20 Aug
2013
20 Aug
'13
7:10 p.m.
On Aug 20, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Neal Schlein asked about various
dances, including
Unknown
(from my notes: Called by Larry Edelman at Pinewoods 2000)
A1: Dosado below to an ocean wave (8) and balance (4). Turn 1/2
right and 1/2 left (4)
A2: Balance (4), 1/2 hey (8), Balance again (4)
B1: 1/2 hey again (8), Partner Swing (8)
B2: Right and left thru and ladies chain (16)
***Timing seems strange in A2
That's "Take All the Credit and None of the Blame" by Larry
Edelman and Nancy Donahue. The dance appears in Larry Jennings's
book _Give-and-Take_ with a slightly different description of
the actions after the balance in A1:
pull pass N by R hd; M pass by L sh
The balance a the start of B2 is then done just with
partner (right hand in right), not in a wave of four.
Most contra callers these days would describe the initial
do-si-do as being done by "neighbors" (a description that
applies for everyone) rather than with "the one below" (which
speaks preferentially to the #1 dancers and requires the #2
dancers to infer that they do-si-do with the one above them).
The strange-seeming timing in A2 is correct. If I have the
story right, Nancy came up with the idea of punctuating a hey
with balances according to this timing, so that the second
half of the hey crosses the middle of A2, but no figure
crosses the major phrase boundaries. Then Larry helped her
work out the rest of the dance and joked that if it went
over well, he'd take the credit, but if it was a dud, he'd
blame her.
--Jim