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by Laur

Last night I called the dance Bronwyn Woods wrote and called at Callers week "Hortensia's Cravat". It was a nice memory. The dance community enjoyed it. It brought back fond memories of our night on the floor. Laurie Pietravalle

15 years, 11 months

Fiddler Needed Urgently in Exeter, NH

by Rickey

Hi, July 11, Exeter NH, 7:30 for a share of the gate. Our series is in its fifth or sixth year and we usually have a house band. I recently found out that all but two members of the band will not be able to play July 11. In fact we are left with only rhythm guitar and drums. If you can play on July 11, please contact me ASAP. Thanks, Rickey

15 years, 11 months

Re: [Callers] the fatal kiss of the ice princess

by David.Millstone＠valley.net

Will wrote:" I don't understand what's happening in B2 the way it's written..." In Gems, here's how the dance appears: FATAL KISS OF THE ICE PRINCESS (Timothy Gant) Imp-Double progression Tune: Flowing Reel A1 CCW gypsy neighbor three-quarters. Women pass right shoulders. CCW gypsy partner. A2 Hey, women starting by passing right shoulders. B1 Women, followed by partners, start right hands across; turn about once and a quarter to progressed position. LH across with near couple once around. B2 Partners promenade about one-half around that new couple and face counter to direction of progression Right and left thru up and down the set and pass thru along to yet another couple. "The author suggests consummating the gypsies in the last change: A1 Allemande right your neighbor once and three-quarters. Men allemande left once and a half. A2: Clockwise gypsy and swing your partner. B1 & B2: Ladies chain across; women pull by, with right hands, to partner; gypsy and swing your partner." David Millstone Lebanon, NH

15 years, 11 months

the fatal kiss of the ice princess

by weathercaller＠aol.com

Hi -- I'm trying to get ahold of a contra dance written in 1993 by Timothy Grant called "The Fatal Kiss of the Ice Princess."? Anyone happen to have it?? Thanks, Warren ---------------------------------- Warren Blier Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA weathercaller(a)aol.com

15 years, 11 months

A small favor for future dance historians

by Gary Shapiro

Dear dance choregraphers, Thank you for publishing your dances in printed form and via the internet. I think we'd be doing a service for future dance historians if we could include an approximate date of when the dance was devised. Also, my own dance database has a field for that date and many of those bytes are going to waste! But thanks to all of you in any case and thanks to you who do include dates. -- Gary

15 years, 11 months

A small request when posting dances...

by Will Loving

A small request when posting a dance: Please make sure fractions are fully expanded out, such as 3/4 or 1-1/2. The "built-in" fractions in many fonts appear differently depending on what platform (Win, Mac, etc) and what language encoding you use. For example, in Snake Oil Reel below in the A2, what I see following the "Men allemande Left" is a Greater than or equal to symbol, and after "Allemande Right your neighbor" is a Pi symbol. Of course I can figure it out what is supposed to be there but it would be simpler if we avoided "high ASCII" characters whenever possible. (My guess is that this mostly happens when people post from a Word processing program that automatically replaces expanded fractions with the single character ones that not every font has.) Thanks, Will on 6/14/09 9:40 PM, Jack Mitchell at jamitch3(a)mindspring.com wrote: > Thanks! > Jack > At 06:52 PM 6/14/2009, you wrote: > > Hi Jack. > This is what I have, Laurie > THE SNAKE OIL REEL* by Roger Diggle > A1 Women go into center to form a long wavy line (4); > and balance (4) > WHILE women return to original places, men go into center to form a > long > wavy line (4); and balance (4) > A2 Men allemande Left ¾ (4); take right hands with neighbor to form > a wavy > line across the set, and balance(4) > Allemande right neighbor ½, to form wavy line across, with women in > center (4), and balance (4) > B1 Women allemande Left 1/2; > Swing partner, end facing across > B2 Circle Left > Women chain > ~~ > ~ What the heart has once owned.....it shall never lose. ~ > ~ Henry Ward Beecher~ > ~~ > --- On Sat, 6/13/09, Jack Mitchell <jamitch3(a)mindspring.com> wrote: > From: Jack Mitchell <jamitch3(a)mindspring.com> > Subject: [Callers] Snake Oil Reel > To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net> > Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009, 11:06 PM > Could someone take pity on me and type out snake oil reel by > roger > diggle? I've jotted it down 2-3 times now, but manage to mislay > the > papers. Here's what I can remember. I'm sure that I've managed > to mix > some of what I'm remembering up -- the last time I saw it called > was a > few weeks ago. > Thanks! > Jack > A1 ladies to long wave, Balance > Ladies back out, gents forward to long wave, Balance > A2 Gents Alle L to short waves with new N, balance wave, > Alle R > B1 P B&S > B2 ??? > Ladies Chain > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers(a)sharedweight.net > [1]http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers(a)sharedweight.net > [2]http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > References > > 1. http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > 2. http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers(a)sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers -- William M. Loving Dedication Technologies, Inc. 7 Coach Lane Amherst, MA 01002-3304 USA will(a)dedicationtechnologies.com Tel: +1 413 253-7223 (GMT 5) Fax: +1 206 202-0476

