1 Apr
2024
1 Apr
'24
5:30 p.m.
Hi folks-
As I've mentioned before, our Halifax group is not very advanced - we welcome a lot of
beginners each month, and our regulars are not super regular or super skilled.. - and so
the practice we've settled on is to choose one "feature figure" each month
to focus on teaching....
in the first part of the evening we break down the figure in detail so everyone gets a
chance to learn it inside-out... then do a few dances that has that figure in it, but
nothing else difficult (not even swings! unless swing is the feature figure for that
evening).
Then at the very end of the evening we do an "advanced segment" where we call a
few dances quickly with little teaching (probably more like what all of your dances look
like!) - and those dances include all sorts of figures that have been featured over the
past 6+ months.
(Usually most of the beginners have been tired out and gone home at this point)
Anyhow, this month our feature figure will be short wavy lines - and I don't have a
lot of experience with them myself.
Could anyone point me towards some videos where short wavy lines are featured?
I'm interested in being able to watch different fun things that can be done in SWLs...
including the Rory O'Moore sequence, and other simple/basic actions.
No need to send me videos of more elaborate and unusual types of SWL figures.
Also no need to worry about the content of the rest of the dance - I generally write
custom dances to incorporate the feature figure while keeping everything else way simpler
than you folks are used to :)
I want to do 3 dances with SWLs - each one with a slightly different type of SWL figure -
I can think of balancing then allemanding haflway around, repeat...
and the Rory O'Moore sequence as the final more tricky one...
But is there something else I could do in short wavy lines too?
and I would like to see the first two in action so I can make sure to feel confident in my
teaching!!
Many thanks :)
Kat in Hfx
4 Apr
4 Apr
9:14 p.m.
Here are dances you should find useful:
To teach wavy lines
"Positional Thinikning" https://aptsg.org/Dance/dances.html#PosTh
A great dance for beginners and for moderately skilled to guide beginners
"The Balter Dance" https://aptsg.org/Dance/dances.html#Balter
For dancers comfortable with a hey
"A.O.'s No-No" https://aptsg.org/Dance/dances.html#AOs
3 Apr
3 Apr
4:45 a.m.
You might check out Eleanor’s Reel
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXP62lV27FA>, which has a progression of
“walk forward on the diagonal to a new wave”—a bit of a twist on walking
straight forward to a new wave.
If a Rory OMoore is your complex fixture, I guess you probably won’t want a
move that riffs off that, but just for posterity, “slide right, robins
passing two” (or similar) is a fun one—see eg A
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beOFeIIk4KY> Pirate's Life for Me
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beOFeIIk4KY>.
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On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 11:04 PM Robert Matson via Contra Callers <
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For
Wavini Lines
I like
this one.
Grazie Louise Siddons' class
in Positional Calling.
https://youtu.be/jx_EP9HP9eM?si=zAVXOnUlk46hUhnH
Rob
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Cell: (917) 626-2675
On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 7:34 PM David Harding via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Katherine,
A few thoughts: First, I really like your approach of a monthly theme
with variations.
While square dancers know the configuration as an ocean wave, my
experience has been that in contra dance circles it's much more frequently
referred to by the far more descriptive term that you used, Short wavy
line.
There are lots of exciting dances that take dancers from a short wavy
line out of their minor to interact with their next neighbors or even
second next neighbors before returning home, those often generate great
confusion even for experienced dancers. The end effects tend to be
especially troublesome.
On a positive note, I think that the most straightforward way to get into
an short wavy line is to start the dance in that arrangement. Balance the
wave, do some stuff, eventually end back in the same wave half way through
B2. Balance again, then walk straight forward to make a short wavy line
with your next neighbors. If B1 ends with a partner swing on the
appropriate side, B2 can be circle left 3 places and ooze into a short wavy
line. Balance the wave and walk forward to the next neighbors.
Dave Harding
On 4/1/2024 12:30 PM, Katherine Kitching via Contra Callers wrote:
Hi folks-
As I've mentioned before, our Halifax group is not very advanced - we
welcome a lot of beginners each month, and our regulars are not super
regular or super skilled.. - and so the practice we've settled on is to
choose one "feature figure" each month to focus on teaching....
in the first part of the evening we break down the figure in detail so
everyone gets a chance to learn it inside-out... then do a few dances that
has that figure in it, but nothing else difficult (not even swings! unless
swing is the feature figure for that evening).
