26 Jan
2009
26 Jan
'09
9:12 p.m.
I've had a couple of people tell me that the Pass Thru, California
Twirl is the original version.....
J
At 09:21 PM 1/26/2009, you wrote:
I learned Good Friday with simply a R+L through in B1.5 instead of a
pass
through/California twirl -- anyone know which is the original
version? The
pass-->California is an interesting variation on a R+L through with
a
twirl. It hadn't really crossed my mind, though the only difference
is the
gent's hand and people of course end up in exactly the same spot.
I'm not
really a fan, though. For one thing, it takes a standard figure and
alters
it in what I see as a needless way. It's kind of like calling a
chain and
mandating that all dancers do a twirl. But more importantly it
messes with
the timing. Pass-->California takes nowhere near 8 counts -- the
dancers in
the video were halfway round in in the circle before the start of
B2.
I have seen, and called, that combination before in "Roll 11" by Sue
Rosen
and Larry Jennings,
B2. Pass through across, California twirl
Circle left 3/4, California twirl to new neighbors
and I think it works very well because of the symmetry, and because
there's
another figure at the end of the section to take up the rest of the
music.
-David Giusti
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:02 PM, lynn ackerson
<callynn1(a)pacbell.net> wrote:
Looks like Kirston Koths' Good Friday.
--- On Mon, 1/26/09, PARKER MANN <M_P_Mann(a)shaw.ca> wrote:
From: PARKER MANN <M_P_Mann(a)shaw.ca>
Subject: [Callers] Looking for name and author of this dance
To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 4:36 PM
I saw an interesting dance video from Austin's 2008 Fire Ant
Frolic
festival
on the web recently. It can be found at the following address:
[1]http://www.strimoo.com/video/14265122/contra-dance-Vimeo.html
I'd like to call it but I'd also like to know the name and
author. I
couldn't find a contact for the caller, so I
thought I'd pass it
out to
the community. Can anyone tell me what the dance is?
In the event you can't access the video, here are the moves and
timing as
I
interpreted them. It's a duple improper dance.
A1:
Starting in ocean waves of four across the set, Rory O'More
balance and
slides. Bal R-L-slide R, balance L-R-slide L. (16
beats)
A2:
N allem R 1/2 (2)
G allem L 1/2 (2)
P swing (12)
B1:
LLFB (8)
Pass through across (4)
P California twirl (4)
B2:
Circle L 3 places (8, more or less)
N d-s-d 1 1/2 to progress (8)
Thanks.
-Parker
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