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1. Re: dances for Halloween (Luke Donforth)
2. Re: dances for Halloween (Donna Hunt)
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Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2018 22:59:20 -0400
From: Luke Donforth
To: kanara(a)triton.net
Cc: "Callers(a)Lists.Sharedweight.net"
Subject: Re: [Callers] dances for Halloween
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Well, there's what the kids go for: "All You Can Eat"; possibly of
something tasty for the season, like "Apples and Chocolate".
If you're not on the food part, there's "Black Cat Mixer", "Dancing In My
Bones", or "Witches Star".
Having danced at themed dancing where the theme overran programmatic
considerations; I'd say a holiday theme can be well used like a spice: just
a little to keep it interesting.
But if one of these fits you program, enjoy.
All You Can Eat
by Ted Crane
Contra/Improper/Easy
A1 -----------
(8) Gypsy Neighbor R 1x
(8) Women allemande Left 1-1/2
A2 -----------
(16) Partner gypsy R and swing
B1 -----------
(8) Circle Left 3/4
(8) Neighbor swing
B2 -----------
(8) Left hand Star 1x
(8) SAME Neighbor Gypsy Left 1x
Apples and Chocolate
by Sue Rosen
Contra/Improper
A1 -----------
(8) Balance and slide to the right (as in Rory O?More)
(8) Balance and slide to the left (as in Rory O?More)
A2 -----------
(4) Neighbor allemande Right 1/2
(4) Men allemande Left 1/2
(8) Partner swing
B1 -----------
(8) Circle Left 1X
(8) Women's Chain to neighbor
B2 -----------
(8) 1/2 Hey, women passing right shoulders
(8) New Neighbor Do-si-do to a wave of 4 (N R, W L)
Black Cat Mixer
by Martha Wild
Circle Mixer/Improper
A1 -----------
(8) All forward and back
(8) All forward and back
A2 -----------
(8) Circle Left
(8) Single file Prom Back to Right
Women tap Man in front of them on shoulder, who turns (new P)
B1 -----------
(8) Partner Do-si-do
(8) Partner swing
B2 -----------
(16) Promenade in line of direction, form a circle
Witch?s Star
by Linda Leslie
Contra/Improper
A1 -----------
(8) Right Hands across star
(8) Left Hands across star back, gents drop out
A2 -----------
(8) Women allemande Left 1-1/2
(8) Partner swing
B1 -----------
(8) Long lines, forward and back
(8) Women's Chain across
B2 -----------
(16) Hey, women passing right shoulders
On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 3:33 PM Karin Neils via Callers wrote:
> Witches' Cauldron by Kirsten Koths is a favorite of mine - Becket Sicilian
> Mixer - easy moves for the inclusion of beginners, and a very unusual
> progression (see Notes at
>
> ) to keep the
> experienced dancers entertained. I do *not* recommend it if you have more
> than 20% beginners on the floor.The tune *OLD GREY CAT*?s a VERY GOOD
> MATCH in rhythm and mood. I've had fun introducing it with a witchy
> chant:
>
> *Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bubble!*
>
> *Come and stir my pot with me. Bring a partner; come and see!*
>
> When we dance *Witches? Cauldron*, we?ll be stirring the pot this way and
> that; things will bubble up; there?ll be eddies and lumps.
> Karin
>
>
>
>
> On 8/19/2018 1:22 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers wrote:
>
> The ones that come to mind are:
> - Wizard's Walk
> - The Zombies of Sugar Hill
>
> Happy calling!
>
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 11:12 AM barbara153--- via Callers callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone!
>>
>> I will be calling a dance on Halloween and would like to know if anyone
>> can share some Halloween themed dances with choreography if possible.
>>
>> I do have :
>> Halloween Twist
>> Chainsaw
>>
>> Thanks and keep on calling...
>> Barbara G
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Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 09:02:21 -0400
From: Donna Hunt
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Barbara et al:
There's a lot of Halloween postings in the archives. Check this out:
https://www.mail-archive.com/search?q=halloween&l=callers%40lists.sharedwei…
Donna
Web Site: donnahuntcaller.com
Email: dhuntdancer(a)aol.com
Cell: 215-565-6050
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From: Maia McCormick via Callers
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Sent: Sun, Aug 19, 2018 1:23 pm
Subject: Re: [Callers] dances for Halloween
The ones that come to mind are:
- Wizard's Walk
- The Zombies of Sugar Hill
Happy calling!
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 11:12 AM barbara153--- via Callers wrote:
Hi everyone!
