3 May
2015
3 May
'15
3:53 p.m.
I just called a tiny dance last night, and went through several of my
triplets along with a big pile of English 3-couple dances that we did to
old-time tunes (that was a little weird for me but the dancers enjoyed
them, so what the heck). I was grateful to have the few triplets I had,
and I'd like to expand my collection. The ones I used were
Microchasmic, David's Triplet #7 and Ted's Triplet #24, which all have
distinctive bits in them (contra corners, round two/drop through, and a
cast to invert then 1s lead up, respectively). I like triplets that
have some choreographic substance to them, something for the dancers to
chew on.
Do you have favorites you enjoy dancing as well as calling? I get the
impression sometimes that triplets are "that thing you do to fill time
until the real dancing starts," but 3-couple sets can be a whole lot of
fun. And sometimes they can save your butt as a caller.
We had lots of odd numbers last night, so in addition to the triplets
and 3-couple English dances I used dances like Domino 5 (5 dancers) and
Pride of Dingle (for 9). For a short while we had 4 couples and did
contras but most of the evening was "other." Got any good dances for
odd numbers?
Kalia
3 May
3 May
4:20 p.m.
A four couple contra I call sometimes is "Vet's Revenge" by Colin Hume
Duple Improper
A1 Neighbor couples (1's with 2's, 3's with 4's) star left Middle
couples (2's with 3's) star rightA2 Neighbor couples allemande left 1 1/2
Women chain to partnerB1 All four couples promenade in a circle a bit more than 1/2
around to form a square (until the original couple 1 is in position 3 of a
square, i.e., facing the music) This must be done somewhat quickly
Side couple women chain acrossB2 Head couples pass through, separate and go around one
to form lines at the sides All swing partner, finish with the two couples now in
the middle facing the nearest end, and the two couples at the end facing the
middle
Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217 239 5844
On Sunday, May 3, 2015 2:54 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers
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I just called a tiny dance last night, and went through several of my
triplets along with a big pile of English 3-couple dances that we did to
old-time tunes (that was a little weird for me but the dancers enjoyed
them, so what the heck). I was grateful to have the few triplets I had,
and I'd like to expand my collection. The ones I used were
Microchasmic, David's Triplet #7 and Ted's Triplet #24, which all have
distinctive bits in them (contra corners, round two/drop through, and a
cast to invert then 1s lead up, respectively). I like triplets that
have some choreographic substance to them, something for the dancers to
chew on.
Do you have favorites you enjoy dancing as well as calling? I get the
impression sometimes that triplets are "that thing you do to fill time
until the real dancing starts," but 3-couple sets can be a whole lot of
fun. And sometimes they can save your butt as a caller.
We had lots of odd numbers last night, so in addition to the triplets
and 3-couple English dances I used dances like Domino 5 (5 dancers) and
Pride of Dingle (for 9). For a short while we had 4 couples and did
contras but most of the evening was "other." Got any good dances for
odd numbers?
Kalia
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4:25 p.m.
Also, Rick Mohr has two excellent triplets:
http://rickmohr.net/Contra/DancesByType.asp#Introduction Michael Fuerst 802 N
Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217 239 5844
On Sunday, May 3, 2015 3:20 PM, Michael Fuerst via Callers
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A four couple contra I call sometimes is "Vet's Revenge" by Colin Hume
Duple Improper
A1 Neighbor couples (1's with 2's, 3's with 4's) star left Middle
couples (2's with 3's) star rightA2 Neighbor couples allemande left 1 1/2
Women chain to partnerB1 All four couples promenade in a circle a bit more than 1/2
around to form a square (until the original couple 1 is in position 3 of a
square, i.e., facing the music) This must be done somewhat quickly
Side couple women chain acrossB2 Head couples pass through, separate and go around one
to form lines at the sides All swing partner, finish with the two couples now in
the middle facing the nearest end, and the two couples at the end facing the
middle
Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217 239 5844
On Sunday, May 3, 2015 2:54 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I just called a tiny dance last night, and went through several of my
triplets along with a big pile of English 3-couple dances that we did to
old-time tunes (that was a little weird for me but the dancers enjoyed
them, so what the heck). I was grateful to have the few triplets I had,
and I'd like to expand my collection. The ones I used were
Microchasmic, David's Triplet #7 and Ted's Triplet #24, which all have
distinctive bits in them (contra corners, round two/drop through, and a
cast to invert then 1s lead up, respectively). I like triplets that
have some choreographic substance to them, something for the dancers to
chew on.