Then at the very end of the evening we do an "advanced segment" where we
call a few dances quickly with little teaching (probably more like what all
of your dances look like!) - and those dances include all sorts of figures
that have been featured over the past 6+ months.
(Usually most of the beginners have been tired out and gone home at this
point)
Anyhow, this month our feature figure will be short wavy lines - and I
don't have a lot of experience with them myself.
Could anyone point me towards some videos where short wavy lines are
featured?
I'm interested in being able to watch different fun things that can be
done in SWLs... including the Rory O'Moore sequence, and other simple/basic
actions.
No need to send me videos of more elaborate and unusual types of SWL
figures.
Also no need to worry about the content of the rest of the dance - I
generally write custom dances to incorporate the feature figure while
keeping everything else way simpler than you folks are used to :)
I want to do 3 dances with SWLs - each one with a slightly different type
of SWL figure - I can think of balancing then allemanding haflway around,
repeat...
and the Rory O'Moore sequence as the final more tricky one...
But is there something else I could do in short wavy lines too?
and I would like to see the first two in action so I can make sure to
feel confident in my teaching!!
Many thanks :)
Kat in Hfx
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3:02 a.m.
For
Wavini Lines
I like
this one.
Grazie Louise Siddons' class
in Positional Calling.
https://youtu.be/jx_EP9HP9eM?si=zAVXOnUlk46hUhnH
Rob
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On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 7:34 PM David Harding via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Katherine,
A few thoughts: First, I really like your approach of a monthly theme with
variations.
While square dancers know the configuration as an ocean wave, my
experience has been that in contra dance circles it's much more frequently
referred to by the far more descriptive term that you used, Short wavy
line.
There are lots of exciting dances that take dancers from a short wavy line
out of their minor to interact with their next neighbors or even second
next neighbors before returning home, those often generate great confusion
even for experienced dancers. The end effects tend to be especially
troublesome.
On a positive note, I think that the most straightforward way to get into
an short wavy line is to start the dance in that arrangement. Balance the
wave, do some stuff, eventually end back in the same wave half way through
B2. Balance again, then walk straight forward to make a short wavy line
with your next neighbors. If B1 ends with a partner swing on the
appropriate side, B2 can be circle left 3 places and ooze into a short wavy
line. Balance the wave and walk forward to the next neighbors.
Dave Harding
On 4/1/2024 12:30 PM, Katherine Kitching via Contra Callers wrote:
Hi folks-
As I've mentioned before, our Halifax group is not very advanced - we
welcome a lot of beginners each month, and our regulars are not super
regular or super skilled.. - and so the practice we've settled on is to
choose one "feature figure" each month to focus on teaching....
in the first part of the evening we break down the figure in detail so
everyone gets a chance to learn it inside-out... then do a few dances that
has that figure in it, but nothing else difficult (not even swings! unless
swing is the feature figure for that evening).
Then at the very end of the evening we do an "advanced segment" where we
call a few dances quickly with little teaching (probably more like what all
of your dances look like!) - and those dances include all sorts of figures
that have been featured over the past 6+ months.
(Usually most of the beginners have been tired out and gone home at this
point)
Anyhow, this month our feature figure will be short wavy lines - and I
don't have a lot of experience with them myself.
Could anyone point me towards some videos where short wavy lines are
featured?
I'm interested in being able to watch different fun things that can be
done in SWLs... including the Rory O'Moore sequence, and other simple/basic
actions.
No need to send me videos of more elaborate and unusual types of SWL
figures.
Also no need to worry about the content of the rest of the dance - I
generally write custom dances to incorporate the feature figure while
keeping everything else way simpler than you folks are used to :)
I want to do 3 dances with SWLs - each one with a slightly different type
of SWL figure - I can think of balancing then allemanding haflway around,
repeat...
and the Rory O'Moore sequence as the final more tricky one...
But is there something else I could do in short wavy lines too?
and I would like to see the first two in action so I can make sure to feel
confident in my teaching!!
Many thanks :)
Kat in Hfx
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12:34 a.m.
