection of dances that are often done over here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIIOMCz0jFc The sequence at 2:17 is a traditional "contra" dance called "Pins and Needles" - short sets which are joining across the hall for the waves. The sequence at 3:23 is "Dorset Four Hand Reel". We dance both of those regularly at our local club. This is some American dancers having fun doing 17th Century dances from Playford's "English Dancing Master": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ35ZkLkJJ4#t http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3uWRbXFBM4 I strongly believe that this is much more like the way the dances were danced in the 17th century, with lots of stepping and energy - anyway that is how I teach them! A three couple version of Portsmouth at Chippenham festival a couple of years ago in the Zesty Playford session: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65xy_6XC1_Y (I'm in the middle during the first part of the video, tall guy with grey hair, white shirt, blue trousers (sorry, pants!)) The caller asked us to rant or step all the way through. Notice that in all these examples there is lots of stepping rather than walking. That is one of the reasons you will end up with a healthy glow! :-) Hope that helps. 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] Sweaty ECD

by John Sweeney

Sam said, "I tried ECD a couple of times, and while I enjoyed the people, and thought a lot of the dances were really interesting, I couldn't help but wonder why I'd want to do something that didn't leave me sweaty and breathless afterwards." It doesn't have to be like that! Come to one of my English country dances and I'll get you sweating! :-) Happy dancing, John John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent

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