13 Oct
2022
13 Oct
'22
2:09 a.m.
Hello Callers.
Update on the dance previously presented. Thank you Bill Baritompa for the suggestion to
switch to left hand waves. Much more satisfying! Thank you Tanya for the naming feedback.
Title: Two for Tea*
Author: Seth Tepfer
Formation: 4x4
A1: Long lines (8), in fours, Right hand chain to neighbor (8)
A2: Same person DSD (8), Neighbor swing (8)
B1: in fours, balance the ring (4), petronella spin to a wave of two - give neighbor LEFT
hand to form short waves of two people; balance (4), "circulate 2" (walk forward
two spaces) (4)
B2: balance (4), "circulate 2" (walk forward two spaces) (4); left hand dancer
turn around and partner swing; end swing facing original direction and new couples
progressed and on the other side of the 4-some
Note:
* At the start of the dance, identify your traveling buddy of the opposite role. This
is your shadow. When doing the circulate two think of the direction you are facing as a
racetrack or a paperclip - if you get to the end you will loop to your left to continue.
You will end up in the place of the 2 people in front of you. You will pass 3 people and
take the hand of the 4th. If you loop, looping counts as passing one person. When you
remake the wave of two, the person you take left hands with is your shadow,
*Please note new name and discard previous name of the dance.
Link to video that will help describe the dance:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1daSO086UwpoRA-J3C2j2jN2uQkwQGN4n/view?usp=…
* We only had 8 people, so after partner swing, we faced back in to repeat the dance.
Normally after partner swing you would face your original direction to have new couples to
play with.
* The musician was playing "Softly Good Tummas' on a lark and because it is
such a fabulous tune. That tune is not requisite for the dance.
Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his)
Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate Center
13 Oct
13 Oct
5:04 a.m.
New subject: New dance for your consideration
Good dance
I think the second half of the dance can be better described as follows
B1
Balance circle of 4 (4)
Petronella finish taking left hands in a wavy line of 2 with person you swung. (4)
(Tell dancers to think of their group of 8 as a racetrack or paper clip of 8
everyone facing CCW)
Balance the line of 2 (4)
Walk forward 2 places in the racetrack, looping left at the ends, take left hands with
shadow (4)
B2
Balance with shadow (4)
Walk forward 2 places in racetrack
Those in front of their partner turn back over right shoulder to swing partner,
end facing in original direction (8)
18 Oct
18 Oct
1:02 p.m.
New subject: New dance for your consideration
Hi, Seth and all... Two points:
1. I'm aware that a lot of folks use "long lines" as shorthand for
"long lines forward and back." It bugs me, but that's probably just my age
and eccentricity. But I humbly submit that in a 4x4, where there are fewer conventions -
things taken for granted - than in a longways, it's helpful to spell out as much as
possible.
2. Do you really mean "long lines forward and back," not "forward and back
up and down the hall"? The former call is so unusual in 4x4s (in fact, I don't
think I've encountered it before) that I think it merits a note below the
description.
Cheers,
Tony
Tony Parkes
Billerica, Mass.
www.hands4.com<http://www.hands4.com/>
New book! Square Dance Calling: An Old Art for a New Century
(available now)
From: Tepfer, Seth via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 10:09 PM
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Subject: [Callers] Re: New dance for your consideration
Hello Callers.
Update on the dance previously presented. Thank you Bill Baritompa for the suggestion to
switch to left hand waves. Much more satisfying! Thank you Tanya for the naming feedback.
Title: Two for Tea*
Author: Seth Tepfer
Formation: 4x4
A1: Long lines (8), in fours, Right hand chain to neighbor (8)
A2: Same person DSD (8), Neighbor swing (8)
B1: in fours, balance the ring (4), petronella spin to a wave of two - give neighbor LEFT
hand to form short waves of two people; balance (4), "circulate 2" (walk forward
two spaces) (4)
B2: balance (4), "circulate 2" (walk forward two spaces) (4); left hand dancer
turn around and partner swing; end swing facing original direction and new couples
progressed and on the other side of the 4-some
Note:
* At the start of the dance, identify your traveling buddy of the opposite role. This
is your shadow. When doing the circulate two think of the direction you are facing as a
racetrack or a paperclip - if you get to the end you will loop to your left to continue.
