[Callers] Ellen's Green Jig (David Millstone)

From: callers-request(a)sharedweight.net> Subject: Callers Digest, Vol 38, Issue 6> To: callers(a)sharedweight.net> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 12:00:02 -0400> > Send Callers mailing list submissions to> callers(a)sharedweight.net> > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to> callers-request(a)sharedweight.net> > You can reach the person managing the list at> callers-owner(a)sharedweight.net> > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific> than "Re: Contents of Callers digest..."> > > Today's Topics:> > 1. Re: Ellen's Green Jig (David Millstone) (Chip Hedler)> 2. Tweaked version of Ellen's Green Jig (Chip Hedler)> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > Message: 1> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 17:25:47 -0400> From: "Chip Hedler" <CHedler(a)rumney.org>> Subject: Re: [Callers] Ellen's Green Jig (David Millstone)> To: <callers(a)sharedweight.net>> Message-ID:> <3AC8A721C63BB34282D076C566F5868001D2F642(a)adminserver9u32.U32.ORG>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"> > David Millstone had provided the figures for a dance proven to be as close to sure-fire as a genuine contra can get at many, many events I've called where the dancers are all beginners and very young and/or very old. I find it much more effective than Jefferson and Liberty, a "chestnut" often recommended for beginners.> > Ellen's Green Jig (Roy Dommett) > longways, duple minor> > A1 Do-si-do neighbor > Do-si-do partner > > A2 Ones balance and swing> > B1 Circle left; Circle right> > B2 Square dance figure, Duck for the Oyster, Dive for the Clam: Still joined in> a circle, twos arch and ones duck partially under and then back up to place.> Ones arch and twos duck under and then back up. Ones duck all the way through> Twos' arch, drop hands with old neighbors to meet new neighbors.) > > "Duck for the oyster, dive for the clam, duck through the hole in the old tin> can" or similar patter> > ========================> > Here's a dance based on Ellen's Green Jig that has turned out to be very nearly as successful with more action and stronger connection:> > A1: Couples ("partners welded together") do-si-do each other; all four circle LEFT (flows very nicely; could do in opposite order)> > A2: All balance and swing (or just the ones, if you need the twos to keep the ones oriented correctly when the swing ends)> > B1: Right-hand star; circle RIGHT> > B2: Same as Ellen's Green Jig. I describe the duck/peek through the arch as a sneak preview> of both couples' final destination and have twos initiate the progression by carrying their arch over the ones, who should duck down and then step forward through the arch. Otherwise, the set migrates away from the music significantly.> > This is a good dance for introducing stuff like the improper formation and the orthodox way to end a swing, but ignoring both of those issues has not impaired its success.> > Chip Hedler> chiph(a)rumney.org> chedler(a)rumney.org> > -------------- next part --------------> A non-text attachment was scrubbed...> Name: not available> Type: application/ms-tnef> Size: 3652 bytes> Desc: not available> Url : http://www.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers/attachments/20071003/cdc72c75… > > ------------------------------> > Message: 2> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 06:34:25 -0400 (EDT)> From: "Chip Hedler" <chiph(a)rumney.org>> Subject: [Callers] Tweaked version of Ellen's Green Jig> To: callers(a)sharedweight.net> Message-ID:> <51001.216.57.115.226.1191494065.squirrel(a)earthcovenant.org>> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1> > -- > Jerome Grisanti (http://www.jeromegrisanti.com) asked me where a tweaked> version of Ellen's Green Jig comes from. The source would be me, but I> never got around to naming it. If folks think it's worthy of an> independent identity, maybe it should be "Knights of Pythias" because> that's the little hall in Danville where I started substituting it for> Ellen's Green Jig a good number of years ago.> > The dance again, with a few of the walkthrough cues that have helped> beginners:> > > A1: Couples ("partners welded together") slide left into a do-si-do around> each other; all four circle LEFT (flows very nicely; could do in opposite> order)> > A2: All balance and swing (or just the ones, if you need the twos to keep> the ones oriented correctly when the swing ends); "face the other couple"> > B1: Right-hand star; circle RIGHT to home place, "keep the circle"> > B2: With hands joined all the while, twos arch, ones duck under and> retreat; ones arch and twos duck; "twos over, ones under, on to the next."> > > Chip Hedler> chiph(a)rumney.org> chedler(a)rumney.org> > > ------------------------------> > _______________________________________________> Callers mailing list> Callers(a)sharedweight.net> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers> > > End of Callers Digest, Vol 38, Issue 6> **************************************