Do you have favorites you enjoy dancing as well as calling? I get the
impression sometimes that triplets are "that thing you do to fill time
until the real dancing starts," but 3-couple sets can be a whole lot of
fun. And sometimes they can save your butt as a caller.
We had lots of odd numbers last night, so in addition to the triplets
and 3-couple English dances I used dances like Domino 5 (5 dancers) and
Pride of Dingle (for 9). For a short while we had 4 couples and did
contras but most of the evening was "other." Got any good dances for
odd numbers?
Kalia
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8 May
8 May
4:03 p.m.
Could you clarify the B2 of this dance? You say that you form lines at the sides and
swing. But the lines don't go forward and back at any point. Is your partner in the
opposite line from you or in the same line?
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A four couple contra I call sometimes is "Vet's Revenge" by
Colin Hume Duple Improper
A1 Neighbor couples (1's with 2's, 3's with 4's) star left
Middle couples (2's with 3's) star right A2 Neighbor
couples allemande left 1 1/2 Women chain to partner B1 All
four couples promenade in a circle a bit more than 1/2 around to form a square
(until the original couple 1 is in position 3 of a square, i.e., facing the
music) This must be done somewhat quickly Side
couple women chain across B2 Head couples pass through, separate and go around
one to form lines at the sides All swing partner, finish with the two
couples now in the middle facing the nearest end, and the two
couples at the end facing the middle
Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217
239 5844
On Sunday, May 3, 2015 2:54 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I just called a tiny dance last night, and went through several of my
triplets along with a big pile of English 3-couple dances that we did to
old-time tunes (that was a little weird for me but the dancers enjoyed
them, so what the heck). I was grateful to have the few triplets I had,
and I'd like to expand my collection. The ones I used were
Microchasmic, David's Triplet #7 and Ted's Triplet #24, which all have
distinctive bits in them (contra corners, round two/drop through, and a
cast to invert then 1s lead up, respectively). I like triplets that
have some choreographic substance to them, something for the dancers to
chew on.
Do you have favorites you enjoy dancing as well as calling? I get the
impression sometimes that triplets are "that thing you do to fill time
until the real dancing starts," but 3-couple sets can be a whole lot of
fun. And sometimes they can save your butt as a caller.
We had lots of odd numbers last night, so in addition to the triplets
and 3-couple English dances I used dances like Domino 5 (5 dancers) and
Pride of Dingle (for 9). For a short while we had 4 couples and did
contras but most of the evening was "other." Got any good dances for
odd numbers?
Kalia
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6:47 p.m.
Rather than "Head couples pass through, separate and go around one to form lines at
the sides," the following might be helpful "Head couples pass through,
separate and go around one to the position of lines at the sides, with partners facing
each other across."
Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217 239 5844
On Friday, May 8, 2015 3:03 PM, Jack Mitchell <jmitchell.nc(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Could you clarify the B2 of this dance? You say that you form lines at the sides and
swing. But the lines don't go forward and back at any point. Is your partner in the
opposite line from you or in the same line?
Sent from Outlook
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A four couple contra I call sometimes is "Vet's Revenge" by Colin Hume
Duple Improper
A1 Neighbor couples (1's with 2's, 3's with 4's) star left
Middle couples (2's with 3's) star right A2 Neighbor couples allemande left 1
1/2 Women chain to partner B1 All four couples promenade in a circle a bit
more than 1/2 around to form a square (until the original couple 1 is in
position 3 of a square, i.e., facing the music) This must be done
somewhat quickly Side couple women chain across B2 Head couples pass
through, separate and go around one to form lines at the sides All swing
partner, finish with the two couples now in the middle facing the nearest end,
and the two couples at the end facing the middle
Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217 239 5844
On Sunday, May 3, 2015 2:54 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I just called a tiny dance last night, and went through several of my
triplets along with a big pile of English 3-couple dances that we did to
old-time tunes (that was a little weird for me but the dancers enjoyed
them, so what the heck). I was grateful to have the few triplets I had,
and I'd like to expand my collection. The ones I used were
Microchasmic, David's Triplet #7 and Ted's Triplet #24, which all have
distinctive bits in them (contra corners, round two/drop through, and a
cast to invert then 1s lead up, respectively). I like triplets that
have some choreographic substance to them, something for the dancers to
chew on.
