9 Nov
2022
9 Nov
'22
11:48 a.m.
I was thinking of 3 facing 3 progressive dances when I saw this request.
These dances are fun and energetic but have limited applications, for when
there is a significant gender imbalance. Superbowl Monday was an idea to
deal with the odd phenomenon at the St. Louis contra dance on Superbowl
Sundays, there were always a lot more gents than ladies at the dance which
takes place in the Monday club.
Superbowl Monday 3 facing 3, 2 gents, 1 lady in the middle
A1 Ladies allemande left 1 1/2
Ladies pick a neighbor to swing
A2 Swinging Gents Allemande left 1 1/2
Scoop partner, star promenade, butterfly whirl
B1 Idle gent balance and swing partner (end swing facing other partner)
B2 3 circle left
3 zig left, pass, zag right (gent that just swung his partner leads
out left to start zig)
3 facing 3, 2 ladies and a gent.
A1 Gents allemande left 1 1/2
Pick a neighbor to swing
A2 Swinging ladies allemande right 1 1/2
Scoop your guy star promenade, butterfly whirl
B1 Idle lady balance and swing partner
B2 3 circle left
Zig left, pass, zag right (gent leads out to the left)
On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 4:25 PM Tepfer, Seth via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Louise
This might be too hubristic, but I'm pretty happy with my triplet that
makes use of Luke Donforth's 'starburst' figure (sort of a half-dolphin
hey) called "Kimbi's a Star". Not a contra corners anywhere.
*Title: *Kimbi’s A Star
*Author:* Seth Tepfer, 2019
*Formation:* 3 couple set, proper
*Tune:* The New Bag, 2019
*Tune Author:* Dave Marcus
*Tempo:* 110
A1: Up a double, and fall back; down a double, fall back
A2: Set advancing toward partner, turn single back to place; pattern two
hand turn
B1: Top two couples (1s and 2s) Circle left 1x; bottom two couples (2s and
3s) Circle right 1x
B2: Top two couples (1s and 2s) Right hand star 1x; 1s and 2s Starburst*
down one place down the set, 3s pause 3 counts then surge to top place
Notes:
End 3-1-2
Starburst: Top 2 lead out of set the direction they were facing for 4
counts, turn and travel down the set for 1 count, turn and travel back into
the set for three. Most time spent leaving set, Not traveling down. Feels
like the end part of a dolphin hey
Top 2 couples get out of the way! Couple 3 must wait 3 beats before
moving forward. Move forward quickly at first then slow down.
Video of dance:
https://www.facebook.com/1009243795/videos/10217927828839884/
Sheet Music: https://www.reelplayband.com/the-new-bag.html
Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his)
Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate Center
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*From:* Louise Siddons via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
*Sent:* Tuesday, November 8, 2022 3:18 AM
*To:* Winston, Alan P. <winston(a)slac.stanford.edu>
*Cc:* callers(a)sharedweight.net <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
*Subject:* [External] [Callers] Re: 3-facing-3 dances / triplets w/o
contra corners
Thanks to everyone who has replied so far; I’m compiling a list to share
with workshop participants (some of whom aren’t on here), and can share it
Aug the list as well if it’s of interest.
Some quick replies to Alan’s points.
On Nov 7, 2022, at 11:51 PM, Winston, Alan P.
<winston(a)slac.stanford.edu>
wrote:
Somewhat puzzled by parameters of the question. It's an arbitrary
distinction but I've only encountered "Pleasure Vest" in ECD dances here so
that's how I thought of it.
If the puzzlement is about genre then yes, you caught me. I’ve already
completely absorbed the UK’s lack of hard distinctions between contra and
ECD and this didn’t even occur to me. Having said that, there are “contra”
triplets (and other dances) without swings because Americans also used to
have more diversity in their contra dancing, as has been rehearsed on this
list and elsewhere many times. And I have no idea how Colin would feel
about it, but I have taught/called the Pleasure-Vest to tunes other than
the one he suggests because it’s a square contra tune and plenty of other
tunes work beautifully. Which is also a bit of a British attitude!
Also are you asking for both unclear on whenther
you're asking for both
threesome Sicilians and three couple set dances.
I thought I was clear by saying “and another question that came up,” but
yes, we are looking for both. Although 3-f-3 could be longways as well as
Sicilian.
Louise.
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