Re: [Callers] New Dance?

Dugan and all, I don't know if Cary Ravitz actually "invented" the Gypsy Star but he wrote a dance entitled that and a lot of others that include it. Dugan, you're sort of Cary's protégé, right?, so you must know the dance. This is the same figure, correct?? bill ________________________________ From: Callers &lt;callers-bounces(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; on behalf of Dugan Murphy via Callers &lt;callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; Sent: Monday, October 2, 2017 8:16 PM To: callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance? Hi, Angela, I've been calling the figure a "facing star," when I bother naming it at all while teaching or prompting it. Also, nice dance, though I suspect that since experienced dancers tend to take fewer than eight beats to do half poussettes and 3/4 stars, I suspect that dancers may end up swinging for as many as 20 beats. Dugan Murphy Portland, Maine dugan at duganmurphy.com<http://duganmurphy.com> [http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5704775b40261d846362291c/t/58768185e3… DUGAN MURPHY<http://duganmurphy.com/> duganmurphy.com Dugan Murphy is a nationally known contra dance caller, co-organizer of Portland Intown Contra Dance, a Maine Storyteller, and a non-profit consultant. He's based in ... www.DuganMurphy.com<http://www.DuganMurphy.com> [http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5704775b40261d846362291c/t/58768185e3… DUGAN MURPHY<http://www.duganmurphy.com/> www.duganmurphy.com Dugan Murphy is a nationally known contra dance caller, co-organizer of Portland Intown Contra Dance, a Maine Storyteller, and a non-profit consultant. He's based in ... www.PortlandIntownContraDance.com<http://www.PortlandIntownContraDance.c… [http://static1.squarespace.com/static/56fd74b4f8baf36325fc0a8b/t/5880e5c189… Portland Intown Contra Dance<http://www.portlandintowncontradance.com/> www.portlandintowncontradance.com Portland Intown Contra Dance is a weekly Thursday contra dance to live music in town Portland, Maine that is delightful, welcoming to all humans, and a heck of a lot ... www.NufSed.consulting<http://www.NufSed.consulting> [http://static1.squarespace.com/static/556761a4e4b0d2240a3cb56a/t/5588b94ae4… NUF SED<http://www.nufsed.consulting/> www.nufsed.consulting Nuf Sed is a Portland, Maine based communications & consulting boutique. We offer services like branding, marketing, public relations, online communications ... Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 14:03:37 -0400 From: Angela DeCarlis <aedecarlis@gmail.com<mailto:aedecarlis@gmail.com>> To: callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>> Subject: [Callers] New Dance? Message-ID: <CA+h6_BYyybaF3qCeyDrJO1p=DLn9x+CyJ75xEgGWiut3+4R+YA@mail.gmail.com<mailto:DLn9x%2BCyJ75xEgGWiut3%2B4R%2BYA@mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hey y'all! After a lovely weekend of both Contra and English at Youth Dance Weekend, I had an itch for programming some English-inspired choreography at BIDA last night. Since I didn't have a dance with the figures I wanted, I whipped one together on the drive home, tested it in the driveway, and debuted it last night. Success! Now the question, of course, is whether or not someone already wrote it! -===- Amble On East Becket CCW A1: Long Lines Forward & Back Ladies Chain Across (to Neighbor) A2: Ladies Dosido 1x Neighbor Swing B1: Give & Take, Gents draw Partner into 1/2 Poussette CCW With NEXT, Gypsy Star* 3/4 (Ladies backing up) B2: Partner (Long) Swing -===- *Do we have a new name for this figure yet? I called it Gypsy Star in the walkthrough once or twice before realizing I should maybe figure something else out, and the phrase "Special Star" actually escaped my mouth, to the absolute delight of some of the dancers. During the dance itself, I just called "Star."