3 Feb
2013
3 Feb
'13
6:25 p.m.
Hi Kalia,
I do the hand turns and dosido still in the line of six, so the
dancers are in line for the hey at the end of the dosido. When I
looked for the dance on youtube, I found that the versions I found
all had the hey before the turns, but I call it the way I learned
it. That was in 1981, at a late night dance at the All Folk Around
The Wrekin festival, with music by the Oyster Ceilidh band, and
calling by someone who was wearing a pencil skirt and high spike
heels. (I think that's the only time I've danced to a caller who
couldn't have done the dances they were calling in the outfit they
were wearing.)
It was educational looking at the youtube versions. I found both
one done by a Cornish performing group (they moved out into two
facing lines for the hand turns, and left out the swing entirely),
and one recorded at a ceilidh dance, in which the balances had
morphed into "kick-jumps".
Jacob
At 12:00 PM 2/3/2013, you wrote:
Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:52:04 -0800
From: Kalia Kliban <kalia(a)sbcglobal.net>
To: Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
Subject: Re: [Callers] Dances for Smaller groups
On 2/2/2013 2:25 PM, Jacob & Nancy Bloom wrote:
For 6: Cornish Six Hand Reel, or any triplet
that's suitable for your group
(See Zesty Contras for the triplets Ted's Triplet #3 and
Housewarming.)
Cornish Six Hand Reel - 64 bar dance - Starting formation:
three couples in a line of six facing down the hall
Line of six go down the hall, balance twice 8 bars
Turn alone, come up the hall, balance twice 8 bars
With partner RH turn, LH turn 8 bars
Two hand turn, Dosido 8 bars
Hey for six 16 bars
Take partner in promenade position, face RH wall,
couple at RH end of set leads promenade to LH end of set and
makes an arch,
other couples come under arch, all swing partner in new
position 16 bars
I love this dance, but learned it (and teach it) with the hey
immediately after the lines of 6 up the hall. At that point they're
still conveniently in the line for the hey and simply have to face their
partners. At the end of the hey, just turn your partner enough to end
with the men facing down the hall and the ladies facing up.
Actually it has just occurred to me to ask, do you do the hand turns and
the dosido all still in the lines of 6?