13 Oct
2013
13 Oct
'13
9:51 a.m.
Jeanette --
Are you interested in triplets, squares, bounded longways? Duple
Proper? Triple minors in general?
Amyway, here's Sackett's Harbor (which I think I kiped from a
Hawaii-based website but it lined up with how i'd danced it):
Sackett's Harbor
Traditional, usually danced to the tune "Steamboat Quickstep"
Triple and proper
A1 Long lines, forward and back (8 beats)
Circle six left three-quarters, to lines of three across the set (8)
A2 Active couples down between the lines, turn alone (8)
Come back, cast off (8)
B1 Turn contra corners (16)
B2 Forward six and back (8)
Circle six right three-quarters (8)
In forming the circle in A1, the actives must take the lead, making a clear
break in the long line, thrusting away the couple above them, who may be
inclined to hang on. It may help to call:
__ __ __ ACTives, TAKE a new GROUP and CIRcle LEFT
The contra corners in B1 must be rather quick. Dancers who are used to
ending
contra corners with a balance-and-swing often don't allow enough time to get
back into lines for the forward-and-back.
On 10/12/2013 9:07 PM, Jeanette Mill wrote:
I am researching dances outside of duple
improper/becket formations for a small but experienced groups of dancers hungry for
something a bit different. I am confident calling DI and becket, but haven't ventured
much into other formations except circle mixers, so need to stick to things that will
succeed for both me and the dancers. Other options would be DI or beckett but with
something unusual happening.
Suggestions welcome.
And if anyone has instructions for Sackett's Harbor I'd be grateful to receive
them.
"The piano - 88 little mistakes waiting to happen." Peter Barnes.
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