You will end up in the place of the 2 people in front of you. You will pass 3 people and
take the hand of the 4th. If you loop, looping counts as passing one person. When you
remake the wave of two, the person you take left hands with is your shadow,
*Please note new name and discard previous name of the dance.
Link to video that will help describe the dance:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1daSO086UwpoRA-J3C2j2jN2uQkwQGN4n/view?usp=…
* We only had 8 people, so after partner swing, we faced back in to repeat the dance.
Normally after partner swing you would face your original direction to have new couples to
play with.
* The musician was playing "Softly Good Tummas' on a lark and because it is
such a fabulous tune. That tune is not requisite for the dance.
Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his)
Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate Center
1:26 p.m.
New subject: "long lines forward+back" in 4-face-4
On 2022-10-18 9:02 a.m., Tony Parkes via Contra Callers wrote:
... “long lines forward and back” ... is so unusual in 4x4s (in fact, I
don’t think I’ve encountered it before)
In The Caller's Box, searching for Formation = "Four Facing Four"
and Figures match "long lines", I get 10 hits:
https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/?formation=Four+Facing+Fo…
Of those, the 'most popular' (according to the rather arbitrary metric of
number of videos) is "Major Hey" by Erik Hoffman (which might also be the
only one of them that I've danced myself).
Anyhow, that's 10 out of 422 four-face-four dances in the db, so yes fairly
unusual.
-Michael
2:33 p.m.
New subject: "long lines forward+back" in 4-face-4
On 2022-10-18 9:26 a.m., Michael Dyck wrote:
In The Caller's Box, searching for Formation = "Four Facing Four"
and Figures match "long lines", I get 10 hits:
https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/?formation=Four+Facing+Fo…
Whoops, that should be:
https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/?title=&author=&f…
(Checked it this time.)
-Michael
20 Oct
20 Oct
5:54 p.m.
New subject: "long lines forward+back" in 4-face-4
So I remember the 4 facing 4 configuration as being called a "Portland Fancy" or
"as in Portland Fancy". The "Portland Fancy" dance itself dates back
to the 1800's and has several versions. Here's a 32 bar one from David Millstone:
https://youtu.be/J3o2m1aNq0M The B part has "lines forward and back" and then
pass thru to start again.. Pretty clear what F&B means, but when I call the dance I
always call "lines of 4 forward and back" as several others have suggested on
this thread.
In doing my research on this, I came across this video entitled Portland Fancy with Judy
Garland and Gene Kelly. This is from the 1950 film "Summer Stock" where an old
time barn dance disintegrates into a swing dance.. Kind of says what was happening back in
the 50's with traditional dancing but somehow, we survived.. heh heh.. here it is:
https://youtu.be/ILjNJ-4RUYE
bill
<https://youtu.be/ILjNJ-4RUYE>
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Subject: [Callers] Re: "long lines forward+back" in 4-face-4
On 2022-10-18 9:26 a.m., Michael Dyck wrote:
In The Caller's Box, searching for Formation = "Four Facing Four"
and Figures match "long lines", I get 10 hits:
https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibibl…
Whoops, that should be:
https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibibl…
(Checked it this time.)
-Michael
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18 Oct
18 Oct
1:39 p.m.
New subject: New dance for your consideration
Short lines forward and back! :-)
—jh—
On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 9:02 AM Tony Parkes via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi, Seth and all… Two points:
1. I’m aware that a lot of folks use “long lines” as shorthand for “long
lines forward and back.” It bugs me, but that’s probably just my age and
eccentricity. But I humbly submit that in a 4x4, where there are fewer
conventions – things taken for granted – than in a longways, it’s helpful
to spell out as much as possible.
2. Do you really mean “long lines forward and back,” not “forward and back
up and down the hall”? The former call is so unusual in 4x4s (in fact, I
don’t think I’ve encountered it before) that I think it merits a note below
the description.
Cheers,
Tony
Tony Parkes
Billerica, Mass.
www.hands4.com
New book! Square Dance Calling: An Old Art for a New Century
(available now)
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*Subject:* [Callers] Re: New dance for your consideration
Hello Callers.
Update on the dance previously presented. Thank you Bill Baritompa for the
suggestion to switch to left hand waves. Much more satisfying! Thank you
Tanya for the naming feedback.
