18 Jul
2018
18 Jul
'18
8:54 a.m.
I'm posting a new dance of mine - the hook is a half hey into a long wavy line of
gents in the center. Haven't seen it before, and I'm wondering if anyone knows of
other dances with this figure. Also, I looked for other dances called the Portland Reel
and couldn't find any, but if that name has been used let me know.
Other feedback welcome:
Dugan’s Duck Dynasty (Becket) Chuck Abell 7/18
(aka The Portland Reel)
A1 Half hey, gents pass left to start (8)
Same gents take left hands in center to make long wavy line of gents (4)*
Gents bal left/right (4)
A2 Gents alle left 1 1/4x (4)
N swing (12)
B1 On right diagonal ladies chain to shadow (if someone is there) (8)
(w/ current N) LHS 1x (8)
B2 P dosido and swing (16)
w/ these N…
*Gents be sure to take four full steps/beats to get into the middle
18 Jul
18 Jul
9:33 a.m.
New subject: New dance
On 2018-07-18 09:54 AM, Charles via Callers wrote:
Also, I looked for other dances called the Portland
Reel and couldn't
find any, but if that name has been used let me know.
http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/index/search.php?ti=portland+reel
returns 2 hits for "Portland Reel" by/from Herbie Gaudreau.
It appeared in Ralph Page's "Northern Junket" vol 11 #9 (April 1974)
and can be seen here:
http://digital.unh.edu/fedora/objects/northernjunket:0129/datastreams/APPLI…
(It's unclear to me whether the "I" in the subsequent notes is Ralph Page or
Herbie Gaudreau.)
This was then reproduced (without the notes) in Roger Knox's "Contras: As
Ralph Page Called Them" (1990).
-Michael
12:30 p.m.
New subject: New dance
On 7/18/2018 6:54 AM, Charles via Callers wrote:
I'm posting a new dance of mine - the hook is a
half hey into a long
wavy line of gents in the center. Haven't seen it before, and I'm
wondering if anyone knows of other dances with this figure. Also, I
looked for other dances called the Portland Reel and couldn't find any,
but if that name has been used let me know.
Other feedback welcome:
*Dugan**’s Duck Dynasty***(Becket)Chuck Abell 7/18
(/aka/The Portland Reel)
*A1********Half hey, gents pass left to start (8)*
*Same gents take left hands in center to make long wavy line of
gents****(4)**
*****Gents bal left/right (4)*
*A2******Gents alle left 1 1/4x (4)*
*****N swing******(12)*
**
*B1******On right diagonal ladies chain to shadow***(if someone is
there)***(8)*
**(w/ current N)***LHS 1x (8)*
*B2******P dosido and swing (16)*
****/w/ these N…/
/
/
/*Gents be sure to take four full steps/beats to get into the middle/
This looks good on paper. Have you road-tested it? That note at the
bottom does look like the place where the pattern could be vulnerable,
since getting folks to take their time and not arrive early can be tricky.
Kalia in Sebastopol
12:35 p.m.
New subject: New dance
It's been road tested at our local caller's night; not yet at an actual dance.
Hope to in the next couple weeks.
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Subject: Re: [Callers] New dance
On 7/18/2018 6:54 AM, Charles via Callers wrote:
I'm posting a new dance of mine - the hook is a
half hey into a long
wavy line of gents in the center. Haven't seen it before, and I'm
wondering if anyone knows of other dances with this figure. Also, I
looked for other dances called the Portland Reel and couldn't find any,
but if that name has been used let me know.
Other feedback welcome:
*Dugan**’s Duck Dynasty***(Becket)Chuck Abell 7/18
(/aka/The Portland Reel)
*A1********Half hey, gents pass left to start (8)*
*Same gents take left hands in center to make long wavy line of
gents****(4)**
*****Gents bal left/right (4)*
*A2******Gents alle left 1 1/4x (4)*
*****N swing******(12)*
**
*B1******On right diagonal ladies chain to shadow***(if someone is
there)***(8)*
**(w/ current N)***LHS 1x (8)*
*B2******P dosido and swing (16)*
****/w/ these N…/
/
/
/*Gents be sure to take four full steps/beats to get into the middle/
This looks good on paper. Have you road-tested it? That note at the
bottom does look like the place where the pattern could be vulnerable,
since getting folks to take their time and not arrive early can be tricky.
