28 Jan
2023
28 Jan
'23
7:20 a.m.
So I've been experimenting with the new ChatGBT program, mainly to determine whether
my job as an English teacher is in danger of becoming obsolete (it's not). While I was
at it, I decided to see if it could write a functional contra dance. This is what I
entered, and what it produced.
Write a 32-bar contra dance that starts improper, includes a partner swing, a neighbor
swing, and a full hey:
(8 bars) Start improper with your partner, swing left and right, Come back to place with a
do-si-do in sight
(8 bars) Swing your neighbor with a smile on your face, Then circle left, it's a
wondrous embrace
(8 bars) Swing your partner with a twirl and a spin, Then switch places, and let the fun
begin
(8 bars) Full hey now, join hands and take a bow, The contra dance is just getting started
now!
End the contra dance with a grand finale, Swinging and smiling, what a perfect finale!
I don't think callers' and dance choreographers' jobs are in much danger
either!
28 Jan
28 Jan
12:29 p.m.
New subject: ChatGBT
(Intended tongue in cheek)
Okay, so, lemme get this straight.
First, you swing young partner in the center of the set, and then stop,
dosido back to place.
Tight choreography, indeed.
Then face your neighbor up and down and swing, again, only 8 beats and
pausing mid-stanza. This one flows into a circle left, so, perhaps a bit
more doable, if less conventional.
Let's assume for the sake of good choreography that the circle is 3/4, so
partners will be on the side for the second swing. That gives them a couple
beats for the suggested flourish of a twirl. And while it lists the "switch
places" as a separate sentence, I think we could just infer this is a
regular swing and end facing across, trading that way.
The full hey could be led by the Larks, but we still wind up with people in
Becket Formation. So, assuming notation is correct, we could perhaps infer
that this dance is a novel no-progression dance in sets of four, which
rotates 90 degrees each time through.
The remaining things could just be interpreted as patter, given that it is
present through the whole notation.
The first swing is short, but given we have two partner swings, adding a
little bow, perhaps a truncated type, may not be so bad.
Alternatively, the A1 swing to dosido could be a single move, like a
bouquet swing. Again, the author chose to notate it with patter so it means
some interpretation.
Really, the biggest flaw in the dance is that ChatGPT has no intrinsic
sense of how a human inner ear works, and has written a dance with what
seems like 48 beats of clockwise rotation. And, given I know some human
choreographers who have written and called dances nearly this much, it may
not be a disqualifying item.
"Human Being Did Not Write This Contra Dance" by ChatGBT
Improper/Becket Contra, No Progression
A1. Larks Give and Take, P Swing in Center (16), to face Ns
A2. Neighbor Swing (8), join hands (2)
Circle L 3/4 (6)
B1. P Swing (16)
B2. Hey For Four (16)
But there could be a simpler explanation. What if ChatGPT just put the bars
notation oddly? Like, "the contra dance is just getting started now" sounds
like the "join hands and take a bow" is actually the first move, describing
a balance.
"Human Being Contra Dance" by ChatGBT, Chuck Abell, Julian Blechner
Improper Contra
A1. N DSD (6)
NS (10), end facing across
A2. Circle L 3/4 (6)
PS (10)
B1. Hey for 4 (to next Ns) (16) (LL, NR, RL, PR)
B2. P Bal, Bouquet Swing to next Ns (4, 12)
And look, it's a reasonable amount of clockwise.
I know I started tongue-in-cheek, but, this is an interesting idea for a
dance. I better publish my choreo book soon, I guess, before the robot
overlords take over!
The real sin, in my opinion, is ChatGPT rhyming "finale" with
"finale". Ew.
In dance,
Julian B
On Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 8:20 AM Charles Abell via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
So I've been experimenting with the new ChatGBT
program, mainly to
determine whether my job as an English teacher is in danger of becoming
obsolete (it's not). While I was at it, I decided to see if it could write
a functional contra dance. This is what I entered, and what it produced.
