25 Jun
2018
25 Jun
'18
8:03 p.m.
Hi folks,
I ran this at a monthly dance, and it was well received; so I figured I'd
share it around. To my knowledge it's new. Please correct me if you know of
a prior.
The interesting/odd bit is the transition from B2 to A1, where the ladies
role comes out of a left hand star with old neighbors to start a hey by the
left shoulder in the middle with new neighbors. It flows well, but is
unexpected.
*Hubert Humphrey Deserves More Than Just a Song By Tom Lehrer*
by Luke Donforth
Improper, duple minor contra
A1
Ladies start full hey by the left
A2
Neighbor gyre and swing
B1
Circle Left 3/4
Partner Swing
B2
Ladies chain across
Left Hand Star 1x
As for the title, well, I was on a presidents and folk music kick. Writing
titles is harder than writing dances...
Enjoy.
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25 Jun
25 Jun
8:31 p.m.
On 2018-06-25 04:03 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers wrote:
Hi folks,
I ran this at a monthly dance, and it was well received; so I figured I'd
share it around. To my knowledge it's new. Please correct me if you know of
a prior.
If you replace the "gyre + swing" with "balance + swing", you get Greg
Frock's "Composition 100".
And if you move the gyre to the start of A1 (so the hey crosses the phrase),
you get one of the variants of Michael Fuerst's "Even Heaven Knows a Hey
No-No":
http://aptsg.org/Dance/dances.html#HeavenKnows
But I don't see an exact match.
-Michael
26 Jun
26 Jun
4:31 p.m.
Thanks Michael,
Do you happen to know if Greg Frock's was ladies starting by right or left
shoulder for the hey? With the balance there, it could be either way. If it
was a left shoulder hey, then I'd consider this a variation of that dance.
If it was a right shoulder hey, then I'm more inclined to consider them
separate.
On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 4:31 PM, Michael Dyck via Callers <
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On 2018-06-25 04:03 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers
wrote:
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Hi folks,
I ran this at a monthly dance, and it was well received; so I figured I'd
share it around. To my knowledge it's new. Please correct me if you know of
a prior.
If you replace the "gyre + swing" with "balance + swing", you get
Greg
Frock's "Composition 100".
And if you move the gyre to the start of A1 (so the hey crosses the
phrase), you get one of the variants of Michael Fuerst's "Even Heaven Knows
a Hey No-No":
http://aptsg.org/Dance/dances.html#HeavenKnows
But I don't see an exact match.
-Michael
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5:28 p.m.
On 2018-06-26 12:31 PM, Luke Donforth wrote:
Thanks Michael,
Do you happen to know if Greg Frock's was ladies starting by right or left
shoulder for the hey? With the balance there, it could be either way. If it
was a left shoulder hey, then I'd consider this a variation of that dance.
If it was a right shoulder hey, then I'm more inclined to consider them
separate.
The info I have says the hey starts with women passing left, same as yours.
(I don't have an authoritative reference though.)
-Michael
25 Jun
25 Jun
8:35 p.m.
Here's one I'm familiar with off the top of my head featuring that
transition (called it at NEFFA this year):
*Belmont Romp - Becket - Dan Pearl (var DonV)*
A1 Circle Left 3/4x, Neighbor Swing
A2 Long Lines Fwd/Back (note next N)
Star Left 1x to Gents face out, Ladies in
B1 NEXT Ns Full Hey (Ladies pass LEFT in center)
B2 Ladies Cross, Partner Swing
Dan's original is "modified DI" starting with the hey and has a Circle Left
in place of the Long Lines. Page 94 of Give and Take.
-Don
On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 4:03 PM Luke Donforth via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi folks,
I ran this at a monthly dance, and it was well received; so I figured I'd
share it around. To my knowledge it's new. Please correct me if you know of
a prior.
The interesting/odd bit is the transition from B2 to A1, where the ladies
role comes out of a left hand star with old neighbors to start a hey by the
left shoulder in the middle with new neighbors. It flows well, but is
unexpected.
*Hubert Humphrey Deserves More Than Just a Song By Tom Lehrer*
by Luke Donforth
Improper, duple minor contra
A1
Ladies start full hey by the left
A2
Neighbor gyre and swing
B1
Circle Left 3/4
Partner Swing
B2
Ladies chain across
Left Hand Star 1x
As for the title, well, I was on a presidents and folk music kick. Writing
titles is harder than writing dances...
Enjoy.
--
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10:03 p.m.