15 years, 11 months

Re: [Callers] Snake Oil Reel

by Laur

Hi Jack. This is what I have, Laurie THE SNAKE OIL REEL* by Roger Diggle A1 Women go into center to form a long wavy line (4); and balance (4) WHILE women return to original places, men go into center to form a long wavy line (4); and balance (4) A2 Men allemande Left ¾ (4); take right hands with neighbor to form a wavy line across the set, and balance(4) Allemande right neighbor ½, to form wavy line across, with women in center (4), and balance (4) B1 Women allemande Left 1/2; Swing partner, end facing across B2 Circle Left Women chain ~~ ~ What the heart has once owned.....it shall never lose. ~ ~ Henry Ward Beecher~ ~~ --- On Sat, 6/13/09, Jack Mitchell <jamitch3(a)mindspring.com> wrote: From: Jack Mitchell <jamitch3(a)mindspring.com> Subject: [Callers] Snake Oil Reel To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net> Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009, 11:06 PM Could someone take pity on me and type out snake oil reel by roger diggle? I've jotted it down 2-3 times now, but manage to mislay the papers. Here's what I can remember. I'm sure that I've managed to mix some of what I'm remembering up -- the last time I saw it called was a few weeks ago. Thanks! Jack A1 ladies to long wave, Balance Ladies back out, gents forward to long wave, Balance A2 Gents Alle L to short waves with new N, balance wave, Alle R B1 P B&S B2 ??? Ladies Chain _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers

15 years, 11 months

Re: [Callers] Snake Oil Reel

by Chris Page

On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Jack Mitchell<jamitch3(a)mindspring.com> wrote: > Could someone take pity on me and type out snake oil reel by roger > diggle? I've jotted it down 2-3 times now, but manage to mislay the > papers. Here's what I can remember. I'm sure that I've managed to mix > some of what I'm remembering up -- the last time I saw it called was a > few weeks ago. > Thanks! > Jack > A1 ladies to long wave, Balance > Ladies back out, gents forward to long wave, Balance > A2 Gents Alle L to short waves with new N, balance wave, Alle R > > B1 P B&S > B2 ??? > Ladies Chain > _______________________________________________ See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF16jBxMDbY -Chris Page San Diego

15 years, 11 months

Re: [Callers] Unknown callers adn misicians...

by Dan Pearl

Some callers are indeed referenced (like in the article on NEFFA), but have no independent articles associated with them. Examples are Ralph Page and Ted Sannella.

15 years, 11 months

Unknown callers adn misicians...

by Richard Hart

Has anyone else noticed that many - in fact almost all - well known dance callers and musicians are almost never mentioned on Wikipedia? I was recently asked about Allan Block. A brief search showed me that although his daughter, Rory Block, an accomplished blues singer, has an entry in Wikipedia, Allan does not. Searches of Wikipedia for names like Bob McQuillen, Dudley Laufman, Ralph Page, and others also came up with nothing. Ted Sannella is the only contra caller or musician who I found with a Wikipedia entry. Maybe there are a few others. Should more be there? Rich.

15 years, 11 months

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