19 Jan
2017
19 Jan
'17
6:16 p.m.
I modified Bob Dalsemer's dance, Dog Branch Reel, so that the transition
into the neighbor swing would be more conventional.
To give it even more English flavor, I tried changing B2 to fall back, turn
single while advancing, 2s swing, but it was a hard sell at the contra
dance.
In my own records I call this version "Dog Branch, Really?".
duple, improper
A1 N do-si-do; 1s swing
A2 Line of 4 down the hall 4 steps turning alone on step 4, continue down
the hall walking backwards; up the hall 4 steps turning alone on step 4,
continue up the hall walking backwards, bend the line
B1 Circle L; N swing
B2 Long lines forward and back; 2s swing
On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Tavi Merrill via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Dance genealogy question: The figure first appearing in "Dublin Bay" (aka
"We'll Wed and We'll Bed," its title in Playford) morphed in contra
into a
modified "lines of four down the hall."
I know a version of it from Sue Rosen's dance "Handsome Young Maids,"
where dancers facing down take four steps forwards, turn alone, and
continue down the hall with four backward steps, then repeat the figure to
return up the hall.
I'm curious how many other contras this figure, or a version of it,
appears in. Does anyone know of other dances? And any astute dance
historians out there know what the first contra to use this figure is?
Tavi
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