26 Dec
2011
26 Dec
'11
1:27 p.m.
Below is the post with the dance. My question: what consitutes
"4-face-4 becket formation"??
~ Becky Nankivell
Title: Major Hey
Author: Erik Hoffman
Formation: 4-face-4, becket
A1: Circle Left 3/4, pass through; New Neighbor Swing
A2: Long Lines; Men allemande Left 1 1/2 (to a line of people across
both, sets, partners facing, men back-to-back)
B1: Balance, slide right (a la Rory O'More); balance left, slide left (a
la Rory O'More)
B2: face partner, use right hand to start 1/2 hey for 8 (16)**
C1: partner balance and swing
David (G), you are correct. The only difference between what Tom and
Gaye called are the B1 - the Rory O'More.
In teaching this dance, people need to remember that when they start
they hey they are passing their partner by the right and going opposite
directions from their partner -- though the next-to-the-outside two
people will immediately 'bounce' off the ends and effectively follow
their partners.
If you end up having two major sets (lines) of four-face-four, you need
to keep them widely separately. People have a tendency to keep hey-ing
across 16 people. Fun, but not necessarily this dance.
Seth Tepfer
Director of Administrative Computing
Oxford College of Emory University
seth.tepfer at emory.edu
770-784-8487
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Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:14:33 -0500
From: Chris Page <chriscpage(a)gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
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On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Hanny Budnick <kyrmyt(a)cavtel.net> wrote:
I failed to note it down immediately after dancing
it... Maybe one of you
can fill in the considerable gaps, please:
1) The choreography stems from 'someone in California'.
2) Formation: two improper contra lines, close together for a double dance
? across the whole set
3) there's a hey for all eight in it
Your turn....
Thanks, Hanny
"Major Hey" by Erik Hoffman? It also has Rory o' More slides in it,
and is 40 bars. Though I think it's a Becket 4-face-4.
-Chris Page
San Diego
26 Dec
26 Dec
2:54 p.m.
New subject: Double contra - whodunnit?
good question
Get in 4 face 4 so you recognize the other couple in your line
then take traditional hands 4 in regular contra lines
then turn 1/4 turn to Becket
Mac
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From: Becky Nankivell <becky4dance(a)gmail.com>
To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
Below is the post with the dance. My question: what consitutes
"4-face-4 becket formation"??
~ Becky Nankivell
Title: Major Hey
Author: Erik Hoffman
Formation: 4-face-4, becket
A1: Circle Left 3/4, pass through; New Neighbor Swing
A2: Long Lines; Men allemande Left 1 1/2 (to a line of people across
both, sets, partners facing, men back-to-back)
B1: Balance, slide right (a la Rory O'More); balance left, slide left (a
la Rory O'More)
B2: face partner, use right hand to start 1/2 hey for 8 (16)**
C1: partner balance and swing
David (G), you are correct. The only difference between what Tom and
Gaye called are the B1 - the Rory O'More.
In teaching this dance, people need to remember that when they start
they hey they are passing their partner by the right and going opposite
directions from their partner -- though the next-to-the-outside two
people will immediately 'bounce' off the ends and effectively follow
their partners.
If you end up having two major sets (lines) of four-face-four, you need
to keep them widely separately. People have a tendency to keep hey-ing
across 16 people. Fun, but not necessarily this dance.
Seth Tepfer
Director of Administrative Computing
Oxford College of Emory University
seth.tepfer at emory.edu
770-784-8487
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Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:14:33 -0500
From: Chris Page <chriscpage(a)gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
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On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Hanny Budnick <kyrmyt(a)cavtel.net> wrote:
I failed to note it down immediately after dancing
it... Maybe one of you
can fill in the considerable gaps, please:
1) The choreography stems from 'someone in California'.
2) Formation: two improper contra lines, close together for a double dance
? across the whole set
3) there's a hey for all eight in it
Your turn....
Thanks, Hanny
"Major Hey" by Erik Hoffman? It also has Rory o' More slides in it,
and is 40 bars. Though I think it's a Becket 4-face-4.
-Chris Page
San Diego
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11:30 a.m.
New subject: Double contra - whodunnit?
I have a question. At the end of A2 do they form long lines to start the B1 slides, or to
they make a line of 8 across? Do the slides in B1 go up/down or across? The statement
"to a line of people across both sets" seems to contradict "partners
facing...".
Thanks, Rich
Title: Major Hey
Author: Erik Hoffman
Formation: 4-face-4, becket
A1: Circle Left 3/4, pass through; New Neighbor Swing
A2: Long Lines; Men allemande Left 1 1/2 (to a line of people across
both, sets, partners facing, men back-to-back)
B1: Balance, slide right (a la Rory O'More); balance left, slide left (a
la Rory O'More)
B2: face partner, use right hand to start 1/2 hey for 8 (16)**
C1: partner balance and swing
12:52 p.m.
New subject: Double contra - whodunnit?
The ROM slides are always with your partner and happen across the set.
After the men allemande, dancers form a wave of 8, partner is in your
right hand (not facing). This is the point at which the dance goes
from being for 4 dancers, to including your other "trail buddies" in
the other set (the women in the two sets will need to take left hands
to make the complete wave of 8). Once the ROM balance and slides
happen, pulling by P to start the 1/2 hey for 8 then becomes more
logical.
I don't remember if anyone mentioned that the two sets dancing with
other need to be of equal length. It will work if there is an extra
couple at the bottom....but each set should have an extra couple. This
assures that you will always see your trail buddies in the 1/2 hey.
Linda
On Dec 27, 2011, at 11:30 AM, Rich Goss wrote:
I have a question. At the end of A2 do they form long
lines to
start the B1 slides, or to they make a line of 8 across? Do the
slides in B1 go up/down or across? The statement "to a line of
people across both sets" seems to contradict "partners facing...".
Thanks, Rich
Title: Major Hey
Author: Erik Hoffman
Formation: 4-face-4, becket
A1: Circle Left 3/4, pass through; New Neighbor Swing
A2: Long Lines; Men allemande Left 1 1/2 (to a line of people across
both, sets, partners facing, men back-to-back)
B1: Balance, slide right (a la Rory O'More); balance left, slide
left (a
la Rory O'More)
B2: face partner, use right hand to start 1/2 hey for 8 (16)**
C1: partner balance and swing
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New subject: Double contra - whodunnit?
Lines of 8 across. That statement you quote seems to be in the wrong place.
It fits better at the beginning of B2.
You have your partner in your right hand in the long wave; men by the left
(as they have just finished allmd Left.) The two women in the very center of
the wave of 8 take left hands.
Looking down from the ceiling, women are "o"; men are "x": oxxooxxo
This is a seriously fabulous dance. I like calling it best if the band has a
40 bar tune, but a band that can keep track of it's parts can repeat the B
part 3 times instead of 2.
Bree Kalb
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From: Rich Goss
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 11:30 AM
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Subject: Re: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
I have a question. At the end of A2 do they form long lines to start the B1
slides, or to they make a line of 8 across? Do the slides in B1 go up/down
or across? The statement "to a line of people across both sets" seems to
contradict "partners facing...".
Thanks, Rich
Title: Major Hey
Author: Erik Hoffman
Formation: 4-face-4, becket
A1: Circle Left 3/4, pass through; New Neighbor Swing
A2: Long Lines; Men allemande Left 1 1/2 (to a line of people across
both, sets, partners facing, men back-to-back)
B1: Balance, slide right (a la Rory O'More); balance left, slide left (a
la Rory O'More)
B2: face partner, use right hand to start 1/2 hey for 8 (16)**
C1: partner balance and swing
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