Katherine,
A few thoughts: First, I really like your approach of a monthly theme
with variations.
While square dancers know the configuration as an ocean wave, my
experience has been that in contra dance circles it's much more
frequently referred to by the far more descriptive term that you used,
Short wavy line.
There are lots of exciting dances that take dancers from a short wavy
line out of their minor to interact with their next neighbors or even
second next neighbors before returning home, those often generate great
confusion even for experienced dancers. The end effects tend to be
especially troublesome.
On a positive note, I think that the most straightforward way to get
into an short wavy line is to start the dance in that arrangement.
Balance the wave, do some stuff, eventually end back in the same wave
half way through B2. Balance again, then walk straight forward to make
a short wavy line with your next neighbors. If B1 ends with a partner
swing on the appropriate side, B2 can be circle left 3 places and ooze
into a short wavy line. Balance the wave and walk forward to the next
neighbors.
Dave Harding
On 4/1/2024 12:30 PM, Katherine Kitching via Contra Callers wrote:
Hi folks-
As I've mentioned before, our Halifax group is not very advanced - we
welcome a lot of beginners each month, and our regulars are not super
regular or super skilled.. - and so the practice we've settled on is
to choose one "feature figure" each month to focus on teaching....
in the first part of the evening we break down the figure in detail so
everyone gets a chance to learn it inside-out... then do a few dances
that has that figure in it, but nothing else difficult (not even
swings! unless swing is the feature figure for that evening).
Then at the very end of the evening we do an "advanced segment" where
we call a few dances quickly with little teaching (probably more like
what all of your dances look like!) - and those dances include all
sorts of figures that have been featured over the past 6+ months.
(Usually most of the beginners have been tired out and gone home at
this point)
Anyhow, this month our feature figure will be short wavy lines - and I
don't have a lot of experience with them myself.
Could anyone point me towards some videos where short wavy lines are
featured?
I'm interested in being able to watch different fun things that can be
done in SWLs... including the Rory O'Moore sequence, and other
simple/basic actions.
No need to send me videos of more elaborate and unusual types of SWL
figures.
Also no need to worry about the content of the rest of the dance - I
generally write custom dances to incorporate the feature figure while
keeping everything else way simpler than you folks are used to :)
I want to do 3 dances with SWLs - each one with a slightly different
type of SWL figure - I can think of balancing then allemanding haflway
around, repeat...
and the Rory O'Moore sequence as the final more tricky one...
But is there something else I could do in short wavy lines too?
and I would like to see the first two in action so I can make sure to
feel confident in my teaching!!
Many thanks :)
Kat in Hfx
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12:22 a.m.
Bill Olson’s 20 Below has a circle left into a wave, balance, walk forward to a new wave.
On Apr 1, 2024, at 10:30 AM, Katherine Kitching via
Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi folks-
As I've mentioned before, our Halifax group is not very advanced - we welcome a lot
of beginners each month, and our regulars are not super regular or super skilled.. - and
so the practice we've settled on is to choose one "feature figure" each
month to focus on teaching....
in the first part of the evening we break down the figure in detail so everyone gets a
chance to learn it inside-out... then do a few dances that has that figure in it, but
nothing else difficult (not even swings! unless swing is the feature figure for that
evening).
Then at the very end of the evening we do an "advanced segment" where we call a
few dances quickly with little teaching (probably more like what all of your dances look
like!) - and those dances include all sorts of figures that have been featured over the
past 6+ months.
(Usually most of the beginners have been tired out and gone home at this point)
Anyhow, this month our feature figure will be short wavy lines - and I don't have a
lot of experience with them myself.
Could anyone point me towards some videos where short wavy lines are featured?
I'm interested in being able to watch different fun things that can be done in
SWLs... including the Rory O'Moore sequence, and other simple/basic actions.
No need to send me videos of more elaborate and unusual types of SWL figures.
Also no need to worry about the content of the rest of the dance - I generally write
custom dances to incorporate the feature figure while keeping everything else way simpler
than you folks are used to :)
I want to do 3 dances with SWLs - each one with a slightly different type of SWL figure -
I can think of balancing then allemanding haflway around, repeat...
and the Rory O'Moore sequence as the final more tricky one...
