4 Mar
2019
4 Mar
'19
3:50 p.m.
Hi,
I've been assigned the opening slot at this year's 2019 New England Folk
Festival (NEFFA) for my session:
"Keepin' It Proper Contras - It's not all about improper contras! Dances
from times past to the present set in a proper form."
Soooo... what proper dances have you found to be particular favorites with
dancers and amenable in a large hall "some experience" (non-advanced
dancer) setting? I'd appreciate your suggestions.
Thanks,
Don
4 Mar
4 Mar
4:12 p.m.
I have enjoyed Indigo Silk by Lynn Ackerson and High Voltage Gypsy by John Combs as taught
by Nils Fredland. And you could always do Rory O’ More! :-)
On Mar 4, 2019, at 1:50 PM, Don Veino via Callers
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Hi,
I've been assigned the opening slot at this year's 2019 New England Folk Festival
(NEFFA) for my session:
"Keepin' It Proper Contras - It's not all about improper contras! Dances
from times past to the present set in a proper form."
Soooo... what proper dances have you found to be particular favorites with dancers and
amenable in a large hall "some experience" (non-advanced dancer) setting?
I'd appreciate your suggestions.
Thanks,
Don
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7 Mar
7 Mar
3:21 p.m.
I'll second Indigo Silk. Not familiar with the second one.
I wrote one a while ago that does use the ubiquitous 1/2 figure 8. But also
borrows from things like David Kaynor's Open Doors
Simply Left in Wisconsin
by Luke Donforth
Contra/Proper/Int
A1 -----------
PROPER
(8) Circle Right 3/4
As couple with same role neighbor
(8) See-Saw opposite role couple
A2 -----------
(16) Partner balance and swing
B1 -----------
(8) Ladies Chain across
(8) Ones half Figure eight up the set
B2 -----------
(8) Long lines, forward and back
(8) Circle Left 1X
turn and face new neighbors
On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 5:13 PM QuiAnn2 via Callers <
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I have enjoyed Indigo Silk by Lynn Ackerson and High
Voltage Gypsy by John
Combs as taught by Nils Fredland. And you could always do Rory O’ More! :-)
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On Mar 4, 2019, at 1:50 PM, Don Veino via Callers
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Hi,
I've been assigned the opening slot at this year's 2019 New England Folk
Festival (NEFFA) for my session:
"Keepin' It Proper Contras - It's not all about improper contras! Dances
from times past to the present set in a proper form."
Soooo... what proper dances have you found to be particular favorites
with dancers
and amenable in a large hall "some experience" (non-advanced
dancer) setting? I'd appreciate your suggestions.
Thanks,
Don
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3:33 p.m.
Here it is. Don’t ask me how the original goes, I don’t have it. I just have this noted
as “Nil’s adaptation”. Maybe Nil's mentioned that he adapted it back in 2014 when I
first danced it. It is rather circular but both couples do rest 16 beats at different
times.
High Voltage Gypsy - as adapted by Nils Fredland
John Combs
Type: Contra
Formation: Duple-Improper
Music: Reels
A1 -----------
* * * 1’s take note of who your N’s are * * *
(16) 2’s Rt Sh Round & Sw in middle WHILE
-----------
(6) 1’s pull by & go down the outside
(2) Turn around
(6) 1’s return up the set
(2) Star through w/P across, face N’s (ladies LH, gents RH)
A2 -----------
(8) Circle Left 1x
(8) N DSD 1x
B1 -----------
(16) N B&Sw
B2 -----------
(16) 1’s B&Sw in middle, end facing each other
Jacqui Grennan
On Mar 7, 2019, at 1:21 PM, Luke Donforth
<luke.donev(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I'll second Indigo Silk. Not familiar with the second one.