I will be calling a dance on Halloween and would like to know if anyone can share some Halloween themed dances with choreography if possible.
I do have :
Halloween Twist
Chainsaw
Thanks and keep on calling...
Barbara G
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Hello fellow Shared Weight callers,
The info below is primarily for organizers but I wanted to share it with
you as well given that many of you are organizers and/or you are also
connected to so many organizers.
CDSS has just made a number of exciting announcements regarding new
resources that will support local organizers of traditional dance music and
song. If you are willing, please share this info with local organizers in
your network. We'd like to let as many people know about these resources
as possible and word-of-mouth is so powerful in the trad dance, music, and
song world.
- *US organizers survey report out now! *CDSS has just released a report
outlining the results the US organizers survey conducted this past spring.
Here's the link: https://www.cdss.org/community/us-organizers-survey
- *New e-blast for traditional dance music and song organizers: *The
goal of this free quarterly e-blast is to support, inspire, and connect
organizers.
Check out the first Shop Talk e-blast here: https://conta.cc/2PlKAEr
You can sign up to receive the e-blast at the bottom of the first Shop
Talk.
- *Online Organizer Resources Portal:* This is a very exciting initiative
that will hopefully add to the set of tools available to us all. The goal
of the Portal is to hold as many of the best resources as can be found
which will support local traditional dance, music, and song organizers in
their planning and decision making. For instance, visit this link to see
specific resources organized by topic:
https://www.cdss.org/resources/how-to/organizers-resources#resources-by-top…
BTW - As one of the individuals working on the Portal, I know that the
resource collection will only be as good as the resources it holds. ANNNND
I alos know that local organizers have so many of the best practices and
ideas already figured out. Thus, CDSS will be reaching out to local
organizers over the next number of months to collect resources that folks
want to share. If you're super excited about the initiative and want to
start sharing your local resources now, you can fill out this easy form:
https://www.cdss.org/share-your-resource
- *CDSS's next online web chat - "Creating a Thriving Open Band": *CDSS
held it's first web chat back in June which had to be capped because of the
high number of people wanting to register! The next web chat is September
20th and is focused on Creating a Thriving Open Band. More information on
the workshop and the registration form is located in the e-blast:
https://conta.cc/2PlKAEr
Note: I am sending this from my personal email account as I'm yet not
connect to shared weight through my CDSS account. However, if you'd like
to discuss Shop Talk (the eblast) or the Portal, please email me at
emily(a)cdss.org. If you have specific requests or want advice from CDSS,
please contact Linda Henry at linda(a)cdss.org.
With thanks!
Emily
Consultant @ CDSS working on organizer supports
PS - I have posted this on the Shared Weight organizers list and I will
also be posting it on the musician list as well as the ECD and Pourparler
lists as I'm guessing there will likely be interest there as well. Thus, if
you're on more than one list, apologies!
Hi folks,
I’m introducing a dance series to larks/ravens next weekend, and to ease
everyone into it (/in case of emergency), I want some dances handy that are
non-trivial and interesting (so, not glossary dances, but one an
intermediate-to-advanced crowd would enjoy) WITHOUT role-specific
calls—i.e. nothing where you tell the gents to X or the ladies to Y. What
are your favorites?!
Cheers,
Maia
Hi all,
I have been calling for about a 18 months now, mostly Contra, with a bit of ECD mixed in for good measure. The one thing I haven’t tried yet is American format squares(chorus, figure, figure, chorus, etc)! So, I have some square figures that I’d like to try, but I’m a bit stuck on choruses. Has anyone got any good, interesting, but simple choruses that can be easily done ‘on the call’?
Many Thanks,
Liam Binley.
liam.binley(a)me.com
I took Luke's Double Contra and, since I often work with small groups, made
it into a Four Couple Dance:
Luke's Tunnel (by John Sweeney/Luke Donforth)
Four Couples; Longways; Becket
Start in Side Lines; Number the positions as in a Square Dance
A1: Neighbour Balance & Box the Gnat - keep right hand high to make a Tunnel
Couple at #1s position go through the Tunnel
Other End Couple go through the Tunnel
A2: Ends (went through Tunnel together) & Sides (i.e NOT the person you are
holding hands with): Dosido & Swing - finish in a Square
B1: Into the Middle, on the way back Men Roll Current Partner Away with a
Half Sashay
Men Star Right to Partner
B2: Partner Gypsy & Swing - finish in Head Lines
Next time those in #2s position go through first and you finish in Side
Lines - four times through lets everyone be the first Tunneler
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802
940 574
http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive Events & DVDs
http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
Michael Dyck and I have done a thing:
http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/
This (mostly) contra dance database 12,000 dances:
5,000 dances with viewable instructions
4,000 more dances with links to instructions
Current search options include author, title, formation, and figures.
