14 Jan
2011
14 Jan
'11
1:44 a.m.
I wrote to Jim Kitch and he confirmed that the dance is indeed "Spare Parts"
as Will Mentor indicated. I'm posting a part of Jim's reply below because I
thought his comments on R&L through interesting.
From Jim Kitch:
Will Mentor is absolutely correct; the dance you are asking about is "Spare
Parts", which I wrote (in the late 1980's or very early 1990's, I believe)
for a band of the same name that I was calling with at the time. [Will M.
has the choreography correct as well.]
BTW, IMHO a pass-through-and-twirl IS a right-and-left-through -- at least,
it is what the majority of dancers do today when a right-and-left-through is
called for. (I'm ignoring the with/without hands question, the norm of
which varies depending on where you are.) I only specify the California
twirl in "Spare Parts" because, in that dance, it sets up the next action
much better than a conventional courtesy turn does.
Will Loving
on 1/10/11 11:41 AM, Will Mentor at willmentor(a)earthlink.net wrote:
Will
This dance really looks like Spare Parts by Jim Kitch. The only
difference - in Spare Parts instead of a Right & Left Through the
choreography calls for Pass Through/Cal Twirl.
Will
On Jan 10, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Will Loving wrote:
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William M. Loving
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We have a dance that is very similar to Bob
Isaac's "The Judge", but
which
appears to pre-date it. The main difference is in A2: the diagonals
are on
different directions and the order of the moves is reversed. Just
interested
to know if anyone can identify the Mystery one. I've listed both
below.
Mystery Dance - Contra/Becket
A1 -----------
(8) Circle Left 3/4
(8) Neighbor swing
A2 -----------
(8) Women's Right Diagonal Chain to shadow
(8) Right and left through
B1 -----------
(8) Petronella balance the ring and twirl
(8) Petronella balance the ring and twirl 1-1/2
B2 -----------
(16) Partner balance and swing
Judge, The
by Bob Isaacs
Contra/Becket-CCW
A1 -----------
(8) Circle Left 3/4
(8) Neighbor swing
A2 -----------
(8) Right and left through
(8) Women's Left Diagonal Chain to shadow
B1 -----------
(8) Petronella balance the ring and twirl
(8) Petronella balance the ring and twirl 1-1/2
B2 -----------
(16) Partner balance and swing
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William M. Loving
Dedication Technologies, Inc.
7 Coach Lane
Amherst, MA 01002-3304 USA
will(a)dedicationtechnologies.com
Tel: +1 413 253-7223 (GMT 5)
Fax: +1 206 202-0476
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