Alan,thanks, my well went a bit dry way before Covid. and
yeah certainly a half hey.. I just dashed it down in a hurry.
anyway:
KIMBERLEY'S HOUSE PARTY Improper Bill Olson
A1
DSD N, Sw N
A2 M allem L x 1.5,½hey (start Partner R Sh)
B1 Pt B&S
B2 Cir L 3/4, bal ring, Pass thru
bill
From: Winston, Alan P. <winston@slac.stanford.edu> Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2022 7:11 PM To: contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>; Bill Olson <callbill@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: new dance?
I can't speak to whether this is absolutely original, but as. a choreographer myself who was completely dry for over a year during the pandemic - after wearing out my interest in Zoom adaptations of existing dances, new
solo stuff, etc - it felt really good when that spring started flowing again late last year, and I'm gold there's water in your well now. It's a good feeling.
Otherwise - really like that allemande/hey transition in B1. Might be worth notating that it's a half-hey. Also, seems pretty easy to call without gender reference even if you're not interested in doing that.. After the swing it's the people who have left
hands free who allemande left.
-- Alan
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From: Bill Olson via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2022 1:37 PM
To: contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: [Callers] new dance?
So I'm driving down the road, stick a CD by Kimberley Holmes in the radio thing. Kimberley is an amazing fiddler and pianist from Halifax. I met her at Maine Fiddle Camp this year. This tune in the queue just HITS me and my brain immediately starts "writing"
a dance to go with it. I haven't composed a contra dance since, probably, Ellie's Pumpkin Show and that's from the mid 2000's I think. So this "creative thing" that used to happen a lot hasn't happened for a while.. (understatement)......
I'm not calling a lot of contra dances these days. Mostly barn/community/family dances and when I do call a contra dance it's with ladies, gents, gypsies, etc. I have done Larks and Robins but the choreographer part of me only does ladies and gents etc. hah
hah...
Anyway here's what popped out:
A1 DSD N Sw N
A2 M allem L x 1.5,½hey (start Partner R Sh)
B1 Pt B&S (or Gyp & Sw)
B2 Cir L 3/4, bal ring, Pass thru
I have about 5 alternate B2 parts here's just one:
B2 Pass thru across (NO courtesy turn), face L, L/H star x 1.25
I prefer the easy original version. I figured I could check "callers' box" as Russell pretty much always does, to see if any of the sequences come up. I didn't find anything but not sure I am specifying the figures properly.
OK so I have this dance in my brain and I go to the CD jacket to see what track #9 is. The title is "Kimberley's House Party". What a great title for a dance..
This is such an easy dance, simple sequence.. Does it already exist?