Write a 32-bar contra dance that starts improper, includes a partner
swing, a neighbor swing, and a full hey:
(8 bars) Start improper with your partner, swing left and right, Come back
to place with a do-si-do in sight
(8 bars) Swing your neighbor with a smile on your face, Then circle left,
it's a wondrous embrace
(8 bars) Swing your partner with a twirl and a spin, Then switch places,
and let the fun begin
(8 bars) Full hey now, join hands and take a bow, The contra dance is just
getting started now!
End the contra dance with a grand finale, Swinging and smiling, what a
perfect finale!
I don't think callers' and dance choreographers' jobs are in much danger
either!
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4:06 p.m.
New subject: ChatGBT
Now all we need to do is come up with a figure for the call, "Open the pod bay
doors." Maybe some sort of variation of "dip and dive." ;-)
Jonathan
On 1/28/2023 3:56 PM, Isaac Banner via Contra Callers wrote:
Why wait, let’s hook this up to the text-to-speech
engine from Moonbase Alpha and we’re in **business** - “Tonight’s callers are ChatGPT and
Perfect Paul, please be patient with them they’re only just starting out.”
Not a robot,
Isaac
On Jan 28, 2023, at 10:30 AM, Julian Blechner via
Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
(Intended tongue in cheek)
Okay, so, lemme get this straight.
First, you swing young partner in the center of the set, and then stop, dosido back to
place.
Tight choreography, indeed.
Then face your neighbor up and down and swing, again, only 8 beats and pausing
mid-stanza. This one flows into a circle left, so, perhaps a bit more doable, if less
conventional.
Let's assume for the sake of good choreography that the circle is 3/4, so partners
will be on the side for the second swing. That gives them a couple beats for the suggested
flourish of a twirl. And while it lists the "switch places" as a separate
sentence, I think we could just infer this is a regular swing and end facing across,
trading that way.
The full hey could be led by the Larks, but we still wind up with people in Becket
Formation. So, assuming notation is correct, we could perhaps infer that this dance is a
novel no-progression dance in sets of four, which rotates 90 degrees each time through.
The remaining things could just be interpreted as patter, given that it is present
through the whole notation.
The first swing is short, but given we have two partner swings, adding a little bow,
perhaps a truncated type, may not be so bad.
Alternatively, the A1 swing to dosido could be a single move, like a bouquet swing.
Again, the author chose to notate it with patter so it means some interpretation.
Really, the biggest flaw in the dance is that ChatGPT has no intrinsic sense of how a
human inner ear works, and has written a dance with what seems like 48 beats of clockwise
rotation. And, given I know some human choreographers who have written and called dances
nearly this much, it may not be a disqualifying item.
"Human Being Did Not Write This Contra Dance" by ChatGBT
Improper/Becket Contra, No Progression
A1. Larks Give and Take, P Swing in Center (16), to face Ns
A2. Neighbor Swing (8), join hands (2)
Circle L 3/4 (6)
B1. P Swing (16)
B2. Hey For Four (16)
But there could be a simpler explanation. What if ChatGPT just put the bars notation
oddly? Like, "the contra dance is just getting started now" sounds like the
"join hands and take a bow" is actually the first move, describing a balance.
"Human Being Contra Dance" by ChatGBT, Chuck Abell, Julian Blechner
Improper Contra
A1. N DSD (6)
NS (10), end facing across
A2. Circle L 3/4 (6)
PS (10)
B1. Hey for 4 (to next Ns) (16) (LL, NR, RL, PR)
B2. P Bal, Bouquet Swing to next Ns (4, 12)
And look, it's a reasonable amount of clockwise.
I know I started tongue-in-cheek, but, this is an interesting idea for a dance. I better
publish my choreo book soon, I guess, before the robot overlords take over!
The real sin, in my opinion, is ChatGPT rhyming "finale" with
"finale". Ew.
In dance,
Julian B
On Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 8:20 AM Charles Abell via Contra Callers
<contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
<mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
So I've been experimenting with the new ChatGBT program, mainly to determine
whether my job as an English teacher is in danger of becoming obsolete (it's not).
While I was at it, I decided to see if it could write a functional contra dance. This is
what I entered, and what it produced.
