23 Jul
2014
23 Jul
'14
3:37 a.m.
Kiran Wagle once pointed out that, after a post DC dance discussion,
some people discovered that any contra corners dance could be turned
into an alternating corners dance. Having considered this on most, if
not all, of the contra corners dances I know, I don't feel right about
calling an old contra corners dance by a new name just because I called
it in the alternating style. With that in mind:
Thanks for telling me the name of the dance! I'm sure I the Hillsboro
Jig in my collection.
Cheers,
~erik hoffman
oakland, ca
On 7/22/2014 7:41 PM, Linda Leslie wrote:
I have the non-alternating version of this dance as
“Hillsboro Jig” by Bill Thomas. There might be some interesting discussion about whether
or not making it alternating is a “new dance” worthy of a new name/choreographer.
LInda Leslie
On Jul 22, 2014, at 10:31 PM, Erik Hoffman via Callers
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I'm at Stockton Folkdance Camp, And I arrived
at a workshop where I inadvertently left my cards behind. I'm doing a series of Old
and New:
Did Petronella then a dance called Terry O'Less that has the Petronella move in it.
Today I did Chorus Jig, then a dance that had alternating corners. Since I didn't
have my cards, I made one up:
1st A1 Neighbor B&S
1st A2 Ones down center, turn as couple return, same-sex cast off
1st B1 Ones turn contra corners
1st B2 Ones B&S
2nd A1 Neighbor B&S
2nd A2 Twos up center, turn as couple, return, same-sex cast of
2nd B1 Twos turn contra corners
2nd B2 Twos B&S
Is this one of Jim Kitch's ideas, or another dance that does the alternating thing?
~erik hoffman
oakland, ca
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