You can search the figures of dances even when we don't have
permission to show the figures.
This will always be a work in progress, but hopefully it's good enough to use.
Have fun!
(and a lot of questions should be answerable by the FAQ on that site.)
-Chris Page and Michael Dyck
p.s.
This has been (and continues to be) a long-term project. Michael and I
started formally working on this back in April of 2015, but I started
building my database back in November of 2010.
Friends,
The 21st Annual Pourparler Gathering will be in San Antonio, TX, November 1-4, 2018 (http://nfo-usa.org/pourparler/). Quite a few Sharedweight folks are Pourparler veterans. The Pourparler is a gathering of several dozen dance and music leaders, who share dances, songs, games, and tips with each other in an egalitarian format (everyone is a participant and leader, without hired "experts"). Pourparler rotates around the country each year: 2017 was in Maryland, 2018 is in Texas, and 2019 will be in Minnesota.
Pourparler covers a panoply of genres, with the common theme being material that's accessible and easily taught and learned. Material presented last year in Maryland included simple longways dances, contras, circles, squares, groups of three, sword dancing, a Romanian stick dance, international folk dances from all over, a variety of songs, and an Afghani musical game involving three rolling balls and lots of jumping, among much else. At my previous times attending Pourparler, I've learned more about dance leadership, and gleaned more material to use at one-night events and community/wedding/school type dances, than from anyplace else. Additional invaluable material and strategies are shared on the Pourparler Google Group, a group for alumni of one or more of the annual gatherings.
Traditionally, Pourparler has been run under the auspices of the National Folk Organization (NFO), which is the national umbrella organization for international folk dance and other dance genres, with additional support from the Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS) and the New England Dancing Masters (NEDM). My fellow Steering Committee members and I are all members of NFO, CDSS, or both, as are many of you. I encourage you to consider joining us at Pourparler this November in Texas or in Fall 2019 in Minnesota!
Jeremy Korr, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Earlier today, I resurrected a draft dance from (almost exactly) this time
last year which I'd put aside as probably being too crazy. In looking at it
again, I started wondering if it is... too crazy... and wrote up a more
specific description to get it across to others. The magnet people show me
it works, but they don't say much about how it felt. :-)
As I'm still up due to the caffeine I drank to drive home after a gig
tonight, I thought I'd type this up and throw it out there for input. Is it
too crazy? How would you teach the A2 if you attempted it?
Thanks,
Don
Demolition Derby (DRAFT) - 4 Face 4 - Don Veino 20170823 (updated
description 20180817)
[starts in lines/4, so G1, L1, G2, L2]
A1 Give & Take up/down to Gents (opposites Swing) [ends in line/4 facing
up/down: G1, OpL2, G2, OpL1]
A2 "Crazy Eights" [Fig 8 in current lines/4 done a la a Mad Robin - all
trace path of a figure 8, equidistant rel. to Partner, whom you face
up/down in the other line/4]:
(3,1 or 4) Mad Robin CW 1/2x around opposite N you swung [G thru center
first], OpL1 pass in front of G1 in middle to swap ends [to OpL2, OpL1, G1,
G2]
(3,1 or 4) All Pass Same Role Trail Buddy in Fig 8 arc (same arc, but
opposite dir.) to trade places [G1 and OpL1 take outside path - "insides
out"], OpL2 pass in front of G2 in middle to swap ends [to OpL1, G2, OpL2,
G1]
(3,1 or 4) Mad Robin CCW 1/2x around opposite N [G thru center first], OpL1
pass in front of G1 in middle to swap ends [to G2, G1, OpL1, OpL2]
(3,1 or 4) All Pass Same Role Trail Buddy in Fig 8 arc (same arc, opposite
dir.) to trade places [G1 and OpL1 take outside path - "insides out"], OpL2
pass in front of G2 in middle to swap ends [to end in same positions as
start of A2: G1, OpL2, G2, OpL1]
B1 w/Opposites Circle/4 Left 3/4x to (face & Pass Partner Right to start)
Weave the Ring/8 1/2x
B2 Partner Balance (or Gypsy) and Swing, face progression
BTW, it was this dance idea that fed what became another related dance on
my site, Wild Mouse: http://veino.com/blog/?p=1879 . Neither of these have
I dared to attempt to date.
