10 Apr
2006
10 Apr
'06
4:07 p.m.
I know what you are talking about. Several months ago
a dance called "Men in Chains" (forgot who the author
is, perhaps someone can tell me) where the men do all
the work (2 men's chains, a men's gypsy, and a men
leading a hey) and it kind of reminded of the similar
dances where ladies do most of the work. Dave
Colestock's "Waiting for the Keys" is one such dance
(a ladies chain and a ladies allemande right).
There's another one I did several years ago (forgot
everything, the dance, the title, and the author), but
all I remember is that the ladies crossed the set some
3 or 4 times while the gent just hung out (there was a
ladies chain, a ladies allemande, and a ladies cross
to do a gypsy).
There must not be a lot of "gents do all the work
dances" because that "Men in Chains" dance was
memorable because I remember being unusually tired
after that dance!
Perry
--- Karen Fontana <karen_fontana(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
And, of course, there's the joke of the
"gents
doing all the work".... Sometimes, before or after
this dance, or in the same half of the evening, I'll
call a dance where the Ladies are "doing all the
work" - getting to the right place in the right time
etc, and make a joke that's now it's the "Ladies
turn to do all the work".... which usually gets a
good laugh. Of course, appropriateness of the joke
depends on the community, group, and caller's
style....