Title: Two for Tea*
Author: Seth Tepfer
Formation: 4x4
A1: Long lines (8), in fours, Right hand chain to neighbor (8)
A2: Same person DSD (8), Neighbor swing (8)
B1: in fours, balance the ring (4), petronella spin to a wave of two -
give neighbor LEFT hand to form short waves of two people; balance (4),
"circulate 2" (walk forward two spaces) (4)
B2: balance (4), "circulate 2" (walk forward two spaces) (4); left hand
dancer turn around and partner swing; end swing facing original direction
and new couples progressed and on the other side of the 4-some
Note:
- At the start of the dance, identify your traveling buddy of the
opposite role. This is your shadow. When doing the circulate two think of
the direction you are facing as a racetrack or a paperclip - if you get to
the end you will loop to your left to continue. You will end up in the
place of the 2 people in front of you. You will pass 3 people and take the
hand of the 4th. If you loop, looping counts as passing one person.
When you remake the wave of two, the person you take left hands with is
your shadow,
*Please note new name and discard previous name of the dance.
Link to video that will help describe the dance:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1daSO086UwpoRA-J3C2j2jN2uQkwQGN4n/view?usp=…
- We only had 8 people, so after partner swing, we faced back in to
repeat the dance. Normally after partner swing you would face your original
direction to have new couples to play with.
- The musician was playing "Softly Good Tummas' on a lark and because
it is such a fabulous tune. That tune is not requisite for the dance.
Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his)
Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate Center
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19 Oct
2:36 a.m.
New subject: New dance for your consideration
I've always used "lines of four go forward and back" for most 4x4 dances.
On Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 09:02 Tony Parkes via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi, Seth and all… Two points:
1. I’m aware that a lot of folks use “long lines” as shorthand for “long
lines forward and back.” It bugs me, but that’s probably just my age and
eccentricity. But I humbly submit that in a 4x4, where there are fewer
conventions – things taken for granted – than in a longways, it’s helpful
to spell out as much as possible.
2. Do you really mean “long lines forward and back,” not “forward and back
up and down the hall”? The former call is so unusual in 4x4s (in fact, I
don’t think I’ve encountered it before) that I think it merits a note below
the description.
Cheers,
Tony
Tony Parkes
Billerica, Mass.
www.hands4.com
New book! Square Dance Calling: An Old Art for a New Century
(available now)
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Hello Callers.
Update on the dance previously presented. Thank you Bill Baritompa for the
suggestion to switch to left hand waves. Much more satisfying! Thank you
Tanya for the naming feedback.
Title: Two for Tea*
Author: Seth Tepfer
Formation: 4x4
A1: Long lines (8), in fours, Right hand chain to neighbor (8)
A2: Same person DSD (8), Neighbor swing (8)
B1: in fours, balance the ring (4), petronella spin to a wave of two -
give neighbor LEFT hand to form short waves of two people; balance (4),
"circulate 2" (walk forward two spaces) (4)
B2: balance (4), "circulate 2" (walk forward two spaces) (4); left hand
dancer turn around and partner swing; end swing facing original direction
and new couples progressed and on the other side of the 4-some
Note:
- At the start of the dance, identify your traveling buddy of the
opposite role. This is your shadow. When doing the circulate two think of
the direction you are facing as a racetrack or a paperclip - if you get to
the end you will loop to your left to continue. You will end up in the
place of the 2 people in front of you. You will pass 3 people and take the
hand of the 4th. If you loop, looping counts as passing one person.
When you remake the wave of two, the person you take left hands with is
your shadow,
*Please note new name and discard previous name of the dance.
Link to video that will help describe the dance:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1daSO086UwpoRA-J3C2j2jN2uQkwQGN4n/view?usp=…
- We only had 8 people, so after partner swing, we faced back in to
repeat the dance. Normally after partner swing you would face your original
direction to have new couples to play with.
- The musician was playing "Softly Good Tummas' on a lark and because
it is such a fabulous tune. That tune is not requisite for the dance.
Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his)
Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate Center
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21 Oct
2:57 a.m.
New subject: [External] RE: New dance for your consideration
Tony
Thank you for your feedback. Instead of saying "long lines forward and back", I
could have said "lines of four go forward and back", though technically they are
going up and down. Perhaps "short lines, go forward and back"
I want the dance to be clearly understood by all.
