Re: [Callers] waltz mixers?

I'm surprised not to see The Spanish Waltz on this list, as I love to dance it. Is it not English enough, or is there some authenticity problem with it?

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Michael Clark <michael.clark(a)wmich.edu>wrote;wrote:

> It's interesting to see the votes for The Wood Duck, which has always been > a favorite of mine, too. > > About 15 years ago I was asked to call a series of dance parties for a > church social group, one a month for 3 months. One night I thought I'd try a > waltz mixer. Knew The Wood Duck would be too much of a challenge, so I > worked up the following substitute figures for the same tune (Bare > Necessities recording): > > Formation: Circle of couples with partners facing, gents with backs to > center, ladies facing the center. > Music: 32 bar waltz tune > A1 Right hand balance together and apart, box the gnat to trade places. > Joining left hands as well, do a cross-hand two-hand turn once around. Now > gents are facing the center. > A2 That again. Now everyone is back in the starting place. > B1 With partner, dos-a-dos. On left diagonal, dos-a-dos neighbor (=next > partner). > B2 With neighbor (new partner) waltz promenade (those who can and wish to > may do a turning waltz), end facing this partner and give right hands to > start next round of dance. > > Didn't give it a title at the time but came to think of it as The Wood > Phoenix, which incorporates the church name as well as the dance and tune > that were its inspiration. I probably used the recording of The Wood Duck > the first time I called it but have used other tunes, recorded and live, as > well. > > The two-hand turns in A1 and A2 could go just half-way, or even once and a > half around, as long as everyone is back in the starting position at the end > of A2. > > Mike > > > > At 11:40 PM 10/11/2010, you wrote: > >> I agree with Alan's choices, and will just add that Circle Waltz (or >> Family Waltz) works very nicely to the tune Tombigbee Waltz, especially at >> the chassee steps. >> >> Richard >> >> On Oct 11, 2010, at 10:41 PM, Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing wrote: >> >> > Chrissy wrote: >> > >> >> A poll: What's your favorite waltz mixer, and why? >> > >> > For experienced English dancers: >> > "The Wood Duck", because of the trance-inducing match of tune and dance, >> > elegant flow, partner and neighbor interaction. >> > >> > For everybody else: >> > "Circle Waltz" (Big circle, balance and roll-away 4x, with this one >> balance >> > in and out, roll in, repeat going out, chassee in, chassee out, waltz >> around) >> > or some variation, because it's so accessible, connects the whole room >> > repeatedly, lets you see most of the opposite-sex people in the room if >> only >> > for a fleeting moment, and works with many flavors of waltz.) >> > >> > >> > >> > -- Alan >> > >> > -- >> > >> =============================================================================== >> > Alan Winston --- WINSTON(a)SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU >> > Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL Phone: >> 650/926-3056 >> > Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA >> 94025 >> > >> =============================================================================== >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers(a)sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >

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