26 Feb
2023
26 Feb
'23
4:47 p.m.
Hi folks,
Any favourite unusual length dances or dances that do unusual things with
timings - across the music or unusual figure lengths? I'm thinking dances
like Money musk at 24 bars and Major hey at 40 bars for instance.
Thanks,
Bob
26 Feb
26 Feb
5:29 p.m.
Fan in the Doorway slip jig AABBCC
Utah Reel by Jeremy Korr, 48 bar, all 4 corners contra-corners dance
40 Years of Penguin Pam by Seth Tepfer, 48 bars
On Feb 26, 2023, at 13:48, Bob Morgan via Contra
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Hi folks,
Any favourite unusual length dances or dances that do unusual things with timings -
across the music or unusual figure lengths? I'm thinking dances like Money musk at 24
bars and Major hey at 40 bars for instance.
Thanks,
Bob
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5:32 p.m.
Hi Bob,
There is Cherokee Shuffle by David Kaynor which is 36 bars. There is also
Pink Pigtails by John Meechan which is 48 bars.
Graham
On Sunday, 26 February 2023, Bob Morgan via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi folks,
Any favourite unusual length dances or dances that do unusual things with
timings - across the music or unusual figure lengths? I'm thinking dances
like Money musk at 24 bars and Major hey at 40 bars for instance.
Thanks,
Bob
8:42 p.m.
Hello All,
One I used to call years ago is “Whistling Thief”, danced to the tune of the same name, a
40 bar jig. I believe the dance is by Debbie Low who is/was married to fiddler Vinnie
Tufo. It is a fairly easy dance, but has an unusual “B” part. A1 and A2 are 8 bars. B1 and
B2 are 10 bars with a short swing-balance-swing at the end of each B. The late Bob
Hubbach of the Ruffwater Stringband played it a lot.
John B. Freeman SFTPOCTJ
27 Feb
27 Feb
3:18 a.m.
Sue Rosen has one with a 10-bar B-music:
Walk Along John to Kansas
Longways duple improper
A1: Do-si-do neighbour. Swing.
A2: Men allemande left one and a half. Swing partner.
B1: (10 bars) Lines forward and back. Pass the ocean to wave with partner in right
hand; balance the wave;
allemande right half-way (2 steps), men allemande left half-way (2 steps).
B2: Pass neighbour right shoulder: hey three-quarters to that same wave (12 steps).
Balance the wave;
ladies allemande left half-way (2 steps); all walk forward to new neighbour (2 steps).
See and hear the music at:
http://colinhume.com/abc.aspx?T=Walk_Along_John_to_Kansas
Colin Hume
26 Feb
26 Feb
7:42 p.m.
And Black Joke -
the one in the community-level version that goes
8 measures plus Hey, Down, Diddledy Dum
8 measures plus Hey, Down, Diddledy Dum
4 claps, 4 claps
8 measures plus Hey, Down, Diddledy Dum
that can be a contra or a sicilian
and which can of course also be much more elegant or complex or
athletic if you replace the sung "diddledy"s with a circle balance or
setting step or capers- but don't look up the history!
On 2/26/23, Bob Morgan via Contra Callers
<contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi folks,
Any favourite unusual length dances or dances that do unusual things with
timings - across the music or unusual figure lengths? I'm thinking dances
like Money musk at 24 bars and Major hey at 40 bars for instance.
Thanks,
Bob
27 Feb
27 Feb
2 a.m.
Hi Bob
Mine include:
Short But Sweet (24 bar) -
http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#ShortButSweet
Crazy Little Thing (24 bar) -
http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#CrazyLittleThing
Little Lost Elephant (24 bar) -
http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#LittleLostElephant
Cheers
Keith
Hi folks,
Any favourite unusual length dances or dances that do unusual things
with timings - across the music or unusual figure lengths? I'm
thinking dances like Money musk at 24 bars and Major hey at 40 bars
for instance.
Thanks,
Bob
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11:03 p.m.
Mike Richardson wrote several nice dances for 2-part slip jigs, including The Peacock
Follows the Hen and Here’s to 40 More (both on caller’s box). There isn’t time for a
partner swing and a neighbor swing, so I don’t call them as often as I used to.
I’m still refining Otho’s Chorus (also on caller’s box), which uses a 3-part slip jig.
It's too early to call it a favorite (and feedback welcome).