Seth
Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his)
Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate Center
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Subject: [External] RE: New dance for your consideration
Hi, Seth and all… Two points:
1. I’m aware that a lot of folks use “long lines” as shorthand for “long lines forward and
back.” It bugs me, but that’s probably just my age and eccentricity. But I humbly submit
that in a 4x4, where there are fewer conventions – things taken for granted – than in a
longways, it’s helpful to spell out as much as possible.
2. Do you really mean “long lines forward and back,” not “forward and back up and down the
hall”? The former call is so unusual in 4x4s (in fact, I don’t think I’ve encountered it
before) that I think it merits a note below the description.
Cheers,
Tony
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Billerica, Mass.
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New book! Square Dance Calling: An Old Art for a New Century
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Subject: [Callers] Re: New dance for your consideration
Hello Callers.
Update on the dance previously presented. Thank you Bill Baritompa for the suggestion to
switch to left hand waves. Much more satisfying! Thank you Tanya for the naming feedback.
Title: Two for Tea*
Author: Seth Tepfer
Formation: 4x4
A1: Long lines (8), in fours, Right hand chain to neighbor (8)
A2: Same person DSD (8), Neighbor swing (8)
B1: in fours, balance the ring (4), petronella spin to a wave of two - give neighbor LEFT
hand to form short waves of two people; balance (4), "circulate 2" (walk forward
two spaces) (4)
B2: balance (4), "circulate 2" (walk forward two spaces) (4); left hand dancer
turn around and partner swing; end swing facing original direction and new couples
progressed and on the other side of the 4-some
Note:
* At the start of the dance, identify your traveling buddy of the opposite role. This
is your shadow. When doing the circulate two think of the direction you are facing as a
racetrack or a paperclip - if you get to the end you will loop to your left to continue.
You will end up in the place of the 2 people in front of you. You will pass 3 people and
take the hand of the 4th. If you loop, looping counts as passing one person. When you
remake the wave of two, the person you take left hands with is your shadow,
*Please note new name and discard previous name of the dance.
Link to video that will help describe the dance:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1daSO086UwpoRA-J3C2j2jN2uQkwQGN4n/view?usp=…
* We only had 8 people, so after partner swing, we faced back in to repeat the dance.
Normally after partner swing you would face your original direction to have new couples to
play with.
* The musician was playing "Softly Good Tummas' on a lark and because it is
such a fabulous tune. That tune is not requisite for the dance.
Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his)
Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate Center
3:01 a.m.
New subject: [External] RE: New dance for your consideration
The dancers in the lines are going forward and back, so that seems OK to me.
Jonathan
On 10/20/2022 9:57 PM, Tepfer, Seth via Contra Callers wrote:
Tony
Thank you for your feedback. Instead of saying "long lines forward and back", I
could have said "lines of four go forward and back", though technically they are
going up and down. Perhaps "short lines, go forward and back"
I want the dance to be clearly understood by all.
Seth
Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his)
Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate Center
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*Subject:* [External] RE: New dance for your consideration
Hi, Seth and all… Two points:
1. I’m aware that a lot of folks use “long lines” as shorthand for “long lines forward
and back.” It bugs me, but that’s probably just my age and eccentricity. But I humbly
submit that in a 4x4, where there are fewer conventions – things taken for granted – than
in a longways, it’s helpful to spell out as much as possible.
2. Do you really mean “long lines forward and back,” not “forward and back up and down
the hall”? The former call is so unusual in 4x4s (in fact, I don’t think I’ve encountered
it before) that I think it merits a note below the description.
Cheers,
Tony
Tony Parkes
Billerica, Mass.
www.hands4.com
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Hello Callers.
Update on the dance previously presented. Thank you Bill Baritompa for the suggestion to
switch to left hand waves. Much more satisfying! Thank you Tanya for the naming
feedback.
Title: Two for Tea*
Author: Seth Tepfer
Formation: 4x4
A1: Long lines (8), in fours, Right hand chain to neighbor (8)
A2: Same person DSD (8), Neighbor swing (8)
B1: in fours, balance the ring (4), petronella spin to a wave of two - give neighbor LEFT
hand to form short waves of two people; balance (4), "circulate 2" (walk forward
two spaces) (4)
B2: balance (4), "circulate 2" (walk forward two spaces) (4); left hand dancer
turn around and partner swing; end swing facing original direction and new couples
progressed and on the other side of the 4-some
Note:
* At the start of the dance, identify your traveling buddy of the opposite role. This
is your shadow. When doing the circulate two think of the direction you are facing as a
racetrack or a paperclip - if you get to the end you will loop to your left to continue.
