12 Dec
2007
12 Dec
'07
12:09 p.m.
Coras Reel Gale Wood (2006)
Duple Proper
Jigs
A1 Cir 3 (L) W1 Orbit(R) 8
Cir 3 (R) W1 Orbit(L) 8
A2 Dwn Hall 3 x 1 (MMW, W) 8
(or: 4N Line MM, WW)
M turn Alone W turn as Coup
Up Hall 8
Cast Around (Proper)
B1 1s Pull by Across Set 16
Sw Neigh (Original)
B2 Act B&S 16
(End Proper!)
A1 Cir 3 is #1 man (between) with #2s
#1 Woman ends in original position
A2 #1 Man in-between #2s (MML)
For Cora Hasler, The best dog ever!
I penned this dance to honor a hiking buddy, who finished the NH 4000
footers
Cora is a Bernease mountain dog who is very dear to me. Her partner
organizes
the Gilmanton NH 2nd Saturday Contra Dance.
When Cora is in the hall she thinks it is her job to heard the dancers,
thus the 1st
Woman circling the other 3 in A1 and escorting in A2
I have called the dance on a couple of occasions to Experienced Dancers
And it does work
Of course the dance needs to be called to Jigs (as a play on Chorus Jig)
Original Message:
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From: Tepfer, Seth LABST(a)emory.edu
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:52:35 -0500
To: gtwood(a)worldpath.net, callers(a)sharedweight.net
Subject: RE: [Callers] weird contra dances
I'd love that dance if you have a chance!
Seth Tepfer
Director of Administrative Computing
Oxford College of Emory University
seth.tepfer(a)emory.edu
770-784-8487
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From: callers-bounces(a)sharedweight.net [mailto:callers-
bounces(a)sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of gtwood(a)worldpath.net
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 4:44 PM
To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] weird contra dances
HI Seth
Sounds like fun but.... please refine notation
or possibly its just my browser???
If I have time tomorrow I'll send a dance that
I created.
Thanks
Gale Wood
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14 Dec
14 Dec
12:50 p.m.
New subject: weird contra dances
We ended up with around 12 people Wed night, of which 5 are callers, 2 are children, 2 are
Math/Engineering PhDs.
We had slightly more than an hour so we couldn't cover all the dances I was sent. I
tried to focus on the dances that were the most challenging to conceptualize in my head
(ie, do a mental walk thru), or the ones that I was most concerned about end effects or
strange transitions.
We danced:
· Broken Corners, Alan Cheetham (1/2 contra corners, than the 2's finish contra
corners).
· California Twirling, Janet Levatin (balance, Montana Twirl to face back in)
· Around the Horn, John Nance (slide left, circle ½)
· Trip from Toohoolie, Janet Shepherd (circle, roll away, slide, swing)
· Interwoven Promenades, Chris Page (down the hall à CCW promenade à up the hall à CW
promenade)
· Rosie the Welder, Mark Hillegonds (contra corners with box gnat/swat the flea)
(Dave, I have a hard time visualizing all the possibilities with "Whose Turn"
but Cis called it two weeks ago so I felt covered).
The music we used was from the "Tidal Wave" CD. Having hard driving quebequios
music helps. I cannot recommend Tidal Wave enough!
Basically all the dances were a hit except Broken Corners. After 30 minutes of walk thrus,
we decided it is not worth the work. A fun idea, but needs more work on implementation.
I'll be calling "Around the Horn" and "California Twirling"
tonight. Possibly "Rosie the Welder" and possibly "Interwoven
Promeandes".
Thanks for the fun dances! I'll try to have comments about the individual dances to
the authors later.
Seth Tepfer
Director of Administrative Computing
Oxford College of Emory University
seth.tepfer(a)emory.edu
770-784-8487
5:22 p.m.
New subject: weird contra dances
Hey, Seth, glad you could use my dance (California Twirlin')! I would
appreciate any feedback that is generated.
Thanks, Janet
On Dec 14, 2007, at 1:50 PM, Tepfer, Seth wrote:
We ended up with around 12 people Wed night, of which
5 are callers, 2
are children, 2 are Math/Engineering PhDs.
We had slightly more than an hour so we couldn't cover all the dances
I was sent. I tried to focus on the dances that were the most
challenging to conceptualize in my head (ie, do a mental walk thru),
or the ones that I was most concerned about end effects or strange
transitions.
We danced:
· Broken Corners, Alan Cheetham (1/2 contra corners, than the 2's
finish contra corners).
· California Twirling, Janet Levatin (balance, Montana Twirl to face
back in)
· Around the Horn, John Nance (slide left, circle ½)
· Trip from Toohoolie, Janet Shepherd (circle, roll away, slide, swing)
· Interwoven Promenades, Chris Page (down the hall à CCW promenade à
up the hall à CW promenade)
· Rosie the Welder, Mark Hillegonds (contra corners with box gnat/swat
the flea)
(Dave, I have a hard time visualizing all the possibilities with
"Whose Turn" but Cis called it two weeks ago so I felt covered).
The music we used was from the "Tidal Wave" CD. Having hard driving
quebequios music helps. I cannot recommend Tidal Wave enough!
Basically all the dances were a hit except Broken Corners. After 30
minutes of walk thrus, we decided it is not worth the work. A fun
idea, but needs more work on implementation.
I'll be calling "Around the Horn" and "California Twirling"
tonight.
Possibly "Rosie the Welder" and possibly "Interwoven Promeandes".
Thanks for the fun dances! I'll try to have comments about the
individual dances to the authors later.
Seth Tepfer
Director of Administrative Computing
Oxford College of Emory University
seth.tepfer(a)emory.edu
770-784-8487
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