Re: [Callers] Hey Gorgeous- Anyone recognize this dance or know a good source to search for author?

Hi Mavis! Here’s the dance that you’re thinking of….. “Hey Gorgeous” by Luis Gamez (variation of “Hey Man” by Paul Balliet, as you said). Dance is listed at the end of this email. As a result of your posting I looked it up, as I also remembered it. You probably scribbled down some notes at Echo Summit Camp in this past Sept, Carol Ormand called it on Saturday nite 9/16/06, second half after the two squares. I called the dance last Saturday at Aromas. There was a hot chocolate party afterwards and I asked the dancers what they thought about the “new” dances I called (this one and two others that I had picked up at Pinewoods) and asked for feedback from the dancers and we had time to chat at the party…. Side note -- … We had a heavy rainstorm (by California standards!) and the dance was very small with experienced dancers only, and I ended up calling and dancing most of the night to help the small numbers and gender imbalance! So, I got to dance it too as well as the other two I was trying out. The first half, I called squares, circle mixers, scatter dances, extra waltzes, by the end of the first half we just had enough people for contras but wouldn’t have if I hadn’t danced too. I know this group pretty well, and had worked with the band before, so it worked out fine. -- End, side note... The dancer’s comments on this dance was they really like it, it’s very smooth, and has A LOT of Partner interaction, which some really liked and others commented it is great if you like the partner your dancing with….. So, just be sure to place it at a place in the evening where you want a lot of partner interaction. Here is the funniest thing about this message!! I seriously thought the dance was written for Carol Ormand… (yes, appropriate, yes?!?!). I thought that’s what she said when I was she called it at camp, and I thought I heard her say that when I listened to my recording of the dance when was studying it. That’s what I announced at the dance last week (no callers in the crowd so it wasn’t picked up!). Well, I checked with her to be sure I had the dance correct, the author etc, before I posted this on Shared Weight as I almost always check the dance back to the original source (web, book, author, or who I got it from) as I love knowing the trivia about the dance… Well, she says it wasn’t written for her (to her knowledge at least!)… So… I almost started a rumor! Oh well! That’s how I’ll remember the dance at least! Well, I think I'll just have to call Carol that from now on! : ) "Hey Gorgeous!" Have fun, Karen Fontana Hey Gorgeous Becket by Luis Gamez, MI A1: Rt/ H Star 1x Gents turn around and w P P Al Rt ~ 1.5x (diff for each gender…. Best to focus on where the women need to get to… which is the Hey starting L /Sh A2: Hey for Four – W start Left Sh (WL, NR, GL, PR) B1: P Gypsy and Swing B2: Cir L 1x Single Slice on Left Diagonal (on left diagonal fwd to new cpl, push back directly away from new cpl; A1 – Star Rt w this new cpl) Variation of “Hey Man” by Paul Balliet mavis mcgaugh &lt;yankeecalls(a)yahoo.com&gt; wrote: I often call Hey Man by Paul Balliet - It is a wonderful dance. I always alternate the A1 section: Men 1st time Ladies next time. it has such a great flow. By the time I got to pen and paper - I probably had the figures all messed up. I found the original paper I scribbled on - I had written what looks like Lou Gomez --- but that could have been from something else I scribbled. Oh well - I will hope that at some time on a dance floor - someone will call it and I will have the opportunity to dance it and get it written down. --- &quot;crunchymama(a)juno.com&quot; wrote: http://arcserv.astro.washington.edu/dances/FMPro?-db=acdol.db&- format=danceformat.html&-sortfield=Name&-recid=67&-find > > So either it's not your dance, or the caller subbed > a gypsy meltdown > in for the balance and swing? > > > HTH > Alison Murphy in Memphis TN > > -- mavis mcgaugh wrote: > I checked Michael Dyck's website but didn't find > anything on this dance. > > I think the name is Hey Gorgeous > > > > it had a Full Hey for 4 > > a Partner Gypsy & Swing > > I think the ending was ---- > > Circle Left 1x > left Diag forward & Back out [slice] > > and don't know author. I didn't get to dance but > > watched folks dancing and scribbled this much down > before it ended. > > Mavis L McGaugh > 510-814-8118 (answering machine-leave message) > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Mavis L McGaugh 510-814-8118 (answering machine-leave message) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers <>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:< Karen Fontana www.karenscontracorner.com karen_fontana(a)yahoo.com (H) 650-691-9663 <>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<