26 Jan
2013
26 Jan
'13
3:19 p.m.
Hi, all--
I don't have the lore or the archives to answer Tom or Michael, but here's
another spur-of-the-moment composition that seems very likely to have been
created earlier and elsewhere. I had just run out of suitable triplets and
I wanted to teach country corners so in desperation I tried this:
Triplet, all proper
A1: #1 couple balance, cross over, go below #2, half-figure eight up
through #2 to end proper between #2 and #3.
A2: #1 turn country corners with the usual suspects.
B1: #1 gypsy and swing, end facing up.
B2: #1 cast around #2 to go down the outside to bottom while #2 and #3 move
up; lines of three go forward and back.
Seemed to work very well for a mixed-age group of beginners (maybe because
the #1s are so much busier than everyone else?)--if it's a known sequence
I'd like to give credit where credit is due. Also interested in any close
resemblances that people like.
Chip Hedler
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From: Tom Hinds <twhinds(a)earthlink.net>
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Subject: [Callers] is this dance new?
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I just wrote a dance and wanted to know if it's unique. I'm pretty
sure the A1 is borrowed from another dance.
D-imp
A1 Circle left. Mad Robin (face partner and do-si-do neighbor).
A2 Hey, women pass left shoulders
B1 Women pass left shoulders and swing partner
B2 Ladies chain, forward and back.
Tom
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Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 08:38:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Fuerst <mjerryfuerst(a)yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [Callers] is this dance new?
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How many dances do people know of that were independently written by
persons?
I know of two such pairs.
(1) Jim Kitch and Al Olson independently wrote the following sequence:
Improper
A1 Alm left N 1 1/2 and swing a 2nd (new) neighbor
A2 Alm left a 3rd N once, pass right shoulders with the one you swung, and
swing your original N
The two dances had the same B1 (I don't remember
if it's W alm L 1 1/2 and
partners swing or Circle Left 3/4 and partners swing).
But the two dances differ only in the B2.
Al Olson's version is called "The Empty
Crack." I do not recall the name
of Jim's version
(2) Mark Richardson from Bloomington IN and someone
(in California I
think) independently wrote the same dance. I do not recall the name or
sequence of either.
Michael Fuerst
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Urbana IL 61801
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