Re: [Callers] Fan in the Doorway

Hi Rickey, I've never called Fan in the Doorway, but I do have Dizzy Dances, volume III, in which it appears. I'll attempt to reproduce it here: Fan in the Doorway Contra Duple Improper Music: Three Part Slip Jig A1 Hey for four start by passing right shoulders with neighbor (12). Just do three quarters of a hey. A2 Swing your partner on the gent's original side of the set (12). B1 Gents step into the center of the set and start a hey for four by passing left shoulders. Once again, just do three quarters of a hey. B2 Swing your neighbor (12). C1 Down the center four in line, turn alone, return and fold the line. C2 Circle left, go all the way around (9). Pass through along the set to meet a new neighbor (3). Once the dance gets started, it will be very natural to pass through up and down the set, meet a new neighbor and curve around to form a line of four across the set to start the hey. When teaching the hey in A1, I ask dancers to form a line of four across the set with the women back to back in the center with everyone facing their neighbor. The idea for this dance came from knowing that there were English country dances done to slip jigs and from a contemporary Irish slip jig entitled "The Butterfly" (which, by the way, is not quite suitable for this dance). (There is more about the idea and the writing of the dance...) I hope this helps. Cis Hinkle ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:40:46 -0400 From: "Rickey" &lt;holt.e(a)comcast.net&gt; To: &lt;callers(a)sharedweight.net&gt; Subject: [Callers] Teaching Fan in the Doorway Message-ID: <8E0DE1D3F569415CB02D95737A5D4012@maxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi all, I recently danced Fan in the Doorway by Gene Hubert, called and taught by Lisa Greenleaf at this year?s Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend. I have been asked to see if I can teach and call it at a local dance and I would love to try, but the notes I have are not enough. If you have taught this dance I would love your suggestions. We would dance it to ?The Butterfly? a three part slip-jig. Here is what I have: A1 Hey ? starting with your neighbor by the right shoulder, men go over and back. ? I assume that you start the dance with the twos between the ones facing their neighbors of the opposite gender. Is this correct? How do the men get over and back in 12 counts, while the women only end up going over to the other side. I have seen such things elsewhere but the set up was different. A2 Swing partner B1 Again Hey ?, this time the men start the hey and by the left shoulder. Same question, how do the men get over and back. This time you end up with your neighbor. Since at the start of the hey your neighbor is where your partner was in A1, the answer to how this works in A2 must be the same as it is for A1 B2 Swing neighbor C1 Down the hall for 3 counts, turn alone for 3 counts, back up the hall for 3 counts, fold into a circle for 3 counts. C2 Circle left once for 8 counts and pass through to new neighbors for 4 counts. I assume that turning alone in a down-the-hall four-in-line that was formed from a neighbor swing sets it up so that your partner is again on the other side of the set from you. Is that correct? Is there difficulty getting from the pass through, which is an up and down move, to the hey which is an across the set move? Do you have hints for the dancers to help with this transition? Anyone with experience of this dance who can help me to understand it and perhaps also can help me teach it would be a true dance angel. I do not have access to dancers who I can work this out with in time. The gig is this Friday. Rickey Holt, Fremont, NH ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers End of Callers Digest, Vol 67, Issue 8 **************************************