Re: Roger Auman - Contra Callers

1 Feb 2020

I'm so sorry to hear that Roger passed away.  I only met Roger twice,
separated by something like 6-7 years, and both when I was in Harrisburg
calling the dance before going to Pinewoods.  I didn't get a lot of time to
talk to Roger either time, but we talked long enough for him to give me a
dance (which I still have on an index card in his handwriting) and for me
to have a lasting impression of what a delightful gentleman he was.  I
don't see it in Bob's collection, so I thought I would share it as well.

Jack

*Chain Against the Grain* – Roger Auman
*Becket*

              CW/L

*A1*    Circle Left ¾
         N Sw

*A2*    w/N Promenade across, shift right
         after crossing the set, loop out to the right one place to face
new couple
              Circle RIGHT *1x*

*B1*    L Diagonal Ladies Chain to partner
              Straight across, ½ Hey ladies start by R Shoulder

*B2*    P B&S

On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 7:28 PM Bob Isaacs via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote:

...
  Hi All:

 Most of you probably didn't know Roger Auman, who passed away earlier this
 week.  Roger was a longtime avid contra dancer, a fine caller, an inventive
 choreographer, and most of all, as nice a person as you could ever hope to
 meet.  We would cross paths at dances in Princeton, Philly, Bethlehem, and
 many other places, and for several years we had this routine; I would come
 up to him at the break, and ask "What do you have today?" and he would show
 me a new dance* every time*.  It was fun to watch him progress from
 first-timer efforts to good to outright winners.  Attached are some of the
 gifts he left us.

 Roger hailed from Reading, PA, and if you happen to be at the nearby
 Birdsboro contra dance tomorrow, we will dance several of his to remember
 him.  For those of us in the Mid-Atlantic region who knew him well, he will
 be truly missed -

 Bob
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