Re: [Callers] Looking for name and author of this dance - Contra Callers

27 Jan 2009

   I've had a couple of people tell me that the Pass Thru, California
   Twirl is the original version.....
   J
   At 09:21 PM 1/26/2009, you wrote:

     I learned Good Friday with simply a R+L through in B1.5 instead of a
     pass
     through/California twirl -- anyone know which is the original
     version?  The
     pass-->California is an interesting variation on a R+L through with
     a
     twirl.  It hadn't really crossed my mind, though the only difference
     is the
     gent's hand and people of course end up in exactly the same spot.
     I'm not
     really a fan, though.  For one thing, it takes a standard figure and
     alters
     it in what I see as a needless way.  It's kind of like calling a
     chain and
     mandating that all dancers do a twirl.  But more importantly it
     messes with
     the timing.  Pass-->California takes nowhere near 8 counts -- the
     dancers in
     the video were halfway round in in the circle before the start of
     B2.
     I have seen, and called, that combination before in "Roll 11" by Sue
     Rosen
     and Larry Jennings,
     B2. Pass through across, California twirl
          Circle left 3/4, California twirl to new neighbors
     and I think it works very well because of the symmetry, and because
     there's
     another figure at the end of the section to take up the rest of the
     music.
     -David Giusti
     On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:02 PM, lynn ackerson
     &lt;callynn1(a)pacbell.net&gt; wrote:
...
  Looks like Kirston Koths' Good Friday.

 --- On Mon, 1/26/09, PARKER MANN &lt;M_P_Mann(a)shaw.ca&gt; wrote:

 From: PARKER MANN &lt;M_P_Mann(a)shaw.ca&gt;
 Subject: [Callers] Looking for name and author of this dance
 To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
 Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 4:36 PM

 I saw an interesting dance video from Austin's 2008 Fire Ant      Frolic
...
  festival
 on the web recently.  It can be found at the following address:

 [1]http://www.strimoo.com/video/14265122/contra-dance-Vimeo.html

 I'd like to call it but I'd also like to know the name and      author.  I
...
  couldn't find a contact for the caller, so I
thought I'd pass it      out to
...
  the community.  Can anyone tell me what the dance is?

 In the event you can't access the video, here are the moves and      timing as
I
...
  interpreted them.  It's a duple improper dance.

 A1:
 Starting in ocean waves of four across the set, Rory O'More      balance and
...
  slides. Bal R-L-slide R, balance L-R-slide L.  (16
beats)

 A2:
 N allem R 1/2 (2)
 G allem L 1/2 (2)
 P swing (12)

 B1:
 LLFB  (8)
 Pass through across (4)
 P California twirl  (4)

 B2:
 Circle L 3 places (8, more or less)
 N d-s-d 1 1/2 to progress (8)

 Thanks.

 -Parker

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