I’m wondering if anyone knows of any good waltz-time dances that go over well with contra
crowds. (One thing I really miss in contra vs english is dancing to varied time
signatures.)
Regards,
Russell
On Feb 26, 2023, at 1:47 PM, Bob Morgan via Contra
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Hi folks,
Any favourite unusual length dances or dances that do unusual things with timings -
across the music or unusual figure lengths? I'm thinking dances like Money musk at 24
bars and Major hey at 40 bars for instance.
Thanks,
Bob
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28 Feb
28 Feb
2:34 a.m.
On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 20:03:48 -0800, Russell Owen via Contra Callers wrote:
Mike Richardson wrote several nice dances for 2-part
slip jigs, including The Peacock Follows the Hen and Here's to
40 More (both on caller's box). There isn't time for a partner swing and a
neighbor swing, so I don't call them
as often as I used to.
I think that's a sad comment on contra dancing today. Surely adding interest and
variety is more important than having
a partner swing and neighbor swing in every dance. Are we being bullied by a vocal
minority?
Colin Hume
2:12 p.m.
Not quite to the letter but perhaps the theme of the prompt, a while back I wrote a 28-bar
dance meant to be danced to a standard 32-bar tune:
_*Bar Crawl - Isaac Banner*_
*A1*
(8) Neighbor allemande RH 1.5 to trade places
- LH to next neighbor to form a long wave
(8) Long waves balance forward/back, box circulate CW
*A2*
(16) Partner balance/swing
*B1*
(8) Long lines forward+back
(8) Right hand chain to neighbors
*B2*
(8) Partner RH balance across, square through 2 (on to new neighbors)
The idea is that after the band has played 7 times through the tune, you'll have
danced 8 times through the dance. Each time through the dance it drifts one phrase
"up" through the tune (the second time through "starts" with the long
waves balance, e.g.). It's written to have fairly clear 8s, with exception for the
swing-to-lines between A2 and B1. Having called it a few times, it seems to confuse
callers the most and new dancers the least (ha!).
Isaac Banner
On Mon, Feb 27, 2023, at 11:34 PM, Colin Hume via Contra Callers wrote:
On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 20:03:48 -0800, Russell Owen via
Contra Callers wrote:
Mike Richardson wrote several nice dances for
2-part slip jigs, including The Peacock Follows the Hen and Here's to
40 More (both on caller's box). There isn't time for a partner swing and a
neighbor swing, so I don't call them
as often as I used to.
I think that's a sad comment on contra dancing today. Surely adding interest and
variety is more important than having
a partner swing and neighbor swing in every dance. Are we being bullied by a vocal
minority?
Colin Hume
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1 Mar
1 Mar
8:41 a.m.
Thanks for all the ideas folks, most helpful and Isaac that's perfect for
my workshop at Chippenham.
Bob
On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 7:12 PM Isaac Banner via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Not quite to the letter but perhaps the theme of the
prompt, a while back
I wrote a 28-bar dance meant to be danced to a standard 32-bar tune:
*Bar Crawl - Isaac Banner*
*A1*
(8) Neighbor allemande RH 1.5 to trade places
- LH to next neighbor to form a long wave
(8) Long waves balance forward/back, box circulate CW
*A2*
(16) Partner balance/swing
*B1*
(8) Long lines forward+back
(8) Right hand chain to neighbors
*B2*
(8) Partner RH balance across, square through 2 (on to new neighbors)
The idea is that after the band has played 7 times through the tune,
you'll have danced 8 times through the dance. Each time through the dance
it drifts one phrase "up" through the tune (the second time through
"starts" with the long waves balance, e.g.). It's written to have fairly
clear 8s, with exception for the swing-to-lines between A2 and B1. Having
called it a few times, it seems to confuse callers the most and new dancers
the least (ha!).
Isaac Banner
On Mon, Feb 27, 2023, at 11:34 PM, Colin Hume via Contra Callers wrote:
On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 20:03:48 -0800, Russell Owen via Contra Callers wrote:
Mike Richardson wrote several nice dances for
2-part slip jigs,
including The Peacock Follows the Hen and Here's to
40 More (both on caller's box). There
isn't time for a partner swing
and a neighbor swing, so I don't call them
as often as I used to.
I think that's a sad comment on contra dancing today. Surely adding
interest and variety is more important than having
a partner swing and neighbor swing in every dance. Are we being bullied
by a vocal minority?
Colin Hume
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