But is there something else I could do in short wavy lines too?
and I would like to see the first two in action so I can make sure to feel confident in
my teaching!!
Many thanks :)
Kat in Hfx
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2 Apr
2 Apr
9:05 p.m.
Summer of 84 has short waves balance and walk forward then balance allemand
and return. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzzswmrNbuM
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzzswmrNbuM>
The Childgrove Country Dances in St Louis have a video archive of all types
of dances http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/ this could be a great
resource for you.
On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 1:31 PM Katherine Kitching via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi folks-
As I've mentioned before, our Halifax group is not very advanced - we
welcome a lot of beginners each month, and our regulars are not super
regular or super skilled.. - and so the practice we've settled on is to
choose one "feature figure" each month to focus on teaching....
in the first part of the evening we break down the figure in detail so
everyone gets a chance to learn it inside-out... then do a few dances that
has that figure in it, but nothing else difficult (not even swings! unless
swing is the feature figure for that evening).
Then at the very end of the evening we do an "advanced segment" where we
call a few dances quickly with little teaching (probably more like what all
of your dances look like!) - and those dances include all sorts of figures
that have been featured over the past 6+ months.
(Usually most of the beginners have been tired out and gone home at this
point)
Anyhow, this month our feature figure will be short wavy lines - and I
don't have a lot of experience with them myself.
Could anyone point me towards some videos where short wavy lines are
featured?
I'm interested in being able to watch different fun things that can be
done in SWLs... including the Rory O'Moore sequence, and other simple/basic
actions.
No need to send me videos of more elaborate and unusual types of SWL
figures.
Also no need to worry about the content of the rest of the dance - I
generally write custom dances to incorporate the feature figure while
keeping everything else way simpler than you folks are used to :)
I want to do 3 dances with SWLs - each one with a slightly different type
of SWL figure - I can think of balancing then allemanding haflway around,
repeat...
and the Rory O'Moore sequence as the final more tricky one...
But is there something else I could do in short wavy lines too?
and I would like to see the first two in action so I can make sure to feel
confident in my teaching!!
Many thanks :)
Kat in Hfx
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1 Apr
1 Apr
6:45 p.m.
Fast Hands videos:
https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=10031
Happy Wife, Happy Life videos:
https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=7077
And I can't seem to find the Hemphill dance I mentioned online. Perhaps I
have the title or author wrong.
On Mon, Apr 1, 2024, 2:32 PM Jerome Grisanti <jerome.grisanti(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Variations of swing thru:
Double swing thru. This can be called as "swing thru, now swing thru
again." This is positionally equivalent to a half hey for four. This shows
up in the Jim Hemphill dance Swing into Summer.
And four swing thrus would equal a full hey for four. The Diane Silver
dance Fast Hands uses this.
Swing thru followed by a full allemande and the centers pull by shows up
in John Coffman's Happy Wife, Happy Life.
And I've been playing with swing thru, boys run, which ends with couples
on one side facing up the hall, the ones on the other side facing down. But
that may be more than you want.
On Mon, Apr 1, 2024, 2:11 PM Alan J Rosenthal via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Could
anyone point me towards some videos where short wavy lines are
featured?
I'm interested in being able to watch different fun things that can be
done
in SWLs...
Assuming I'm guessing correctly that the length of a "short wavy line" is
four people, you could look to modern square dance for ideas of figures.
One of them is "Swing Through", where if for example you have a wave
where the outer people have right hands joined and the middles have left
hands joined, you drop hands in the middle and turn half by the right,
then the new middles turn half by the left. More generally, you can do
these outer and inner half-turns in any combination.
Swing Through instruction and demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVRiXJvo0Mk#t=0m36s
You can also trade down the line in various combinations, e.g. everyone
trade with the person facing the same way as them (walking forward),
which is called "Trade the Wave" -- instruction and demo at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRQf5iPKhck#t=13
Various variants are possible (many of which have names in modern
square dance), such as just one of the pairs trading by turning half,
the middles turning half, the two ends trading (they would both orbit
the others since they're walking forward), etc.
