28 Feb
2023
28 Feb
'23
2:12 p.m.
Not quite to the letter but perhaps the theme of the prompt, a while back I wrote a 28-bar
dance meant to be danced to a standard 32-bar tune:
_*Bar Crawl - Isaac Banner*_
*A1*
(8) Neighbor allemande RH 1.5 to trade places
- LH to next neighbor to form a long wave
(8) Long waves balance forward/back, box circulate CW
*A2*
(16) Partner balance/swing
*B1*
(8) Long lines forward+back
(8) Right hand chain to neighbors
*B2*
(8) Partner RH balance across, square through 2 (on to new neighbors)
The idea is that after the band has played 7 times through the tune, you'll have
danced 8 times through the dance. Each time through the dance it drifts one phrase
"up" through the tune (the second time through "starts" with the long
waves balance, e.g.). It's written to have fairly clear 8s, with exception for the
swing-to-lines between A2 and B1. Having called it a few times, it seems to confuse
callers the most and new dancers the least (ha!).
Isaac Banner
On Mon, Feb 27, 2023, at 11:34 PM, Colin Hume via Contra Callers wrote:
On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 20:03:48 -0800, Russell Owen via
Contra Callers wrote:
Mike Richardson wrote several nice dances for
2-part slip jigs, including The Peacock Follows the Hen and Here's to
40 More (both on caller's box). There isn't time for a partner swing and a
neighbor swing, so I don't call them
as often as I used to.
I think that's a sad comment on contra dancing today. Surely adding interest and
variety is more important than having
a partner swing and neighbor swing in every dance. Are we being bullied by a vocal
minority?
Colin Hume
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