Write a 32-bar contra dance that starts improper, includes a partner swing, a
neighbor swing, and a full hey:
(8 bars) Start improper with your partner, swing left and right, Come back to
place with a do-si-do in sight
(8 bars) Swing your neighbor with a smile on your face, Then circle left,
it's a wondrous embrace
(8 bars) Swing your partner with a twirl and a spin, Then switch places, and let
the fun begin
(8 bars) Full hey now, join hands and take a bow, The contra dance is just
getting started now!
End the contra dance with a grand finale, Swinging and smiling, what a perfect
finale!
I don't think callers' and dance choreographers' jobs are in much danger
either!
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4:12 p.m.
New subject: ChatGBT
I'm sorry, Jonathan. I can't do that.
;)
On Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 5:07 PM Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Now all we need to do is come up with a figure for
the call, "Open the
pod bay doors." Maybe some sort of variation of "dip and dive." ;-)
Jonathan
On 1/28/2023 3:56 PM, Isaac Banner via Contra Callers wrote:
Why wait, let’s hook this up to the
text-to-speech engine from Moonbase
Alpha and we’re in **business** - “Tonight’s
callers are ChatGPT and
Perfect Paul, please be patient with them they’re only just starting out.”
Not a robot,
Isaac
> On Jan 28, 2023, at 10:30 AM, Julian Blechner via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>
> (Intended tongue in cheek)
>
> Okay, so, lemme get this straight.
>
> First, you swing young partner in the center of the set, and then stop,
dosido
back to place.
>
> Tight choreography, indeed.
>
> Then face your neighbor up and down and swing, again, only 8 beats and
pausing
mid-stanza. This one flows into a circle left, so, perhaps a bit
more doable, if less conventional.
>
> Let's assume for the sake of good choreography that the circle is 3/4,
so
partners will be on the side for the second swing. That gives them a
couple beats for the suggested flourish of a twirl. And while it lists the
"switch places" as a separate sentence, I think we could just infer this is
a regular swing and end facing across, trading that way.
>
> The full hey could be led by the Larks, but we still wind up with
people in
Becket Formation. So, assuming notation is correct, we could
perhaps infer that this dance is a novel no-progression dance in sets of
four, which rotates 90 degrees each time through.
>
> The remaining things could just be interpreted as patter, given that it
is
present through the whole notation.
>
> The first swing is short, but given we have two partner swings, adding
a
little bow, perhaps a truncated type, may not be so bad.
>
> Alternatively, the A1 swing to dosido could be a single move, like a
bouquet
swing. Again, the author chose to notate it with patter so it means
some interpretation.
>
> Really, the biggest flaw in the dance is that ChatGPT has no intrinsic
sense
of how a human inner ear works, and has written a dance with what
seems like 48 beats of clockwise rotation. And, given I know some human
choreographers who have written and called dances nearly this much, it may
not be a disqualifying item.
>
> "Human Being Did Not Write This Contra Dance" by ChatGBT
> Improper/Becket Contra, No Progression
>
> A1. Larks Give and Take, P Swing in Center (16), to face Ns
>
> A2. Neighbor Swing (8), join hands (2)
> Circle L 3/4 (6)
>
> B1. P Swing (16)
>
> B2. Hey For Four (16)
>
> But there could be a simpler explanation. What if ChatGPT just put the
bars
notation oddly? Like, "the contra dance is just getting started now"
sounds like the "join hands and take a bow" is actually the first move,
describing a balance.
>
> "Human Being Contra Dance" by ChatGBT, Chuck Abell, Julian Blechner
> Improper Contra
>
> A1. N DSD (6)
> NS (10), end facing across
> A2. Circle L 3/4 (6)
> PS (10)
> B1. Hey for 4 (to next Ns) (16) (LL, NR, RL, PR)
> B2. P Bal, Bouquet Swing to next Ns (4, 12)
>
> And look, it's a reasonable amount of clockwise.
>
> I know I started tongue-in-cheek, but, this is an interesting idea for
a
dance. I better publish my choreo book soon, I guess, before the robot
overlords take over!
>
> The real sin, in my opinion, is ChatGPT rhyming "finale" with
"finale".
Ew.
