28 Oct
2022
28 Oct
'22
6:52 p.m.
of course the A2 sequence was borrowed from my own dance 20 Below (and undoubtedly many
others)
20 BELOW
A Becket formation contra by Bill Olson
A1 Cir L 3/4 to wave across (R hand to N, W by L in center) (8), Bal wave (4), walk
forward to new wave (4)
A2 Bal wave (4), Sw (new) Neighbor (12)
B1 M allem L x 1.5 (8), 1/2 hey (Start Pt R sh) (8)
B2 B&S Pt (16)
bill
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From: Bill Olson <callbill(a)hotmail.com>
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2022 11:40 PM
To: Julian Blechner <juliancallsdances(a)gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Callers] new dance?
Easy As Pie is pretty much the same dance. Still different enough to be unique I guess.
let's see what others say.
thanks Julian!
bill
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From: Julian Blechner <juliancallsdances(a)gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2022 9:45 PM
To: Bill Olson <callbill(a)hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Callers] new dance?
Here's a few similar ones I found:
Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better by Tavi Merrill
https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=14993<htt…
Different entrances to the swings, but Tavi opts for a Allemande 1x only, and staring 2
passes of a hey for the Women/Ladies/Robins to get to their partner.
Easy as Pie by Tom Lehmann
https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=935<https…
Different entrances to the swings, and no balance before the pass-through
There's plenty more that vary a little more, but, that's the way it is with these
glossary dances, yeah?
... I dig your version as a super forgiving way to teach the hey.
I'd love to know if someone else has this choreo down, because I'd like to add it
to my box.
-Julian Blechner
he/him
On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 4:37 PM Bill Olson via Contra Callers
<contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>>
wrote:
So I'm driving down the road, stick a CD by Kimberley Holmes in the radio thing.
Kimberley is an amazing fiddler and pianist from Halifax. I met her at Maine Fiddle Camp
this year. This tune in the queue just HITS me and my brain immediately starts
"writing" a dance to go with it. I haven't composed a contra dance since,
probably, Ellie's Pumpkin Show and that's from the mid 2000's I think. So this
"creative thing" that used to happen a lot hasn't happened for a while..
(understatement)......
I'm not calling a lot of contra dances these days. Mostly barn/community/family dances
and when I do call a contra dance it's with ladies, gents, gypsies, etc. I have done
Larks and Robins but the choreographer part of me only does ladies and gents etc. hah
hah...
Anyway here's what popped out:
A1 DSD N Sw N
A2 M allem L x 1.5, hey (start Partner R Sh)
B1 Pt B&S (or Gyp & Sw)
B2 Cir L 3/4, bal ring, Pass thru
I have about 5 alternate B2 parts here's just one:
B2 Pass thru across (NO courtesy turn), face L, L/H star x 1.25
I prefer the easy original version. I figured I could check "callers' box"
as Russell pretty much always does, to see if any of the sequences come up. I didn't
find anything but not sure I am specifying the figures properly.
OK so I have this dance in my brain and I go to the CD jacket to see what track #9 is. The
title is "Kimberley's House Party". What a great title for a dance..
This is such an easy dance, simple sequence.. Does it already exist?
thanks.... bill
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