23 Feb
2011
23 Feb
'11
8:57 a.m.
I'm in the process of writing a book on the ins and outs of
choreography. The last chapter is a glossary of uncommon moves used
in contras. I remember, maybe 15 years ago, someone wrote a dance
that used a move called a hockey stick. Does anyone know the dance/
know the move? My memory is that dancers walk across the set single
file and then turn a quarter and move either up or down.
Also, I may have discovered some regional differences in the move
cast off. I realize that cast off isn't done as much as it was many
years ago, but I wanted to know how you do it in your area. Say the
ones go down the hall, return and cast off with the twos. Do the
twos act as a pivot point? Or do the twos back up while the ones
cast (the pivot is between the dancers).
Thanks for you help!!!!
Tom
23 Feb
23 Feb
10:56 a.m.
Tom Hinds wrote:
I realize that cast off isn't done as much as it was many years ago,
but I wanted to know how you do it in your area. Say the ones go
down the hall, return and cast off with the twos. Do the twos act
as a pivot point? Or do the twos back up while the ones cast (the
pivot is between the dancers).
Dancing in boston and philly, I'm used to the pivot point being
between the dancers. Just like a courtesy turn.
Where do people do it rotating around the twos? I think of that as an
english dance thing.
Jeff
11:53 a.m.
I don't know the particular dance you're thinking of, but I've definitely
danced the 'hockey stick' move before. It was familiar enough for me to use
it in a recent dance I wrote (Sleepwalking:
http://dancingwoods.com/dance/?page_id=6#Sleepwalking).
-Bronwyn
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Tom Hinds <twhinds(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
I'm in the process of writing a book on the ins
and outs of choreography.
The last chapter is a glossary of uncommon moves used in contras. I
remember, maybe 15 years ago, someone wrote a dance that used a move called
a hockey stick. Does anyone know the dance/know the move? My memory is
that dancers walk across the set single file and then turn a quarter and
move either up or down.
12:13 p.m.
Good morning Tom,
In regards to uncommon moves: In Nelson NH, the dance floor slopes
several inches from one corner of the hall to the other. Whence we
have four or five lines, havoc occurs fore dancers start drifting to
the low side of the hall. Some dancers have been reported missing,
never to return from this dark corner.
Thusly sometime in the latter part of the last century I used the
phrase "Nelson Lines" whereas the dancers in long lines all go
forward, but only those on the uphill side of the hall (in Nelson
thats the North side) go back. This "uncommon move works wonders. I
have used it in other halls that have a drift going on..
-don
On 2/23/11, Tom Hinds <twhinds(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
I'm in the process of writing a book on the ins
and outs of
choreography. The last chapter is a glossary of uncommon moves used
in contras. I remember, maybe 15 years ago, someone wrote a dance
that used a move called a hockey stick. Does anyone know the dance/
know the move? My memory is that dancers walk across the set single
file and then turn a quarter and move either up or down.
Also, I may have discovered some regional differences in the move
cast off. I realize that cast off isn't done as much as it was many
years ago, but I wanted to know how you do it in your area. Say the
ones go down the hall, return and cast off with the twos. Do the
twos act as a pivot point? Or do the twos back up while the ones
cast (the pivot is between the dancers).
Thanks for you help!!!!
Tom
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4:58 p.m.
A similar thing happens on one side of the dance floor in Ely, England - Lisa G
was calling LL go forward and forward
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Subject: Re: [Callers] cast off
Good morning Tom,
In regards to uncommon moves: In Nelson NH, the dance floor slopes
several inches from one corner of the hall to the other. Whence we
have four or five lines, havoc occurs fore dancers start drifting to
the low side of the hall. Some dancers have been reported missing,
never to return from this dark corner.
Thusly sometime in the latter part of the last century I used the
phrase "Nelson Lines" whereas the dancers in long lines all go
forward, but only those on the uphill side of the hall (in Nelson
thats the North side) go back. This "uncommon move works wonders. I
have used it in other halls that have a drift going on..
-don
On 2/23/11, Tom Hinds <twhinds(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
I'm in the process of writing a book on the ins
and outs of
choreography. The last chapter is a glossary of uncommon moves used
in contras. I remember, maybe 15 years ago, someone wrote a dance
that used a move called a hockey stick. Does anyone know the dance/
know the move? My memory is that dancers walk across the set single
file and then turn a quarter and move either up or down.
Also, I may have discovered some regional differences in the move
cast off. I realize that cast off isn't done as much as it was many
years ago, but I wanted to know how you do it in your area. Say the
ones go down the hall, return and cast off with the twos. Do the
twos act as a pivot point? Or do the twos back up while the ones
cast (the pivot is between the dancers).
Thanks for you help!!!!
Tom
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6:42 p.m.
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 5:57 AM, Tom Hinds <twhinds(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
I'm in the process of writing a book on the ins
and outs of choreography.
The last chapter is a glossary of uncommon moves used in contras. I
remember, maybe 15 years ago, someone wrote a dance that used a move called
a hockey stick. Does anyone know the dance/know the move? My memory is
that dancers walk across the set single file and then turn a quarter and
move either up or down.
Also, I may have discovered some regional differences in the move cast off.
I realize that cast off isn't done as much as it was many years ago, but I
wanted to know how you do it in your area. Say the ones go down the hall,
return and cast off with the twos. Do the twos act as a pivot point? Or do
the twos back up while the ones cast (the pivot is between the dancers).
In San Diego, the cast is around a central pivot point between the
caster and castee.
While the "hockey stick" move could refer to "Bumbling in the Shower"
it also could refer to the strange move in "A Rare Bird" (by Bob
Isaacs) / "A Quail at Heart" (by Joseph Pimentel).
-Chris Page
San Diego
7:15 p.m.
New subject: Hockey Stick
I have mostly heard this move called "fish hook", but tend not to call
it that when I choose dances with this move. One of my favorites is
the following.
Linda Leslie
Pedal Pushers
by Bob Dalsemer
Contra/Improper/Easy
A1 -----------
(8) Gents allemande left once and a half
(4) Gents keep holding on, scoop up partner and star promenade across
(4) Gents back out with a butterfly whirl to face across
A2 -----------
(8) Ladies gypsy once around
(8) Partners swing, end in a ring of four
B1 -----------
(4) Balance the ring
(4) Pass through across the set
(6) Turn individually to the right and in your group of four promenade
in single file 3/4 around to progressed places
(2) Gents turn around
B2 -----------
(16) Neighbors balance and swing
On Feb 23, 2011, at 6:42 PM, Chris Page wrote:
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 5:57 AM, Tom Hinds
<twhinds(a)earthlink.net>
wrote:
> I'm in the process of writing a book on the ins and outs of
> choreography.
> The last chapter is a glossary of uncommon moves used in contras. I
> remember, maybe 15 years ago, someone wrote a dance that used a
> move called
> a hockey stick. Does anyone know the dance/know the move? My
> memory is
> that dancers walk across the set single file and then turn a
> quarter and
> move either up or down.
>
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