Good morning,
My name is Danielle, and I am a new caller in New Mexico. I just called my
first full evening last night. We ended up having a rather large group of
beginners, so much so that I could use neither my planned program nor even
my backup program that I thought would be appropriate for a mixed crowd. I
ended up programming on the fly, which didn't go as smoothly as I would
have liked.
I'd love to hear what other callers do in this situation, or how they are
able to avoid it with prep work beforehand.
Thanks!
Danielle
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Danielle Boudreau
<dbou(a)unm.edu> elle.boudreau(a)gmail.com
cell: (505) 377-3071
Hi all,
I am planning some workshops, for festivals here in the UK, with the title
"Flow & Glide Contras: Dances with beautiful flow, connectivity and a
smooth, satisfying glide." (Thanks to Sarah VanNorstrand and no doubt many
others for the title!)
I have lots of ideas already, but am always interested in finding great
dances that I am not familiar with.
If you don't mind sharing, please let me know your favourite ONE or TWO
contras that fit this description.
Many thanks.
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362
http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
Erik,
I have have called "There is No Way to Peace, Peace Is the Way" often and I
agree it is a wonderful, and very good flowing dance. I did not remember,
however, that the quote came from A. J. Muste. Thank you for naming a dance
for his quote, and for him, and for reminding us all about him.
Rickey (aka Eric) Holt,
Fremont, NH
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I think "There Is No Way to Peace; Peace Is the Way" has good flow:
There Is No Way to Peace; Peace Is the Way Becket Erik Hoffman
A1 Women Do Si Do; Partner Swing
A2 Men Allemande Left 1-1/2; Neighbor Swing
B1 Long Lines Forward & Back; Women Right Elbow Turn 1-1/2
B2 Women Pick up Partner to Star Promenade 3/4;
Men who meet link Left Elbow, (Women let go of Right Elbow)
Star Promenade with these New (and Next) Neighbors
End on Original Side with a Butterfly Twirl to face those
same "New (Next)" Neighbors.
The title is a quote from our nation's one time most famous pacifist, A.
J. Muste.
~erik hoffman
On 2/5/2014 9:02 AM, Joseph Erhard-Hudson wrote:
> I've always thought of Fan in the Doorway by Gene Hubert this way. It
> takes a little mind bending for everyone involved (band, caller, and
> dancers) because it's danced to a 3-part slip jig, but once it gets
> going it can flow like silk.
>
> Choreography and one caller's notes here:
> http://www.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers/2010-March/002510.html
>
> To those notes, I would only add, work beforehand with the band on how
> to get going and how to stop. Your usual 4-beat potatoes aren't going to
work.
> Also, some bands will have slip jigs of more than three parts. which
> can work fine, you just can't count on ending the dance after a
> particular phrase in the music. In my experience bands with slip jigs
> in their repertoire are delighted to have a chance to play them for
dancers.
>
> Joseph
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 6:14 AM, John Sweeney
<info(a)contrafusion.co.uk>wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am planning some workshops, for festivals here in the UK, with the
>> title "Flow & Glide Contras: Dances with beautiful flow, connectivity
>> and a smooth, satisfying glide." (Thanks to Sarah VanNorstrand and
>> no doubt many others for the title!)
>>
>> I have lots of ideas already, but am always interested in finding
>> great dances that I am not familiar with.
>>
>> If you don't mind sharing, please let me know your favourite ONE or
>> TWO contras that fit this description.
>>
>> Many thanks.
>>
>> 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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Thanks for all the great ideas :-)
Yes, Joyride was already in my short list - beautiful dance!
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362
http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
Aahz,
Nice dance. There are some great transitions and ideas in this dance
and I look forward to calling it soon.
With that said, I don't put your dance in the 'flowing' category.
The two right and left thrus aren't flowing for the men in particular
and especially if they are danced with a tradition courtesy (men move
forward and then back for the courtesy turns). Right and left
through for me, have sort of a stop and start feel when compared with
a hey.
I think the moves in the B1 are not flowing but are not bad flow either.
If flow is your bag, maybe substitute two half heys for the 2 right
and left thrus in the A1 although the flow into the circle left 3/4
may be interesting......
and consider this for the B1:
B1 Half hey (men left), men allemande left once and a half.
Tom
>>
>> Panix Dot Chat (aahz(a)pobox.com)
>>
>> Becket formation
>> Double-progression, better with odd number of couples
>>
>> A1 Right-and-left thru on left diagonal (8)
>> (Yes, start with progression)
>> (Warn ends about not moving)
>> Right-and-left thru new couple (8)
>> A2 Circle left 3/4 (8)
>> Swing neighbor (8)
>> B1 Pass through (4)
>> California twirl (4)
>> Men left-hand turn once-and-half (8)
>> B2 Balance and swing partner (16)
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At Contra Dancers Delight Holiday this year, Dean asked Robert Cromartie to
call Our House and my husband Dave to video tape it so Dean would have a
video of the dance being danced.
Robert had never called it before and in our callers workshop we
"practiced" with him for calling it later that night. Some people were
concerned about the flow of the star into a Gypsy meltdown. It "feels"
like it would be a left shoulder gypsy, which of course won't 'melt' into a
swing. So we also discussed changing it to Balance and swing. In the end,
we stuck with Dean's original and I think it went fine, but I just wanted
to toss it out that there are those who "prefer" the balance. Sort of like
Delphiniums and Daisies - most people call that one with a Partner B&S but
it was written without the balance. So the "folk process" may be tweeking
Dean's dance a bit.
--
JoLaine Jones-Pokorney
"We are as gods and might as well get good at it!"
- Stewart Brand
>Cis Hinkle says "The Butterfly" is not quite suited for "Fan in the Doorway" Anyone know why? Seems I've danced it to that tune but it has been a few years!
>-Joe Micheals
>Seattle
I was startled to read I had an opinion on this subject until I read the original posting from 2010. I obviously didn't make it clear, but that comment about The Butterfly came from the author (the great Gene Hubert) in Dizzy Dances III, from which I was quoting. As I said in the post, at the time I had never called Fan in the Doorway (which I agree is a beautifully flowing dance).
Hey everyone,
I was talking to dean the other day and mentioned that more than one person had request edit his excellent dance, and asked whether it was ok to share it with everyone. So here is Our House, by Dean Snipes. Deb, I know I wrote that the star is 3/4, but it really is 1x.
Cheers,
Andrea
Sent from my iPad
Begin forwarded message:
> I love this dance by Dean and am glad to share. Written for a contra friend who always said come over to our house! A real community builder.
>
> Our House
> By Dean Snipes
> Becket
> A1 M Alle L 1 1/2
> N Sw
> A2 Ladies chain to P
> Star L 1x and a step till the ladies can take R with another lady making a long lady wave in the center of the set.
> B1 all bal, ML, WR
> All (Rory) Slide, ML, WR-into a new star, W are looking at their shadow's back, P is in another star, far away, seemingly
> Star R 1x, men move along your home side a little to meet P
> B2 P B&Sw
>
I really like the flow of Becket Contras where the progression is a circle and then a slide into a circle with the next pair. Nice to watch the whole hall do it.
>
> Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 14:14:15 -0000
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> Hi all,
>
> I am planning some workshops, for festivals here in the UK, with the title
> "Flow & Glide Contras: Dances with beautiful flow, connectivity and a
> smooth, satisfying glide." (Thanks to Sarah VanNorstrand and no doubt many
> others for the title!)
>
> I have lots of ideas already, but am always interested in finding great
> dances that I am not familiar with.
>
> If you don't mind sharing, please let me know your favourite ONE or TWO
> contras that fit this description.
>