>
> In dance,
> Julian B
>
> On Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 8:20 AM Charles Abell via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
>
> So I've been experimenting with the new ChatGBT program, mainly to
determine whether my job as an English teacher is in danger of becoming
obsolete (it's not). While I was at it, I decided to see if it could write
a functional contra dance. This is what I entered, and what it produced.
> Write a 32-bar contra dance that starts
improper, includes a
partner swing, a neighbor swing, and a full hey:
>
> (8 bars) Start improper with your partner, swing left and
right, Come
back to place with a do-si-do in sight
> (8 bars) Swing your neighbor with a
smile on your face, Then
circle left, it's a wondrous embrace
> (8 bars) Swing your partner with a
twirl and a spin, Then
switch places, and let the fun begin
> (8 bars) Full hey now, join hands and
take a bow, The contra
dance is just getting started now!
> End the contra dance with a grand
finale, Swinging and smiling,
what a perfect finale!
>
>
> I don't think callers' and dance choreographers' jobs are in much
danger either!
>
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7 p.m.
New subject: ChatGBT
I played with it some as well, and tried to figure out how much it
understood: https://www.jefftk.com/p/can-gpt-3-write-contra-dances
When given an example contra dance it generated new ones with real terms,
correctly divided it into A1/A2/B1/B2, and kept 16 beats to the section.
But it didn't understand how many beats each figure was, how to progress
dancers with their partners, or how to write satisfying dances.
Jeff
On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 5:12 PM Julian Blechner via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I'm sorry, Jonathan. I can't do that.
;)
On Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 5:07 PM Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Now all we need to do is come up with a
figure for the call, "Open
the pod bay doors." Maybe some sort of variation of "dip and dive." ;-)
Jonathan
On 1/28/2023 3:56 PM, Isaac Banner via Contra Callers wrote:
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Why wait, let’s hook this up to the
text-to-speech engine from Moonbase
Alpha and we’re in **business** - “Tonight’s
callers are ChatGPT and
Perfect Paul, please be patient with them they’re only just starting out.”
Not a robot,
Isaac
> On Jan 28, 2023, at 10:30 AM, Julian Blechner via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>
> (Intended tongue in cheek)
>
> Okay, so, lemme get this straight.
>
> First, you swing young partner in the center of the set, and then
stop, dosido
back to place.
>
> Tight choreography, indeed.
>
> Then face your neighbor up and down and swing, again, only 8 beats and
pausing
mid-stanza. This one flows into a circle left, so, perhaps a bit
more doable, if less conventional.
>
> Let's assume for the sake of good choreography that the circle is 3/4,
so
partners will be on the side for the second swing. That gives them a
couple beats for the suggested flourish of a twirl. And while it lists the
"switch places" as a separate sentence, I think we could just infer this is
a regular swing and end facing across, trading that way.
>
> The full hey could be led by the Larks, but we still wind up with
people in
Becket Formation. So, assuming notation is correct, we could
perhaps infer that this dance is a novel no-progression dance in sets of
four, which rotates 90 degrees each time through.
>
> The remaining things could just be interpreted as patter, given that
it is
present through the whole notation.
>
> The first swing is short, but given we have two partner swings, adding
a
little bow, perhaps a truncated type, may not be so bad.
>
> Alternatively, the A1 swing to dosido could be a single move, like a
bouquet
swing. Again, the author chose to notate it with patter so it means
some interpretation.
>
> Really, the biggest flaw in the dance is that ChatGPT has no intrinsic
sense
of how a human inner ear works, and has written a dance with what
seems like 48 beats of clockwise rotation. And, given I know some human
choreographers who have written and called dances nearly this much, it may
not be a disqualifying item.
>
> "Human Being Did Not Write This Contra Dance" by ChatGBT
> Improper/Becket Contra, No Progression
>
> A1. Larks Give and Take, P Swing in Center (16), to face Ns
>
> A2. Neighbor Swing (8), join hands (2)
> Circle L 3/4 (6)
>
> B1. P Swing (16)
>
> B2. Hey For Four (16)
>
> But there could be a simpler explanation. What if ChatGPT just put the
bars
notation oddly? Like, "the contra dance is just getting started now"
sounds like the "join hands and take a bow" is actually the first move,
describing a balance.