Then, there are interesting ways to get into a wave:
In addition to simply stepping forward into a wave, we have for example
Follow your Neighbour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f0I5T7eIH0&t=78
Pass the Ocean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVRiXJvo0Mk#t=2m20s
Dosado to a Wave: (I don't see a video for it in that series, but anyway,
it's do-si-do but then keep going around a bit further to make a wave --
it's pretty much do-si-do followed by step to a wave)
To get out of a wave, figures include
Single Hinge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-7mY1jF7L4#t=1m25s
Cast Off Three Quarters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPnY5ko96C8#t=47s
Explode the Wave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f0I5T7eIH0&t=14s
"Recycle" generally seems to be more difficult for people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCLNvlIjr1s#t=1m19s
regards,
ajr, dancing in and near Toronto, Canada
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6:37 p.m.
yes, 4 people!! John S tells me it is called an Ocean Wave, sorry about
that :)
The resources below are exactly what I was looking for - thank you so
much for including ways of getting in and out of the wave, I definitely
need that too!
Amazing.
Love this list...
Kat K
Alan J Rosenthal via Contra Callers
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Monday, April 1, 2024 3:10 PM
Assuming I'm guessing correctly that the length of a "short wavy line" is
four people, you could look to modern square dance for ideas of figures.
One of them is "Swing Through", where if for example you have a wave
where the outer people have right hands joined and the middles have left
hands joined, you drop hands in the middle and turn half by the right,
then the new middles turn half by the left. More generally, you can do
these outer and inner half-turns in any combination.
Swing Through instruction and demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVRiXJvo0Mk#t=0m36s
You can also trade down the line in various combinations, e.g. everyone
trade with the person facing the same way as them (walking forward),
which is called "Trade the Wave" -- instruction and demo at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRQf5iPKhck#t=13
Various variants are possible (many of which have names in modern
square dance), such as just one of the pairs trading by turning half,
the middles turning half, the two ends trading (they would both orbit
the others since they're walking forward), etc.
Then, there are interesting ways to get into a wave:
In addition to simply stepping forward into a wave, we have for example
Follow your Neighbour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f0I5T7eIH0&t=78
Pass the Ocean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVRiXJvo0Mk#t=2m20s
Dosado to a Wave: (I don't see a video for it in that series, but anyway,
it's do-si-do but then keep going around a bit further to make a wave --
it's pretty much do-si-do followed by step to a wave)
To get out of a wave, figures include
Single Hinge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-7mY1jF7L4#t=1m25s
Cast Off Three Quarters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPnY5ko96C8#t=47s
Explode the Wave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f0I5T7eIH0&t=14s
"Recycle" generally seems to be more difficult for people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCLNvlIjr1s#t=1m19s
regards,
ajr, dancing in and near Toronto, Canada
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Monday, April 1, 2024 2:30 PM
Hi folks-
As I've mentioned before, our Halifax group is not very advanced - we
welcome a lot of beginners each month, and our regulars are not super
regular or super skilled.. - and so the practice we've settled on is
to choose one "feature figure" each month to focus on teaching....
in the first part of the evening we break down the figure in detail so
everyone gets a chance to learn it inside-out... then do a few dances
that has that figure in it, but nothing else difficult (not even
swings! unless swing is the feature figure for that evening).
Then at the very end of the evening we do an "advanced segment" where
we call a few dances quickly with little teaching (probably more like
what all of your dances look like!) - and those dances include all
sorts of figures that have been featured over the past 6+ months.
(Usually most of the beginners have been tired out and gone home at
this point)
Anyhow, this month our feature figure will be short wavy lines - and I
don't have a lot of experience with them myself.
Could anyone point me towards some videos where short wavy lines are
featured?
I'm interested in being able to watch different fun things that can be
done in SWLs... including the Rory O'Moore sequence, and other
simple/basic actions.
No need to send me videos of more elaborate and unusual types of SWL
figures.
Also no need to worry about the content of the rest of the dance - I
generally write custom dances to incorporate the feature figure while
keeping everything else way simpler than you folks are used to :)
I want to do 3 dances with SWLs - each one with a slightly different
type of SWL figure - I can think of balancing then allemanding haflway
around, repeat...
and the Rory O'Moore sequence as the final more tricky one...
But is there something else I could do in short wavy lines too?
and I would like to see the first two in action so I can make sure to
feel confident in my teaching!!