Do you have favorites you enjoy dancing as well as calling? I get the
impression sometimes that triplets are "that thing you do to fill time
until the real dancing starts," but 3-couple sets can be a whole lot of
fun. And sometimes they can save your butt as a caller.
We had lots of odd numbers last night, so in addition to the triplets
and 3-couple English dances I used dances like Domino 5 (5 dancers) and
Pride of Dingle (for 9). For a short while we had 4 couples and did
contras but most of the evening was "other." Got any good dances for
odd numbers?
Kalia
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3 May
3 May
4:40 p.m.
Kalia--
Carol Ormond's "Thanks to the Pharmacist" is a fun triplet.
- R
On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers <
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I just called a tiny dance last night, and went
through several of my
triplets along with a big pile of English 3-couple dances that we did to
old-time tunes (that was a little weird for me but the dancers enjoyed
them, so what the heck). I was grateful to have the few triplets I had,
and I'd like to expand my collection. The ones I used were Microchasmic,
David's Triplet #7 and Ted's Triplet #24, which all have distinctive bits
in them (contra corners, round two/drop through, and a cast to invert then
1s lead up, respectively). I like triplets that have some choreographic
substance to them, something for the dancers to chew on.
Do you have favorites you enjoy dancing as well as calling? I get the
impression sometimes that triplets are "that thing you do to fill time
until the real dancing starts," but 3-couple sets can be a whole lot of
fun. And sometimes they can save your butt as a caller.
We had lots of odd numbers last night, so in addition to the triplets and
3-couple English dances I used dances like Domino 5 (5 dancers) and Pride
of Dingle (for 9). For a short while we had 4 couples and did contras but
most of the evening was "other." Got any good dances for odd numbers?
Kalia
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4 May
4 May
12:02 a.m.
Kalia,
I love David's Triplet # 5 (David Smuckler). It has a lovely hey for 6 w/
a P Gypsy Meltdown to finish.
A-1 1s cast to bottom, ret up inside and cast around w/ same gender 2s
All face P, dsd 1 1/4 to wavy line of 6, P in RH
A-2 Bal wave, P Al R 1/2 reform (luv it) wave, Bal pull by P by RH into
(Hands may help at first)
B-1 Hey for 6, when next you see your P
B-2 P Gypsy & Swing, end facing up to be proper, new top cpl.
Paul
3:41 p.m.
On 5/3/2015 9:02 PM, Paul Wilde wrote:
Kalia,
I love David's Triplet # 5 (David Smuckler). It has a lovely hey for 6
w/ a P Gypsy Meltdown to finish.
I just revisited David's site yesterday and looked through his set of
triplets and that one looked really nice so I added it to my collection.
Thanks for the recommendation.
Kalia
1 Nov
1 Nov
1:35 p.m.
New subject: Fwd: Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers
Donna,
Here are the figures for the three suggestions I sent.
David's Triplet # 5 (David Smuckler). It has a lovely hey for 6 w/ a P
Gyre & Swing to finish.
A-1 1s cast to bottom, ret up inside and cast around w/ same gender 2s
All face P, dsd 1 1/4 to wavy line of 6, P in RH
A-2 Bal wave, P Al R 1/2 reform (luv it) wave, Bal pull by P by RH into
(Hands may help at first)
B-1 Hey for 6, when next you see your P
B-2 P Gyre & Gimble, end facing up to be proper, new top cpl.
Levi Jackson for 5 cpls. 1 top cpl and 2 pairs of sides, horseshoe shaped.