>
> "Human Being Contra Dance" by ChatGBT, Chuck Abell, Julian Blechner
> Improper Contra
>
> A1. N DSD (6)
> NS (10), end facing across
> A2. Circle L 3/4 (6)
> PS (10)
> B1. Hey for 4 (to next Ns) (16) (LL, NR, RL, PR)
> B2. P Bal, Bouquet Swing to next Ns (4, 12)
>
> And look, it's a reasonable amount of clockwise.
>
> I know I started tongue-in-cheek, but, this is an interesting idea for
a
dance. I better publish my choreo book soon, I guess, before the robot
overlords take over!
>
> The real sin, in my opinion, is ChatGPT rhyming "finale" with
"finale". Ew.
>
> In dance,
> Julian B
>
> On Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 8:20 AM Charles Abell via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
>
> So I've been experimenting with the new ChatGBT program, mainly to
determine whether my job as an English teacher is in danger of becoming
obsolete (it's not). While I was at it, I decided to see if it could write
a functional contra dance. This is what I entered, and what it produced.
> Write a 32-bar contra dance that starts
improper, includes a
partner swing, a neighbor swing, and a full hey:
>
> (8 bars) Start improper with your partner, swing left and
right, Come
back to place with a do-si-do in sight
> (8 bars) Swing your neighbor with a
smile on your face, Then
circle left, it's a wondrous embrace
> (8 bars) Swing your partner with a
twirl and a spin, Then
switch places, and let the fun begin
> (8 bars) Full hey now, join hands and
take a bow, The contra
dance is just getting started now!
> End the contra dance with a grand
finale, Swinging and
smiling, what a perfect finale!
>
>
> I don't think callers' and dance choreographers' jobs are in much
danger either!
>
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4:44 p.m.
New subject: ChatGBT
lol
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From: Julian Blechner via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2023 5:12 PM
To: Jonathan Sivier <jsivier(a)illinois.edu>
Cc: Shared Weight Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
Subject: [Callers] Re: ChatGBT
I'm sorry, Jonathan. I can't do that.
;)
On Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 5:07 PM Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers
<contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>>
wrote:
Now all we need to do is come up with a figure for the call, "Open the pod bay
doors." Maybe some sort of variation of "dip and dive." ;-)
Jonathan
On 1/28/2023 3:56 PM, Isaac Banner via Contra Callers wrote:
Why wait, let’s hook this up to the text-to-speech
engine from Moonbase Alpha and we’re in **business** - “Tonight’s callers are ChatGPT and
Perfect Paul, please be patient with them they’re only just starting out.”
Not a robot,
Isaac
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On Jan 28, 2023, at 10:30 AM, Julian Blechner via
Contra Callers
<contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>>
wrote:
(Intended tongue in cheek)
Okay, so, lemme get this straight.
First, you swing young partner in the center of the set, and then stop, dosido back to
place.
Tight choreography, indeed.
Then face your neighbor up and down and swing, again, only 8 beats and pausing
mid-stanza. This one flows into a circle left, so, perhaps a bit more doable, if less
conventional.
Let's assume for the sake of good choreography that the circle is 3/4, so partners
will be on the side for the second swing. That gives them a couple beats for the suggested
flourish of a twirl. And while it lists the "switch places" as a separate
sentence, I think we could just infer this is a regular swing and end facing across,
trading that way.
The full hey could be led by the Larks, but we still wind up with people in Becket
Formation. So, assuming notation is correct, we could perhaps infer that this dance is a
novel no-progression dance in sets of four, which rotates 90 degrees each time through.
The remaining things could just be interpreted as patter, given that it is present
through the whole notation.
The first swing is short, but given we have two partner swings, adding a little bow,
perhaps a truncated type, may not be so bad.
Alternatively, the A1 swing to dosido could be a single move, like a bouquet swing.
Again, the author chose to notate it with patter so it means some interpretation.
Really, the biggest flaw in the dance is that ChatGPT has no intrinsic sense of how a
human inner ear works, and has written a dance with what seems like 48 beats of clockwise
rotation. And, given I know some human choreographers who have written and called dances
nearly this much, it may not be a disqualifying item.