You will end up in the place of the 2 people in front of you. You will pass 3 people and
take the hand of the 4^th. If you loop, looping counts as passing one person. When you
remake the wave of two, the person you take left hands with is your shadow,
*Please note new name and discard previous name of the dance.
Link to video that will help describe the dance:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1daSO086UwpoRA-J3C2j2jN2uQkwQGN4n/view?usp=…
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* We only had 8 people, so after partner swing, we faced back in to repeat the dance.
Normally after partner swing you would face your original direction to have new couples to
play with.
* The musician was playing "Softly Good Tummas' on a lark and because it is
such a fabulous tune. That tune is not requisite for the dance.
Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his)
Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate Center
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New subject: [External] RE: New dance for your consideration
Wow! I had assumed you really meant "long lines", as in "Each couple face
across the hall" as opposed to facing up and down toward the next line of four as is
usual in 4x4s. If you mean the usual "Face another line of four," then
"Long lines" (with or without "forward and back") is just plain
inaccurate. Glad we clarified that.
Tony Parkes
Billerica, Mass.
www.hands4.com<http://www.hands4.com/>
New book! Square Dance Calling: An Old Art for a New Century
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Subject: Re: [External] RE: New dance for your consideration
Tony
Thank you for your feedback. Instead of saying "long lines forward and back", I
could have said "lines of four go forward and back", though technically they are
going up and down. Perhaps "short lines, go forward and back"
I want the dance to be clearly understood by all.
Seth
Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his)
Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate Center
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From: Tony Parkes <tony@hands4.com<mailto:tony@hands4.com>>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 9:02 AM
To: Tepfer, Seth <labst@emory.edu<mailto:labst@emory.edu>>; Caller's
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Subject: [External] RE: New dance for your consideration
Hi, Seth and all... Two points:
1. I'm aware that a lot of folks use "long lines" as shorthand for
"long lines forward and back." It bugs me, but that's probably just my age
and eccentricity. But I humbly submit that in a 4x4, where there are fewer conventions -
things taken for granted - than in a longways, it's helpful to spell out as much as
possible.
2. Do you really mean "long lines forward and back," not "forward and back
up and down the hall"? The former call is so unusual in 4x4s (in fact, I don't
think I've encountered it before) that I think it merits a note below the
description.
Cheers,
Tony
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Subject: [Callers] Re: New dance for your consideration
Hello Callers.
Update on the dance previously presented. Thank you Bill Baritompa for the suggestion to
switch to left hand waves. Much more satisfying! Thank you Tanya for the naming feedback.
Title: Two for Tea*
Author: Seth Tepfer
Formation: 4x4
A1: Long lines (8), in fours, Right hand chain to neighbor (8)
A2: Same person DSD (8), Neighbor swing (8)
B1: in fours, balance the ring (4), petronella spin to a wave of two - give neighbor LEFT
hand to form short waves of two people; balance (4), "circulate 2" (walk forward
two spaces) (4)
B2: balance (4), "circulate 2" (walk forward two spaces) (4); left hand dancer
turn around and partner swing; end swing facing original direction and new couples
progressed and on the other side of the 4-some
Note:
* At the start of the dance, identify your traveling buddy of the opposite role. This
is your shadow. When doing the circulate two think of the direction you are facing as a
racetrack or a paperclip - if you get to the end you will loop to your left to continue.
You will end up in the place of the 2 people in front of you. You will pass 3 people and
take the hand of the 4th. If you loop, looping counts as passing one person. When you
remake the wave of two, the person you take left hands with is your shadow,
*Please note new name and discard previous name of the dance.
Link to video that will help describe the dance:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1daSO086UwpoRA-J3C2j2jN2uQkwQGN4n/view?usp=…
* We only had 8 people, so after partner swing, we faced back in to repeat the dance.
Normally after partner swing you would face your original direction to have new couples to
play with.
* The musician was playing "Softly Good Tummas' on a lark and because it is
such a fabulous tune. That tune is not requisite for the dance.
Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his)
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