Kalia in Sebastopol
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3:45 p.m.
New subject: New dance
I looked at it and thought "jigs" because of the 4 steps into the middle (and
thinking of slowing folks down). What kind of tune did you use Chuck?
Donna
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Email: dhuntdancer(a)aol.com
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Subject: Re: [Callers] New dance
It's been road tested at our local caller's night; not yet at an actual dance.
Hope to in the next couple weeks.
From: Callers <callers-bounces(a)lists.sharedweight.net> on behalf of Kalia Kliban via
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Subject: Re: [Callers] New dance
On 7/18/2018 6:54 AM, Charles via Callers wrote:
I'm posting a new dance of mine - the hook is a
half hey into a long
wavy line of gents in the center. Haven't seen it before, and I'm
wondering if anyone knows of other dances with this figure. Also, I
looked for other dances called the Portland Reel and couldn't find any,
but if that name has been used let me know.
Other feedback welcome:
*Dugan**’s Duck Dynasty***(Becket)Chuck Abell 7/18
(/aka/The Portland Reel)
*A1********Half hey, gents pass left to start (8)*
*Same gents take left hands in center to make long wavy line of
gents****(4)**
*****Gents bal left/right (4)*
*A2******Gents alle left 1 1/4x (4)*
*****N swing******(12)*
**
*B1******On right diagonal ladies chain to shadow***(if someone is
there)***(8)*
**(w/ current N)***LHS 1x (8)*
*B2******P dosido and swing (16)*
****/w/ these N…/
/
/
/*Gents be sure to take four full steps/beats to get into the middle/
This looks good on paper. Have you road-tested it? That note at the
bottom does look like the place where the pattern could be vulnerable,
since getting folks to take their time and not arrive early can be tricky.
Kalia in Sebastopol
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19 Jul
19 Jul
7:16 a.m.
New subject: New dance
We actually did dance it to jigs, which was fine - I think what really helps is if the
gents be sure to take a wide arc on the hey (which dancers should usually do anyways)
and/or the gent steps slightly past the neighbor gent and then back before taking hands in
long wavy lines. Ideally, it'd be nice not to have to dance it to jigs or at slower
tempos, or to have to take artificially small steps into the middle; those two adjustments
seem to do the trick.
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Subject: Re: [Callers] New dance
I looked at it and thought "jigs" because of the 4 steps into the middle (and
thinking of slowing folks down). What kind of tune did you use Chuck?
Donna
Web Site: donnahuntcaller.com
Email: dhuntdancer(a)aol.com
Cell: 215-565-6050
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Subject: Re: [Callers] New dance
It's been road tested at our local caller's night; not yet at an actual dance.
Hope to in the next couple weeks.
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Subject: Re: [Callers] New dance
On 7/18/2018 6:54 AM, Charles via Callers wrote:
I'm posting a new dance of mine - the hook is a
half hey into a long
wavy line of gents in the center. Haven't seen it before, and I'm
wondering if anyone knows of other dances with this figure. Also, I
looked for other dances called the Portland Reel and couldn't find any,
but if that name has been used let me know.
Other feedback welcome:
*Dugan**’s Duck Dynasty***(Becket)Chuck Abell 7/18
(/aka/The Portland Reel)
*A1********Half hey, gents pass left to start (8)*
*Same gents take left hands in center to make long wavy line of
gents****(4)**
*****Gents bal left/right (4)*
*A2******Gents alle left 1 1/4x (4)*
*****N swing******(12)*
**
*B1******On right diagonal ladies chain to shadow***(if someone is
there)***(8)*
**(w/ current N)***LHS 1x (8)*
*B2******P dosido and swing (16)*
****/w/ these N…/
/
/
/*Gents be sure to take four full steps/beats to get into the middle/
This looks good on paper. Have you road-tested it? That note at the
bottom does look like the place where the pattern could be vulnerable,
since getting folks to take their time and not arrive early can be tricky.
Kalia in Sebastopol
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