"Human Being Did Not Write This Contra Dance" by ChatGBT
Improper/Becket Contra, No Progression
A1. Larks Give and Take, P Swing in Center (16), to face Ns
A2. Neighbor Swing (8), join hands (2)
Circle L 3/4 (6)
B1. P Swing (16)
B2. Hey For Four (16)
But there could be a simpler explanation. What if ChatGPT just put the bars notation
oddly? Like, "the contra dance is just getting started now" sounds like the
"join hands and take a bow" is actually the first move, describing a balance.
"Human Being Contra Dance" by ChatGBT, Chuck Abell, Julian Blechner
Improper Contra
A1. N DSD (6)
NS (10), end facing across
A2. Circle L 3/4 (6)
PS (10)
B1. Hey for 4 (to next Ns) (16) (LL, NR, RL, PR)
B2. P Bal, Bouquet Swing to next Ns (4, 12)
And look, it's a reasonable amount of clockwise.
I know I started tongue-in-cheek, but, this is an interesting idea for a dance. I better
publish my choreo book soon, I guess, before the robot overlords take over!
The real sin, in my opinion, is ChatGPT rhyming "finale" with
"finale". Ew.
In dance,
Julian B
On Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 8:20 AM Charles Abell via Contra Callers
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So I've been experimenting with the new ChatGBT program, mainly to determine
whether my job as an English teacher is in danger of becoming obsolete (it's not).
While I was at it, I decided to see if it could write a functional contra dance. This is
what I entered, and what it produced.
Write a 32-bar contra dance that starts improper, includes a partner swing, a
neighbor swing, and a full hey:
(8 bars) Start improper with your partner, swing left and right, Come back to
place with a do-si-do in sight
(8 bars) Swing your neighbor with a smile on your face, Then circle left,
it's a wondrous embrace
(8 bars) Swing your partner with a twirl and a spin, Then switch places, and let
the fun begin
(8 bars) Full hey now, join hands and take a bow, The contra dance is just
getting started now!
End the contra dance with a grand finale, Swinging and smiling, what a perfect
finale!
I don't think callers' and dance choreographers' jobs are in much danger
either!
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28 Jan
3:58 p.m.
New subject: ChatGBT
It did get the smiling part exactly right. I think I might use, "Swing your
neighbor with a smile on your face"
On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 8:20 AM Charles Abell via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
So I've been experimenting with the new ChatGBT
program, mainly to
determine whether my job as an English teacher is in danger of becoming
obsolete (it's not). While I was at it, I decided to see if it could write
a functional contra dance. This is what I entered, and what it produced.
Write a 32-bar contra dance that starts improper, includes a partner
swing, a neighbor swing, and a full hey:
(8 bars) Start improper with your partner, swing left and right, Come back
to place with a do-si-do in sight
(8 bars) Swing your neighbor with a smile on your face, Then circle left,
it's a wondrous embrace
(8 bars) Swing your partner with a twirl and a spin, Then switch places,
and let the fun begin
(8 bars) Full hey now, join hands and take a bow, The contra dance is just
getting started now!
End the contra dance with a grand finale, Swinging and smiling, what a
perfect finale!
I don't think callers' and dance choreographers' jobs are in much danger
either!
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7 p.m.
New subject: ChatGBT
Everyone is commenting on the AI, but what about the A2, and the BI and B2?
(NOTE: This pun may not work in every typeface).
Jerome Grisanti
30 Jan
30 Jan
2:35 p.m.
New subject: ChatGBT
AI, CARAMBA!
Tony Parkes
Billerica, Mass.
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New book! Square Dance Calling: An Old Art for a New Century
(available now)
From: Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
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Subject: [Callers] Re: ChatGBT
Everyone is commenting on the AI, but what about the A2, and the BI and B2?
(NOTE: This pun may not work in every typeface).
Jerome Grisanti
9:24 p.m.
New subject: ChatGBT
Human Being Contra Dance has now been called and danced.
On Mon, Jan 30, 2023, 3:35 PM Tony Parkes via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
AI, CARAMBA!
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: ChatGBT
Everyone is commenting on the AI, but what about the A2, and the BI and B2?
(NOTE: This pun may not work in every typeface).
Jerome Grisanti
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