3 Sep
2013
3 Sep
'13
8:51 p.m.
On 29/Aug/13 13:58, JoLaine Jones-Pokorney wrote:
Hi Everyone - Many of our easier dances include
down-the-halls, but there
are so many ways to come back up! There's turn alone, and turn as a couple
of course, but there's also sliding doors, right-hand-high-left-hand-low,
loop-de-loop, cloverleaf. What are your favorite dances that include an
unusual down-the-hall? I've thought of putting together a program that
highlights all the different ways to go down the hall. I think there is a
wide enough variety in these dances that it could be doable without boring
the dancers.
JoLaine
There's a fun return move variously called Come Back Cozy, Cozy Line,
Turn Cozy. It's in one of the dances John S. mentioned.
Foot of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_dance_choreography
I stumbled some time ago on to Henri's site, chewing through the essays
for thoughts on event programming
http://www.henryandjacqui.com/Essays/Prepare.htm
and have sometimes used Bob Dalsemer's The Dog Branch Reel as he states
he does. Looking for dance directions for it I came upon William
Watson's published variants, Dog Branch Reel Variation 1 & 2 which
utilise this move. http://www.quiteapair.us/calling/compositions.html
Mention was made of the American Country Dances On-Line, compiled by
Russell Owen, snap shot and indexing by William. Two versions are here
http://www.quiteapair.us/calling/acdol/
(sortable columns!)
and the single page version at
http://www.quiteapair.us/calling/ACDOL.html
The latter allows for an easy on-page search for "cozy" and a number of
dances there use it.
Cheers, John
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