4 Jun
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4 Jun
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8:56 a.m.
Linda, that's a great dance! But chiming in as another relatively new
caller, can you please explain the last figure?
"16 WR 1?; Sw N"
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1. Re: Favorite Hot Weather Dances (barbara153(a)aol.com)
2. Re: Favorite Hot Weather Dances (barbara153(a)aol.com)
3. Re: Favorite Hot Weather Dances (Linda Mrosko)
4. Re: Greenfield Formation (Keith Tuxhorn)
5. Re: "Full sashay"/"MadRobin" (was Re: Arms Folded in
Dosidos)
(Colin Hume)
6. Re: Greenfield Formation (Keith Tuxhorn)
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Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 14:43:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: barbara153(a)aol.com
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Linda
Can you send the moves to Marianne the Magnificant? I am calling two gigs
in non AC place in July and August.
Does anyone know any other dances that would be good for hot weather and
not exhausting for the dancers? Please share.
Thanx
Barbara G
Toms River, NJ
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"Gypsy Round Two" by Tom Hinds is good, and a dance I call "Unknown
#24"
because whoever I got it from didn't have a name for it and didn't know
the choreographer either:
Unknown #24
A1/A2 Balance & Petronella Twirl 4x
B1 Circle Left 1x; Swing Neighbor
B2 Forward & Back; Couple 1 Swing in the middle & face the next
Good to use as the third dance of the evening.
One more dance I can think of that allows some rest is "Marianne the
Magnificant" by Susan Elberger. One other called mentioned to me he like
the "pause" that occurs when the women crossed and walk around behind their
partner.
You can also consider any dances that end in Couple One swinging in the
middle (except Contra Corner dances that can really heat one couple up -
although "Alternating Corners," also known as AC/DC, by Jim Kitch gives
each couple a break every other time through the dance).
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*Looking forward,
Linda S. Mrosko
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Hanny
Where would I find them? New to the calling game so pardon my ignorance
but what/who is "Anon"
Barbara G
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They are all traditional, authored by 'Anon', except for Waterfall Waltz
which
was written by Pat Shaw.
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Here you go:
*MARIANNE THE MAGNIFICENT* (Susan Elberger)
Improper
(NOTE: Have the 2 Women look at each other and let them know they will end
up in that same spot in just a minute.)
8 DSD N
8 W walk straight across & walk round behind P passing him by
the R shoulder & end on Left side of P (the space ID'd in "note"
above)
16 Circle four to the Left; Sw P
16 Prom across; R&L thru back
16 WR 1?; Sw N
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Linda S. Mrosko
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Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 23:10:39 -0500
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If Greenfield wants to glorify themselves with a title, shouldn't they be
the ones to come up with something? I'm really busy trying to make my own
local dance a better one...
And, Mr. Isaacs, shouldn't you be busy publishing a book of your dances?...
Doing that would bring much joy to contra communities around the world, not
just to one!
Keith Tuxhorn
Austin, TX
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On Sat, 1 Jun 2013 11:55:13 -0500, Jonathan Sivier wrote:
> And, Mr. Isaacs, shouldn't you be
busy publishing a book of your
> dances?... Doing that would bring much joy to contra communities around
the
> world, not just to one!
> Keith Tuxhorn
> Austin, TX
> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 2:25 AM, Erik Hoffman <erik(a)erikhoffman.com
>wrote:
>> Aha! So, there are two
"Becket" formations in a double contra.
>>
>> One is where a line of four travels together in two lines and the other
>> is where there are four lines, and couples travel together in parallel
>> lines, but do things together somewhere in the dance...
>>
>> ~erik hoffman
>> oakland, ca
>>
>>
>> On 5/19/2013 11:09 PM, Michael Fuerst wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Eric:
>>>
>>> Al Olson's dances have a different formation from Major Hey. In
Al's
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Can you share the moves to Lady of the Lake,
Waterfall Waltz, Waves of
Troy
and Fisher's Hornpipe as well as the authors.
Thanx
Barbara G
TomsRiver,NJ
> Lady of the Lake, Waterfall Waltz, Waves of Tory, Fisher's Hornpipe -
all
> cool, nice and 'wet'. Just
kidding....
> Hanny
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Aha! So, there are two "Becket"
formations in a double contra.
One is where a line of four travels together in two lines and the other
is
where there are four lines, and couples travel
together in parallel
lines,
but do things together somewhere in the dance...
