Hi all -- been lurking for awhile, but posting for the first time now. Sorry for any formatting issues I create. Jo, I like this new dance. I'd been toying with the idea of a reverse-progression improper dance, but never quite got around to implementing it. Your dance seems different, but still accessible. I'm writing it down. Laila Lewis and people like it very much. Callers ask me for it afterwards. It has two quirks, which need to be explained at the beginning. One is that it is a reverse progression dance. The ones progress up the hall, the twos progress down. The other is that when you and your partner progress out of the line, during A2, you will naturally swing each other at the end of the line. After you swing, while you are waiting to get back into the dance, the lady needs to be on the gent's LEFT. Galena Duple Improper Jo Mortland, 2009 Begin in wavy lines of four, ones facing down, twos facing up, women holding left hands, everyone's neighbor is in their right hand A1 Balance right and left, slide right Balance left and right, slide left (as in Rory O'Moore) A2 with neighbor, allemande right half way and walk forward to the next neighbor (progression is here) Swing B1 Circle left 3 places Partner swing on the side of the set B2 Circle left 3 places With neighbor (the one you swung) do si do to wavy lines of four ________________________________ From: "callers-request(a)sharedweight.net" <callers-request(a)sharedweight.net> To: callers(a)sharedweight.net Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 9:00:28 AM Subject: Callers Digest, Vol 60, Issue 17 Send Callers mailing list submissions to callers(a)sharedweight.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to callers-request(a)sharedweight.net You can reach the person managing the list at callers-owner(a)sharedweight.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Callers digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: which hand (Tina Fields) 2. Re: emerging artists (Mortland, Jo) 3. Re: Help with a contra for newbies (Gillian Carney) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:01:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Tina Fields <tfields8(a)yahoo.com> To: callers(a)sharedweight.net Subject: Re: [Callers] which hand Message-ID: <215767.71503.qm(a)web180107.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Re: diagramming dances, Jerome suggested some terrific web flash, then wrote, then Alan responded, nickels, dimes, quarters tells you who's who in a square, face-up or face-down for? gender, and you can have them face one way or the other.) Me, I like Extreme Visual, No-Tech style. My dirty secret is this: Smurfs. I borrowed a bunch of figurines from a friend, each of which sports a different-colored hat. I have male and female red, blue, and yellow hat couples. The fourth couple is a pair of green toy soldiers, with the one holding his gun up higher in the air designated as male. I walk them around through the dance, noting when each is facing her/his neighbor, etc., when the progression happens, and potential weird effects. It's goofy but it really works. Tina ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:07:35 -0500 From: "Mortland, Jo" <j-mortland(a)neiu.edu> To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net> Subject: Re: [Callers] emerging artists Message-ID: <9B0B0B8FF2328E48930D4B6273C1B261132CEBC6(a)EXNODE2.univ.neiu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" This is a fairly new dance, just written in June. I've called it twice, and people like it very much. Callers ask me for it afterwards. It has two quirks, which need to be explained at the beginning. One is that it is a reverse progression dance. The ones progress up the hall, the twos progress down. The other is that when you and your partner progress out of the line, during A2, you will naturally swing each other at the end of the line. After you swing, while you are waiting to get back into the dance, the lady needs to be on the gent's LEFT. Galena Duple Improper Jo Mortland, 2009 Begin in wavy lines of four, ones facing down, twos facing up, women holding left hands, everyone's neighbor is in their right hand A1 Balance right and left, slide right Balance left and right, slide left (as in Rory O'Moore) A2 with neighbor, allemande right half way and walk forward to the next neighbor (progression is here) Swing B1 Circle left 3 places Partner swing on the side of the set B2 Circle left 3 places With neighbor (the one you swung) do si do to wavy lines of four ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:08:32 -0400 From: Gillian Carney <gillcarney(a)hotmail.com> To: <callers(a)sharedweight.net> Subject: Re: [Callers] Help with a contra for newbies Message-ID: <COL114-W9CBB61C48C46ECBB239B5C3F50(a)phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Thanks Alan and Lark for the wonderful and positive feedback. Incidentally, amused to see Cary Ravitz's name in the message following mine - his mother is one of my infrequent dancers who provided me with the loveliest quote. To paraphrase; three hours after the dance I was aching, but found it was my face that was aching because I was still smiling. This is the experience I am used to with my dance group, and the experience I want to bring to the estates contra. In refering to "real contra", I meant keeping away from set dance or ceili/ceilidh type barn dances which I also call. Nothing against them, but want to emphasize contra. I will be repeating the first session as the second session, and think I can build up to a (one) longways duple improper. But, Alan, thank you so very much for the dances you included.You gave me a lot to consider. A band member gave me a copy of Good Morning last night, and the estates are working on getting me copies of programmes from dances Ford would have attended. But, I didn't like feeling pushed for time in getting a programme like this together, which is why I asked for help from the list - and I'm glad I did. Thanks, and wish me luck! Gillian Carney fortmyersdancers(a)hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail? is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=PID23391::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:… ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers End of Callers Digest, Vol 60, Issue 17 ***************************************