A-1 Sides R & L across set, ones walk to center slot btw 2 prs of sides
(traffic island)
Sides R & L back, ones finish walking to bottom of set and cast out
back to top
A-2 While top cpl is walking back to place, sides circle left (hands 4) 1X
All face P and Do Si Do 1X
B-1 5 Ladies Star R (Leave 1, pass 1, turn w/ the next, guys NEED to help
out here)
Again, 5 Ladies Star R (leave 1, pass 1, turn the next) Set needs
to tighten up for B-1
B-2 Prom your new P 1 pl CCW & (balance if time) and swing your new P.
New Tops.
Square Line Special Octet by Gary Roodman starts w/ 2 hands 4 DI not too
far apart.
A-1 Lines of 4 at side F & B
Trade places w/ person across in a very leisurely R Sh Gyre (lots of
time on this 1)
A-2 Face same person and RH balance, pull by, pull by L w/ N w/in your
hands 4
Swing the next you meet (now you have broken out of hands 4) end in
a sq.
B-1 Heads F & B
Head Ladies Chain
B-2 Heads go out to R and Circle L 1X w/ Sides, til heads are bk to bk in
ctr.
Sides arch, heads pop thru, go around nearest side to from lines at
side.
With the right group, you can have lots of fun w/ this. If the Sides go
out to R to circle w/ Heads, Heads arch, sides pop, and you have turned the
set 90 degrees (surprise) and lines at head go F-B. You can basically call
whatever you want in the B-1 to make things fun, but use your best
judgment, it can get confusing dancing this the first time. I'm still
looking at ways to get the entire set to mix Ps. As presently written, not
everyone gets to be a P to all 4 dancing the opposite roll. Would love
some insights how to make this happen in a simple fashion (at least at
first).
Paul
2 Nov
2 Nov
10:38 p.m.
New subject: Fwd: Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers
I was recently calling dances at a small gathering using recorded music,
and I altered the duple minor English dance "Easter Morn" just slightly to
dance it as a triplet. In the B2, instead of ones leading down and casting
back, I had the ones cross and cast down once place (to the bottom, threes
moving up), and everyone turn two hands once round.
I think the dancers found the A2 stars (ones in the middle star right with
the couple below, then star left the couple above) to be less confusing
than in the longways version.
And as you probably know, the music is lovely.
--Jerome
Jerome Grisanti
660-528-0858
http://www.jeromegrisanti.com
"There's no point in being unhappy about things you can't change, and no
point being unhappy about things you can."
4 May
4 May
2:30 a.m.
On 03/May/15 12:53, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote:
I just called a tiny dance last night, and went
through several of my
triplets along with a big pile of English 3-couple dances
snip
Hullo Kalia,
I've called Mary Devlin's Triplet To Eugene a number of times. Looking
over Triplet for Joyride again just now. I think I'll add that, as it
has Actives turning _all_ Corners (your own and your partners.)
http://www.mdevlin.com/dance/marys_dances.html
I like Melanie's Triplet, by Melanie Axel-Lute, and Ted’s Triplet #7.
Antony has a nice find-dance-by-formation search feature on his site
http://www.heywood.nl/antony/dances/formations.php
Michael's dance index site has a page for Formations. The legend is at
the foot of the landing page.
http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/index/index.html
I've been meaning to try out (real world test) Rick Mohr's Triplets 1 &
2 http://rickmohr.net/Contra/DancesByType.asp
At the (late and lamented) Raincoast Ruckus Contra weekend (Vancouver,
BC) a few years back Kathy Anderson had a session about dances for this
purpose. Those for odd numbers of dancers or couples. Unfortunately the
notes have gone adrift, however she might be amenable to a query.
http://www.contradancelinks.com/callers.html
I regularly mine the Ralph Page Legacy Weekend syllabi
http://www.library.unh.edu/find/archives/collections/ralph-page-dance-legac…
The index alone is worth the time visiting.
Since I call for what might be considered a variety of dance forms,
styles, types, I don't mind borrowing. Occasionally, when I think I'm
being rather loose with that, it's amusing to find some of these dances
have migrated back and forth quite some time ago. Shows, I guess, how
there are more views of categorisation (or lack thereof) than what one
hears right around one.