~erik hoffman
oakland, ca
On 5/19/2013 11:09 PM, Michael Fuerst wrote:
> Hello Eric:
>
> Al Olson's dances have a different formation from Major Hey. In Al's
> dances, four face four across the set and each time through the dance,
> groups of four advance left to face a new group of four
>
> Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801
> 217-239-5844
>
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> Subject: Re: [Callers] Greenfield Formation
>
> I made up a dance years ago, called Major Hey, a Becket 4-face-4. Never
> knew we were nicknaming that "greenfield position." Now, if someone
> hadn't mentioned that Al Olson also played around with that idea, I'd
> say, we need a West Coast name for that formation. And since Major Hey
> came out of a dance I did with George Marshall, at BACDS' Spring
> Weekend, I'd suggest is should be called "Monte Toyon Formation."
But,
> what the heck, I'm gonna just keep calling it a Becket Double Contra...
>
> Major Hey
> Becket Double Contra
> Note Directions:
> Direction of Progression
> Direction of "original wall"
>
> A1 In fours, circle left 3/4, pass through up & down in Direction of
> Progression
> With neighbor you meet, swing. End facing partner (four long
> lines)
> A2 Those lines go forward & back
> Men allemande left 1-1/2 to make a wave of 8 across
> (W-M-M-W-W-M-M-W)
> B1 Rory O'More Balances, towards partner,
> B2 Half a hey for eight, start passing partners right shoulder
> C1 Partner balance & swing
>
> And, yes, another 40-bar dance....
>
> ~erik hoffman
> oakland, ca
>
>
>
> On 5/16/2013 10:04 AM, Luke Donforth wrote:
>
>> The Proper Becket formation, and the nickname for it, have been kicking
>> around for years. Does that really count as a new formation for contra?
>> (And would Greenfield really want the nickname associated with it?)
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:52 AM, Bob Green <bobgreen(a)swbell.net>
wrote:
>>
>> O.K. , here is an entry, with two dances by Jim Hemphill. We have
danced
>>> one of them, the other is by concept
only, but will be vetted this
>>> weekend.
>>> The formation might be described as "proper becket" - if you line
up
>>> proper
>>> and turn the group of four one place to the left.
>>> Jim's first dance, nicknamed* Missionary Men*, suggests another way
to
>>> describe this formation. I had
written an English style dance using
this
>>> also, but Jim's dances are vastly
superior I think.
>>>
>>> Proper Becket (proposed "Greenfield formation)
>>> A1 1st corners Chain with a courtesy turn
>>> Mad robin (1st corners in 1st) then step to an ocean wave (1st
>>> corners
>>> in center join right, left to same sex neighbor)
>>> A2 Balance right and left, slide right
>>> Partner swing
>>> B1 Slide left circle left 3
>>> Neighbor swing
>>> B2 Ladies chain, gent 1 roll your partner away
>>> Long line forward and back
>>> Fairly similar to May the 5th Be With You
>>>
>>> http://dancevideos.childgrove.**org/contra/contra-modern/443-**
>>> mission-men<
http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/443-mission-men>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 5:49 AM, Bob Isaacs <isaacsbob(a)hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The Friends of the Guiding Star Grange in Greenfield, MA invite you
to
>>>> enter The Greenfield Formation
Contest - please see the attached for
>>>> details. We look forward to seeing what you come up with -
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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The name, and figure, almost certainly come from
the English
country dance Mad Robin (Playford 1687) as reconstructed by Cecil
Sharp in 1922. In this dance the 1's do the figure of dancing
around their neighbor, usually while maintaining eye contact with
their partner, and then the 2's do it.
No, that's the American way rather than the Cecil Sharp way. The ones
are already progressed at this point, and Sharp says "First woman
moves up the middle and casts down to second place; while the first
man casts up and moves down the middle into the second place." The
fixed stare at partner is an American thing. Playford also uses the
word "cast" - you can see the facsimile at:
www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/indexes/dancingmaster/Dance/Play4204.htm
Sharp and Playford then have the ones doing it the other way round -
man up the middle and cast, woman cast up and move down the middle -
though I quite understand callers wanting the twos to have a go!
On Sat, 1 Jun 2013 14:11:47 -0400, Andrea Nettleton wrote:
I have also hard the move called a shuttle, which
I think
diminishes the flirty part too much.
Again, the flirty part is an American invention. I call it a shuttle
because I think it's a good descriptive word. I've also heard it
called Sliding Doors, but (to be pedantic) sliding doors just slide
there and back; they don't go round each other!
Colin Hume
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Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 09:32:44 -0500
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The above response was sent 95% with a smile on my face, and 5% wondering
about Greenfield's desires... Just to clarify.
