1 May
2015
1 May
'15
12:06 a.m.
Thought I'd share the fruits of my thinking.
Wrote a few dances. Have 2 keepers:
Astral Navigation
Becket Contra
Ron T Blechner
Called 4/15/15 Baltimore
A1. Circle L 3/4 (6)
NS (10)
A2. Star L 1x (8) to Long Waves *
Bal Wave, Box Circulate ** (4, 4)
B1. Bal R, Slide R past P (4, 4) ***
Bal L, Slide L past P (4, 4)
B2. P B+S (4, 12)
* Gents face out, Ladies face in, Prev N in LH, New N in RH
** Ladies Cross, Gents Loop R. This is the progression!
*** As in Rory O'Moore
One of several dances I wrote mixing Rory O'Moore spins and box
circulates. This one has a strong partner focus, but still manages a
neighbor swing. The title refers both to using the star to enter the
long ocean waves, as well as one's partner being a guiding star to
keep in the right place.
Playground Stomp
Duple Improper Contra
Ron T Blechner
Called 4/1/15 Amherst, refined, called 4/16/15 Mt. Airy, Philadelphia
Thursday dance
Start: Long waves with Gents facing out, Ladies facing In, N in RH
A1. Bal, Slide R past N (4, 4) *
Bal, Slide L past N (4, 4)
A2. Bal, Box Circulate (4, 4) **
Bal, Gents Alle L 1x (4, 4) ***
B1. P Gypsy + Swing (16)
B2. Ladies Alle R 1.5x (8) to wave of 4 ****
Bal Wave, N Alle L 3/4 (4, 4) to long waves. *****
* as in Rory O'Moore
** Ladies cross, gents loop R
*** Ladies loop R as if it's a box circulate. This flows nicely into the gypsy.
**** N in LH
***** New N in RH
Difficulty: Intermediate - the individual moves aren't bad, but
there's a lot going on. This is a very stompy dance, hence the title.
"Playground" refers to slides and boxes one might play on/in.
I'm going to play with this more... Maybe turn the gents allemande to
a gypsy left.
This dance I wrote to mix up 2 Rory spins and 2 Box Circulates. The
gents allemande was an innovation born out of necessity. There's no
neighbor swing, but you get a lot of interaction with them.
On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Perry Shafran via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> This is a category where there is a lot of dances, those that have both
> Petronella and Rory O'More figures. I know of Bob Isaacs "Flaherty Will
Get
> you Everywhere", plus my own "Cheat Lake Twirl", and there are a few
others
> that I know of but forget the authors/names of dances.
>
> Perry
>
> ________________________________
> From: Dugan Murphy via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
> To: callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
> Sent: Monday, April 6, 2015 3:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Rory slides and Box circulates
>
> Hi Ron,
>
> I don't know of any dances with a Rory O'More figure and a box circulate in
> the same dance, but if you're looking for a Petronella figure and a Rory
> O'More figure in the same dance, check "Wave-Particle Duality" by Ryan
> Smith: http://www.twirlyshirts.com/dances/by-ryan/wave-particle-duality/.
>
> Dugan Murphy
> dugan(a)duganmurphy.com
>
>
> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:44:18 -0400
> From: Ron Blechner via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
> To: callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
> Subject: [Callers] Rory slides and Box circulates
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> Long wave Rory O'Moore balance and slides/spins and box circulates ... in
> the same dance, adjacent to one another?
>
> I've not yet seen or danced any. Anyone have?
>
> I have a few dances; trying one or two this week.
>
> In dance,
> Ron Blechner
>