23 Feb
2011
23 Feb
'11
5:13 p.m.
Good morning Tom,
In regards to uncommon moves: In Nelson NH, the dance floor slopes
several inches from one corner of the hall to the other. Whence we
have four or five lines, havoc occurs fore dancers start drifting to
the low side of the hall. Some dancers have been reported missing,
never to return from this dark corner.
Thusly sometime in the latter part of the last century I used the
phrase "Nelson Lines" whereas the dancers in long lines all go
forward, but only those on the uphill side of the hall (in Nelson
thats the North side) go back. This "uncommon move works wonders. I
have used it in other halls that have a drift going on..
-don
On 2/23/11, Tom Hinds <twhinds(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
I'm in the process of writing a book on the ins
and outs of
choreography. The last chapter is a glossary of uncommon moves used
in contras. I remember, maybe 15 years ago, someone wrote a dance
that used a move called a hockey stick. Does anyone know the dance/
know the move? My memory is that dancers walk across the set single
file and then turn a quarter and move either up or down.
Also, I may have discovered some regional differences in the move
cast off. I realize that cast off isn't done as much as it was many
years ago, but I wanted to know how you do it in your area. Say the
ones go down the hall, return and cast off with the twos. Do the
twos act as a pivot point? Or do the twos back up while the ones
cast (the pivot is between the dancers).
Thanks for you help!!!!
Tom
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