Keith
On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 11:10 PM, Keith Tuxhorn <keithlmt(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> If Greenfield wants to glorify themselves with a title, shouldn't they be
> the ones to come up with something? I'm really busy trying to make my own
> local dance a better one...
>> dances, four face four across the set and
each time through the dance,
>> groups of four advance left to face a new group of four
>>
>> Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801
>> 217-239-5844
>>
>> ______________________________**__
>> From: Erik Hoffman <erik(a)erikhoffman.com>
>> To: Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
>> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:45 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Callers] Greenfield Formation
>>
>> I made up a dance years ago, called Major Hey, a Becket 4-face-4. Never
>> knew we were nicknaming that "greenfield position." Now, if someone
>> hadn't mentioned that Al Olson also played around with that idea, I'd
>> say, we need a West Coast name for that formation. And since Major Hey
>> came out of a dance I did with George Marshall, at BACDS' Spring
>> Weekend, I'd suggest is should be called "Monte Toyon Formation."
But,
>> what the heck, I'm gonna just keep calling it a Becket Double Contra...
>>
>> Major Hey
>> Becket Double Contra
>> Note Directions:
>> Direction of Progression
>> Direction of "original wall"
>>
>> A1 In fours, circle left 3/4, pass through up & down in Direction of
>> Progression
>> With neighbor you meet, swing. End facing partner (four long
>> lines)
>> A2 Those lines go forward & back
>> Men allemande left 1-1/2 to make a wave of 8 across
>> (W-M-M-W-W-M-M-W)
>> B1 Rory O'More Balances, towards partner,
>> B2 Half a hey for eight, start passing partners right shoulder
>> C1 Partner balance & swing
>>
>> And, yes, another 40-bar dance....
>>
>> ~erik hoffman
>> oakland, ca
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5/16/2013 10:04 AM, Luke Donforth wrote:
>>
>>> The Proper Becket formation, and the nickname for it, have been
kicking
>>> around for years. Does that really
count as a new formation for
contra?
>>> (And would Greenfield really want the
nickname associated with it?)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:52 AM, Bob Green <bobgreen(a)swbell.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> O.K. , here is an entry, with two dances by Jim Hemphill. We have
>>>> danced
>>>> one of them, the other is by concept only, but will be vetted this
>>>> weekend.
>>>> The formation might be described as "proper becket" - if you
line up
>>>> proper
>>>> and turn the group of four one place to the left.
>>>> Jim's first dance, nicknamed* Missionary Men*, suggests another way
to
>>>> describe this formation. I had
written an English style dance using
>>>> this
>>>> also, but Jim's dances are vastly superior I think.
>>>>
>>>> Proper Becket (proposed "Greenfield formation)
>>>> A1 1st corners Chain with a courtesy turn
>>>> Mad robin (1st corners in 1st) then step to an ocean wave (1st
>>>> corners
>>>> in center join right, left to same sex neighbor)
>>>> A2 Balance right and left, slide right
>>>> Partner swing
>>>> B1 Slide left circle left 3
>>>> Neighbor swing
>>>> B2 Ladies chain, gent 1 roll your partner away
>>>> Long line forward and back
>>>> Fairly similar to May the 5th Be With You
>>>>
>>>> http://dancevideos.childgrove.**org/contra/contra-modern/443-**
>>>> mission-men<
http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/443-mission-men>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 5:49 AM, Bob Isaacs
<isaacsbob(a)hotmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi All:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The Friends of the Guiding Star Grange in Greenfield, MA invite you
to
>>>>> enter The Greenfield
Formation Contest - please see the attached for
>>>>> details. We look forward to seeing what you come up with -
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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4 Jun
10:47 a.m.
New subject: Marianne the Magnificent
Sorry for any confusion. My shorthand from years of quickly writing down
dances.
Women Almd R 1-1/2; Swing Neighbor
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Linda S. Mrosko
7302 CR 2829
Mabank, Texas 75156
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3:23 p.m.
New subject: Marianne the Magnificent
One more dance I can think of that allows some rest is
"Marianne the
Magnificant" by Susan Elberger. One other called
mentioned to me he like
the "pause" that occurs when the women crossed and walk around behind their
partner.
When I wrote this dance, as a gift at Marianne's 65th birthday surprise party, I
intended the women's walk around their partners to be mirrored by their partners
turning in place as they went by, admiring them as they go. The women should take the
full eight beats of music to move, so that they arrive just in time to begin the circle
left without a pause. When teaching the dance, callers should remind the women to slow
down to allow for the admiration and for getting to their new places at the right time for
the circle.
Susan Elberger
Lowell, Massachusetts
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