New subject: [External] Re: A new dance - Joy

3 Nov 2024

Hello all,

I recently got to drop in on the Charlotte dance in North Carolina, and had
a chance to chat with Dean Snipes. Dean (and independently, Linda Leslie)
wrote my favorite contra dance, Tika Tika Timing
<https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=11680>.
Judging from the 100 videos of it on Caller's Box, I think I'm not alone in
enjoying this dance.

Dean said he was inspired to write the dance after hearing the hit *Good
Timin'* by Jimmy Jones <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmRG0Y5N8lg>, and
felt the B1 petronella's did a nice job of conveying the rhythm. He also
mentioned that Mr. Jones had another hit "Handy Man
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKpbNvDg6zY>" (later covered and turned
into another more sedate hit by James Taylor).

So with a recent bout of insomnia, instead of re-writing Tika Tika Timing
as I have done numerous times, I put together a new dance. Jimmy Jones
seemed to like twirls, he does several in his live performance of Handy
Man. I hope he'd be amused by this.

Handy Man
Contra/Becket-CCW

A1 -----------
(8) Balance the ring and spin to the right (petronella)
Turn away and face new neighbors
(8) Neighbor swing
A2 -----------
(8) Long lines, forward and back
(8) Larks’ Chain across
B1 -----------
(8) Balance the ring and spin to the right (petronella)
(8) Balance the ring and spin to the right (petronella)
B2 -----------
(16) Partner balance and swing

Hope you're all doing well and finding fun connections.
Luke
Burlington, VT

With regards to Jimmy Jones and Dean Snipes