Many thanks :)
Kat in Hfx
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6:32 p.m.
Variations of swing thru:
Double swing thru. This can be called as "swing thru, now swing thru
again." This is positionally equivalent to a half hey for four. This shows
up in the Jim Hemphill dance Swing into Summer.
And four swing thrus would equal a full hey for four. The Diane Silver
dance Fast Hands uses this.
Swing thru followed by a full allemande and the centers pull by shows up in
John Coffman's Happy Wife, Happy Life.
And I've been playing with swing thru, boys run, which ends with couples on
one side facing up the hall, the ones on the other side facing down. But
that may be more than you want.
On Mon, Apr 1, 2024, 2:11 PM Alan J Rosenthal via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Could anyone
point me towards some videos where short wavy lines are
featured?
I'm interested in being able to watch different fun things that can be
done
in SWLs...
Assuming I'm guessing correctly that the length of a "short wavy line" is
four people, you could look to modern square dance for ideas of figures.
One of them is "Swing Through", where if for example you have a wave
where the outer people have right hands joined and the middles have left
hands joined, you drop hands in the middle and turn half by the right,
then the new middles turn half by the left. More generally, you can do
these outer and inner half-turns in any combination.
Swing Through instruction and demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVRiXJvo0Mk#t=0m36s
You can also trade down the line in various combinations, e.g. everyone
trade with the person facing the same way as them (walking forward),
which is called "Trade the Wave" -- instruction and demo at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRQf5iPKhck#t=13
Various variants are possible (many of which have names in modern
square dance), such as just one of the pairs trading by turning half,
the middles turning half, the two ends trading (they would both orbit
the others since they're walking forward), etc.
Then, there are interesting ways to get into a wave:
In addition to simply stepping forward into a wave, we have for example
Follow your Neighbour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f0I5T7eIH0&t=78
Pass the Ocean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVRiXJvo0Mk#t=2m20s
Dosado to a Wave: (I don't see a video for it in that series, but anyway,
it's do-si-do but then keep going around a bit further to make a wave --
it's pretty much do-si-do followed by step to a wave)
To get out of a wave, figures include
Single Hinge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-7mY1jF7L4#t=1m25s
Cast Off Three Quarters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPnY5ko96C8#t=47s
Explode the Wave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f0I5T7eIH0&t=14s
"Recycle" generally seems to be more difficult for people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCLNvlIjr1s#t=1m19s
regards,
ajr, dancing in and near Toronto, Canada
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Could anyone point me towards some videos where short
wavy lines are
featured?
I'm interested in being able to watch different fun things that can be done
in SWLs...
Assuming I'm guessing correctly that the length of a "short wavy line" is
four people, you could look to modern square dance for ideas of figures.
One of them is "Swing Through", where if for example you have a wave
where the outer people have right hands joined and the middles have left
hands joined, you drop hands in the middle and turn half by the right,
then the new middles turn half by the left. More generally, you can do
these outer and inner half-turns in any combination.
Swing Through instruction and demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVRiXJvo0Mk#t=0m36s
You can also trade down the line in various combinations, e.g. everyone
trade with the person facing the same way as them (walking forward),
which is called "Trade the Wave" -- instruction and demo at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRQf5iPKhck#t=13
Various variants are possible (many of which have names in modern
square dance), such as just one of the pairs trading by turning half,
the middles turning half, the two ends trading (they would both orbit
the others since they're walking forward), etc.
Then, there are interesting ways to get into a wave:
In addition to simply stepping forward into a wave, we have for example
Follow your Neighbour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f0I5T7eIH0&t=78
Pass the Ocean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVRiXJvo0Mk#t=2m20s
Dosado to a Wave: (I don't see a video for it in that series, but anyway,
it's do-si-do but then keep going around a bit further to make a wave --
it's pretty much do-si-do followed by step to a wave)
To get out of a wave, figures include
Single Hinge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-7mY1jF7L4#t=1m25s
Cast Off Three Quarters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPnY5ko96C8#t=47s
Explode the Wave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f0I5T7eIH0&t=14s
"Recycle" generally seems to be more difficult for people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCLNvlIjr1s#t=1m19s
regards,
ajr, dancing in and near Toronto, Canada
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