Here’s one I wrote in back in 1993 (I was ahead of my time?)
Harvesting the Hey
Becket
A1 Left diagonal, right and left thru
Straight across, right and left thru
A2 Star left once around
With the NEXT (shadow - leave partners), star right once around
B1 With the previous (the same four as the left hand star), Hey for four (ladies pass
right in the center)
B2 Partners balance and swing
Jeffrey Spero
On Jun 25, 2018, at 1:35 PM, Don Veino via Callers
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Here's one I'm familiar with off the top of my head featuring that transition
(called it at NEFFA this year):
Belmont Romp - Becket - Dan Pearl (var DonV)
A1 Circle Left 3/4x, Neighbor Swing
A2 Long Lines Fwd/Back (note next N)
Star Left 1x to Gents face out, Ladies in
B1 NEXT Ns Full Hey (Ladies pass LEFT in center)
B2 Ladies Cross, Partner Swing
Dan's original is "modified DI" starting with the hey and has a Circle Left
in place of the Long Lines. Page 94 of Give and Take.
-Don
On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 4:03 PM Luke Donforth via Callers
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wrote:
Hi folks,
I ran this at a monthly dance, and it was well received; so I figured I'd share it
around. To my knowledge it's new. Please correct me if you know of a prior.
The interesting/odd bit is the transition from B2 to A1, where the ladies role comes out
of a left hand star with old neighbors to start a hey by the left shoulder in the middle
with new neighbors. It flows well, but is unexpected.
Hubert Humphrey Deserves More Than Just a Song By Tom Lehrer
by Luke Donforth
Improper, duple minor contra
A1
Ladies start full hey by the left
A2
Neighbor gyre and swing
B1
Circle Left 3/4
Partner Swing
B2
Ladies chain across
Left Hand Star 1x
As for the title, well, I was on a presidents and folk music kick. Writing titles is
harder than writing dances...
Enjoy.
--
Luke Donforth
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26 Jun
26 Jun
4:36 p.m.
Jeff, that's an intricate one! I don't know that I'd run that one outside
of a challenge session.
Fun to see what you can put together when there doesn't have to be a
partner & neighbor swing ;-)
On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 6:03 PM, Jeffrey Spero via Callers <
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Here’s one I wrote in back in 1993 (I was ahead of my
time?)
Harvesting the Hey
Becket
A1 Left diagonal, right and left thru
Straight across, right and left thru
A2 Star left once around
With the NEXT (shadow - leave partners), star right once around
B1 With the previous (the same four as the left hand star), Hey for four
(ladies pass right in the center)
B2 Partners balance and swing
Jeffrey Spero
On Jun 25, 2018, at 1:35 PM, Don Veino via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Here's one I'm familiar with off the top of my head featuring that
transition (called it at NEFFA this year):
*Belmont Romp - Becket - Dan Pearl (var DonV)*
A1 Circle Left 3/4x, Neighbor Swing
A2 Long Lines Fwd/Back (note next N)
Star Left 1x to Gents face out, Ladies in
B1 NEXT Ns Full Hey (Ladies pass LEFT in center)
B2 Ladies Cross, Partner Swing
Dan's original is "modified DI" starting with the hey and has a Circle
Left in place of the Long Lines. Page 94 of Give and Take.
-Don
On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 4:03 PM Luke Donforth via Callers <
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Hi folks,
I ran this at a monthly dance, and it was well received; so I figured I'd
share it around. To my knowledge it's new. Please correct me if you know of
a prior.
The interesting/odd bit is the transition from B2 to A1, where the ladies
role comes out of a left hand star with old neighbors to start a hey by the
left shoulder in the middle with new neighbors. It flows well, but is
unexpected.
*Hubert Humphrey Deserves More Than Just a Song By Tom Lehrer*
by Luke Donforth
Improper, duple minor contra
A1
Ladies start full hey by the left
A2
Neighbor gyre and swing
B1
Circle Left 3/4
Partner Swing
B2
Ladies chain across
Left Hand Star 1x
As for the title, well, I was on a presidents and folk music kick.
Writing titles is harder than writing dances...
Enjoy.
--
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7:54 p.m.
Yeah… I know. I’m not one who believes that EVERY dance must have a neighbor swing. I
think there are some incredibly fine choreographies that can happen without that
requirement. That said, I wouldn’t program an entire night of them, lest I get rode out
of town on a rail!
J.
On Jun 26, 2018, at 9:36 AM, Luke Donforth via Callers
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Jeff, that's an intricate one! I don't know that I'd run that one outside of
a challenge session.
