18 Feb
2013
18 Feb
'13
4:10 p.m.
Wrote this one on my way back from calling Norfolk.
Slow M'Ocean
Becket
A1 Pass thru to an Ocean Wave (Ps are facing in opposite directions).
Balance forward and back. Swing your SHADOW (who is facing you in the next
wave). (Gents, make the ladies come to you.) End facing across.
A2 Pass thru to an Ocean Wave. Balance F/B -- swing your Partner, who is
facing you in the next wave. End facing your original Ns.
B1 Ladies chain to your N. Ladies allemande R 1.5 (continue to hold Rt
hands)
B2 Ladies pick up your partner, star promenade across with a butterfly
whirl (to the lady's side). Promenade across (to gent's side), with ladies
passing RIGHT shoulders, and curl RIGHT to face the next neighbor, ready to
pass the Ocean.
I can't think of another dance that starts this way -- anybody?
April Blum
18 Feb
18 Feb
5:08 p.m.
Although it is a very different dance, I wrote a dance which starts in
this way. It was written in November 2008, to celebrate the wedding of
very close friends of mine. Here it is.
Linda
The Fabulous Couple
by Linda Leslie
Contra/Becket-CW/Int
A1 Pass through to an ocean wave
Balance (shadow is in the next wave, facing you, and on the right a bit)
Shadow do si do (turn around and go back to your original wave, but
you will be facing the opposite direction!)
A2 Same wave (but now have partner in your left) Balance the wave
Ladies allemande right one half
Balance the wave
B1 Walk forward to new neighbor and gypsy (this neighbor will be a bit
to the left) and Swing
B2 Give and take to the ladies' side
(start dance again with this couple)
On Feb 18, 2013, at 5:10 PM, Hgrastorf(a)aol.com wrote:
Wrote this one on my way back from calling Norfolk.
Slow M'Ocean
Becket
A1 Pass thru to an Ocean Wave (Ps are facing in opposite directions).
Balance forward and back. Swing your SHADOW (who is facing you in
the next
wave). (Gents, make the ladies come to you.) End facing across.
A2 Pass thru to an Ocean Wave. Balance F/B -- swing your Partner,
who is
facing you in the next wave. End facing your original Ns.
B1 Ladies chain to your N. Ladies allemande R 1.5 (continue to
hold Rt
hands)
B2 Ladies pick up your partner, star promenade across with a
butterfly
whirl (to the lady's side). Promenade across (to gent's side),
with ladies
passing RIGHT shoulders, and curl RIGHT to face the next neighbor,
ready to
pass the Ocean.
I can't think of another dance that starts this way -- anybody?
April Blum
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21 Feb
21 Feb
11:42 a.m.
I called this in Baltimore last night (? world premier).
It is a good dance but it is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL to ensure that the men
do not move from where they are in the swings in A1/A2. I taught it
emphasizing this and called it thus. However, as I reduced my calling,
so the men started moving. The result is that the positions move and
couples don't know who the opposite couple is with ultimate chaos as odd
couples get left out in the middle of the dance. I stopped the dance,
re-emphasized the need for the men to stay put and we were just fine
when they heeded the advice!
Michael Barraclough
www.michaelbarraclough.com
On Mon, 2013-02-18 at 17:10 -0500, Hgrastorf(a)aol.com wrote:
Wrote this one on my way back from calling Norfolk.
Slow M'Ocean
Becket
A1 Pass thru to an Ocean Wave (Ps are facing in opposite directions).
Balance forward and back. Swing your SHADOW (who is facing you in the next
wave). (Gents, make the ladies come to you.) End facing across.
A2 Pass thru to an Ocean Wave. Balance F/B -- swing your Partner, who is
facing you in the next wave. End facing your original Ns.
B1 Ladies chain to your N. Ladies allemande R 1.5 (continue to hold Rt
hands)
B2 Ladies pick up your partner, star promenade across with a butterfly
whirl (to the lady's side). Promenade across (to gent's side), with ladies
passing RIGHT shoulders, and curl RIGHT to face the next neighbor, ready to
pass the Ocean.
I can't think of another dance that starts this way -- anybody?
April Blum
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8:23 p.m.
I've never called "Slow M'Ocean", but from diagramming it on paper
it seems to me that the A1/A2 should work perfectly well (and leave
dancers back in their original starting positions at the end of A2)
if men and women advance EQUALLY to get into the swings. In this
case, the "Pass thru to an Ocean Wave" actions in A2 will have
everyone passing the same opposite-sex neighbor as in A1 (but the
same-sex neighbors will be different for both men and women). In
Michael's interpretation, if I understand it correctly, the Ocean
Waves have the same pairs of men in A2 as in A1. I suspect very
strongly that my interpretation is the one the author (April Blum)
intended, but I invite her to speak for herself on the matter.
The progression in B2 where couples pass by W's R shoulder and loop
R (relative to out-facing direction, i.e., clockwise around a big
oval) is rather unusual and is the part that I'd expect to give the
most difficulty.
--Jim
Michael Barraclough wrote:
I called this in Baltimore last night (? world
premier).
It is a good dance but it is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL to ensure that the
men
do not move from where they are in the swings in A1/A2. I taught it
emphasizing this and called it thus. However, as I reduced my
calling,
so the men started moving. The result is that the positions move and
couples don't know who the opposite couple is with ultimate chaos as
odd
couples get left out in the middle of the dance. I stopped the dance,
re-emphasized the need for the men to stay put and we were just fine
when they heeded the advice!
Michael Barraclough
www.michaelbarraclough.com
On Mon, 2013-02-18 at 17:10 -0500, Hgrastorf(a)aol.com wrote:
Wrote this one on my way back from calling
Norfolk.
Slow M'Ocean
Becket
A1 Pass thru to an Ocean Wave (Ps are facing in opposite
directions).
Balance forward and back. Swing your SHADOW (who is facing you in
the next
wave). (Gents, make the ladies come to you.) End facing across.
A2 Pass thru to an Ocean Wave. Balance F/B -- swing your Partner,
who is
facing you in the next wave. End facing your original Ns.
B1 Ladies chain to your N. Ladies allemande R 1.5 (continue to
hold Rt
hands)
B2 Ladies pick up your partner, star promenade across with a
butterfly
whirl (to the lady's side). Promenade across (to gent's side),
with ladies
passing RIGHT shoulders, and curl RIGHT to face the next neighbor,
ready to
pass the Ocean.
I can't think of another dance that starts this way -- anybody?
April Blum
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