I wrote one a while ago that does use the ubiquitous 1/2 figure 8. But also borrows from
things like David Kaynor's Open Doors
Simply Left in Wisconsin
by Luke Donforth
Contra/Proper/Int
A1 -----------
PROPER
(8) Circle Right 3/4
As couple with same role neighbor
(8) See-Saw opposite role couple
A2 -----------
(16) Partner balance and swing
B1 -----------
(8) Ladies Chain across
(8) Ones half Figure eight up the set
B2 -----------
(8) Long lines, forward and back
(8) Circle Left 1X
turn and face new neighbors
On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 5:13 PM QuiAnn2 via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
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I have enjoyed Indigo Silk by Lynn Ackerson and High Voltage Gypsy by John Combs as
taught by Nils Fredland. And you could always do Rory O’ More! :-)
On Mar 4, 2019, at 1:50 PM, Don Veino via Callers
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wrote:
Hi,
I've been assigned the opening slot at this year's 2019 New England Folk Festival
(NEFFA) for my session:
"Keepin' It Proper Contras - It's not all about improper contras! Dances
from times past to the present set in a proper form."
Soooo... what proper dances have you found to be particular favorites with dancers and
amenable in a large hall "some experience" (non-advanced dancer) setting?
I'd appreciate your suggestions.
Thanks,
Don
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4 Mar
4 Mar
5:27 p.m.
Something new perhaps? I wrote this recently, trying to avoid the
ubiquitous half figure 8 figure:
It's Good to be Number Two
Duple, Proper
A1: Second corners balance LH and swat the flea (8), and allemande left
once or twice (8);
A2: Partners meltdown swing (16), end facing across;
B1: Balance the ring and petronella (8), neighbors swing (8), end facing
across;
B2: Balance the ring (4), gents roll their neighbors away with a half
sashay (4), twos (ONLY!) swing (8), end facing new ones.
Title is a little sardonic. If you want, you could call it Composition 156.
I also second QuiAnn2's endorsement of Indigo Silk.
Greg
On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 4:51 PM Don Veino via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi,
I've been assigned the opening slot at this year's 2019 New England Folk
Festival (NEFFA) for my session:
"Keepin' It Proper Contras - It's not all about improper contras! Dances
from times past to the present set in a proper form."
Soooo... what proper dances have you found to be particular favorites with
dancers and amenable in a large hall "some experience" (non-advanced
dancer) setting? I'd appreciate your suggestions.
Thanks,
Don
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7 Mar
7 Mar
3:54 p.m.
I like Rory O’More, but Money Musk and Chorus Jig are probably the most often danced (and
perhaps most favorite) proper dances.
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On Mar 4, 2019, at 6:27 PM, Gregory Frock via Callers
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Something new perhaps? I wrote this recently, trying to avoid the ubiquitous half figure
8 figure:
It's Good to be Number Two
Duple, Proper
A1: Second corners balance LH and swat the flea (8), and allemande left once or twice
(8);
A2: Partners meltdown swing (16), end facing across;
B1: Balance the ring and petronella (8), neighbors swing (8), end facing across;
B2: Balance the ring (4), gents roll their neighbors away with a half sashay (4), twos
(ONLY!) swing (8), end facing new ones.
Title is a little sardonic. If you want, you could call it Composition 156. I also second
QuiAnn2's endorsement of Indigo Silk.
Greg
On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 4:51 PM Don Veino via
Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi,
I've been assigned the opening slot at this year's 2019 New England Folk Festival
(NEFFA) for my session:
"Keepin' It Proper Contras - It's not all about improper contras! Dances
from times past to the present set in a proper form."
Soooo... what proper dances have you found to be particular favorites with dancers and
amenable in a large hall "some experience" (non-advanced dancer) setting?
I'd appreciate your suggestions.
Thanks,
Don
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5:31 p.m.
Apart from Indigo Silk, my favorites are Dogleaf Reel by Lisa Greenleaf and
Best of Friends by Martha Wild.
Yoyo Zhou
On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 1:51 PM Don Veino via Callers <
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Hi,
I've been assigned the opening slot at this year's 2019 New England Folk
Festival (NEFFA) for my session:
"Keepin' It Proper Contras - It's not all about improper contras! Dances
from times past to the present set in a proper form."
Soooo... what proper dances have you found to be particular favorites with
dancers and amenable in a large hall "some experience" (non-advanced
dancer) setting? I'd appreciate your suggestions.
Thanks,
Don
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