Fun to see what you can put together when there doesn't have to be a partner &
neighbor swing ;-)
On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 6:03 PM, Jeffrey Spero via Callers
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wrote:
Here’s one I wrote in back in 1993 (I was ahead of my time?)
Harvesting the Hey
Becket
A1 Left diagonal, right and left thru
Straight across, right and left thru
A2 Star left once around
With the NEXT (shadow - leave partners), star right once around
B1 With the previous (the same four as the left hand star), Hey for four (ladies pass
right in the center)
B2 Partners balance and swing
Jeffrey Spero
On Jun 25, 2018, at 1:35 PM, Don Veino via
Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
<mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
Here's one I'm familiar with off the top of my head featuring that transition
(called it at NEFFA this year):
Belmont Romp - Becket - Dan Pearl (var DonV)
A1 Circle Left 3/4x, Neighbor Swing
A2 Long Lines Fwd/Back (note next N)
Star Left 1x to Gents face out, Ladies in
B1 NEXT Ns Full Hey (Ladies pass LEFT in center)
B2 Ladies Cross, Partner Swing
Dan's original is "modified DI" starting with the hey and has a Circle Left
in place of the Long Lines. Page 94 of Give and Take.
-Don
On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 4:03 PM Luke Donforth via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>>
wrote:
Hi folks,
I ran this at a monthly dance, and it was well received; so I figured I'd share it
around. To my knowledge it's new. Please correct me if you know of a prior.
The interesting/odd bit is the transition from B2 to A1, where the ladies role comes out
of a left hand star with old neighbors to start a hey by the left shoulder in the middle
with new neighbors. It flows well, but is unexpected.
Hubert Humphrey Deserves More Than Just a Song By Tom Lehrer
by Luke Donforth
Improper, duple minor contra
A1
Ladies start full hey by the left
A2
Neighbor gyre and swing
B1
Circle Left 3/4
Partner Swing
B2
Ladies chain across
Left Hand Star 1x
As for the title, well, I was on a presidents and folk music kick. Writing titles is
harder than writing dances...
Enjoy.
--
Luke Donforth
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27 Jun
27 Jun
2:26 a.m.
Nathaniel Jack’s “Loon on the Lake” also has this figure in it:
(Becket, progresses left)
A1 8 Circle L 3/4
8 Neighbor Swing
A2 8 LL F+B
8 Star L 1x
B1 8 New women 1/2 hay L (men loop right to join, passing partner R)
8 Women Al L 1x, men walk around clockwise ½ way around to home side
B2 16 Partner Bal + Swing
NJ’s comments:
The second dance I wrote was loon on the lake. It had some flow problems and so
there's now a version 2. I don't keep version 1 around anymore, because I
don't think it's worth dancing, so make sure you're up to date! The only thing
I wish was different is I'd like the orbit to go straight into a swing (with no
balance) but 16 beats of swing alone is too much I think.
Sent from my iPad
On Jun 25, 2018, at 1:35 PM, Don Veino via Callers
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Here's one I'm familiar with off the top of my head featuring that transition
(called it at NEFFA this year):
Belmont Romp - Becket - Dan Pearl (var DonV)
A1 Circle Left 3/4x, Neighbor Swing
A2 Long Lines Fwd/Back (note next N)
Star Left 1x to Gents face out, Ladies in
B1 NEXT Ns Full Hey (Ladies pass LEFT in center)
B2 Ladies Cross, Partner Swing
Dan's original is "modified DI" starting with the hey and has a Circle Left
in place of the Long Lines. Page 94 of Give and Take.
-Don
On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 4:03 PM Luke Donforth via
Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi folks,
I ran this at a monthly dance, and it was well received; so I figured I'd share it
around. To my knowledge it's new. Please correct me if you know of a prior.
The interesting/odd bit is the transition from B2 to A1, where the ladies role comes out
of a left hand star with old neighbors to start a hey by the left shoulder in the middle
with new neighbors. It flows well, but is unexpected.
Hubert Humphrey Deserves More Than Just a Song By Tom Lehrer
by Luke Donforth
Improper, duple minor contra
A1
Ladies start full hey by the left
A2
Neighbor gyre and swing
B1
Circle Left 3/4
Partner Swing
B2
Ladies chain across
Left Hand Star 1x
As for the title, well, I was on a presidents and folk music kick. Writing titles is
harder than writing dances...
Enjoy.
--
Luke Donforth
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