Re: [Callers] Teaching Fan in the Doorway

Hi, I have taught and called this dance a number of times; think it feels good for the dancers to dance to a slip jig, although English country dancers do it frequently. I start with the end of the dance, which is gypsy with your N just enough until the gents face each other across the set. The dance actually starts with the gents passing left shoulders for a hey. The gents go over and back, while the ladies just loop and cross the set. Then (in the A2) gents swing your P on your original side of the set. Repeat for the B1 & B2, except gents swing your N on your original side of the set. In the C2, after the circle L once around (until you face your N up and down the set), pass thru, gypsy the next N (just enough so the gents face each other across the set again), then starts the dance again with gents pass left. Hope this helps. I'll be happy to clarify if needed. I'm not sure if Gene Hubert wrote it exactly that way, but it works well. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rickey" <holt.e(a)comcast.net> To: <callers(a)sharedweight.net> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 3:40 PM Subject: [Callers] Teaching Fan in the Doorway 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 ¾ 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 ¾, 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