Anyway, the point is, I think there are loads of really fun dances in
the Ceilidh or eCeilidh (English Ceilidh) world. Many of them would
appear to be step-hopped older country dances, or ones written In The
Tradition. <grin> Australian Bush dances provide a few as well. Yes, a
number are once-and-to-the-bottom.
So I mine Thomas Green, John Brown, Peter Foster, & Brian Scowcroft's sites.
http://barndances.org.uk/
http://www.ceilidhcalling.co.uk/ (seems to be temporarily goofed)
http://pfoster.pcug.org.au/bushdanc/index.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20010708002003/www.scroft.demon.co.uk/CDance.html
Just had a look in at Geoff Cubitt's site. He's got a lone, cute triplet
in there. I'll have to go over the flow in and out of the final Stars to
decide if I really like it.
http://www.geoffcubitt.com/dances.htm
Colin has amongst his on-line dances, some for 2, 3, 4, and 5 couples.
http://colinhume.com/instruct.htm
Peggy Roe in Vancouver, BC, wrote Triplicate a few years ago. It's an
"ECD" piece for 3, longways (3 dancers in a line.) She used Corelli's
Maggot, however one might try other music. It's setting, gypsy, turns, heys.
Mellisa Binde wrote a few Odd Dances for SCD. I can't find them on-line
however had saved the Spinster & The Polygamous Reel (the latter is kind
of neat, a dance for one man and two women; in sets of five people.) I
haven't danced them, just kept them about out of interest.
When I hung out at the SCD class at the local Uni. a few years ago there
were some months we'd pray for a sixth person or just dance five with a
ghost anyway. The bulk of SCD dances are triple minor dances done in a
four couple set. We'd do these without the fourth couple following the
SCD pattern in this instance of the active couple "dropping to the
bottom of the set" as the new 1s started, a rather untidy final
progression I suppose. So, one might adapt any triple minor one likes
for use with three couples (whether it be from ECD, SCD, or "ACD"/Contra.)
Right, bed time.
Cheers, John
- two May Day Morris dance events done, one to go!
--
J.D. Erskine
Victoria, BC
Island Dance - Folk & Country
dance info - site & mail list
http://members.shaw.ca/island.dance/
3:47 p.m.
On 5/3/2015 11:30 PM, JD Erskine via Callers wrote a fabulous list of
resources to rummage around in, with dozens of enticing suggestions and
links. Thank you! Some of these I was familiar with, like Thomas
Green's excellent site, but most of them I wasn't, and I'm anticipating
many happy hours spent learning new dances (as well as some writer's
cramp as I add a big pile of new cards to the file).
I'm incredibly grateful to everyone who's responded on this topic. So
many great suggestions... I love this list!
Kalia Kliban
Sebastopol, CA
9:57 a.m.
Though it may seem like heresy to do it without the associated tune, Levi Jackson Rag can
be done to other thirty-two bar tunes if the band doesn't know the required tune, and
is good for 5 couples.
On May 3, 2015, at 12:53 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote:
I just called a tiny dance last night, and went
through several of my triplets along with a big pile of English 3-couple dances that we
did to old-time tunes (that was a little weird for me but the dancers enjoyed them, so
what the heck). I was grateful to have the few triplets I had, and I'd like to expand
my collection. The ones I used were Microchasmic, David's Triplet #7 and Ted's
Triplet #24, which all have distinctive bits in them (contra corners, round two/drop
through, and a cast to invert then 1s lead up, respectively). I like triplets that have
some choreographic substance to them, something for the dancers to chew on.
Do you have favorites you enjoy dancing as well as calling? I get the impression
sometimes that triplets are "that thing you do to fill time until the real dancing
starts," but 3-couple sets can be a whole lot of fun. And sometimes they can save
your butt as a caller.
We had lots of odd numbers last night, so in addition to the triplets and 3-couple
English dances I used dances like Domino 5 (5 dancers) and Pride of Dingle (for 9). For a
short while we had 4 couples and did contras but most of the evening was
"other." Got any good dances for odd numbers?
Kalia
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3:49 p.m.
On 5/4/2015 6:57 AM, Martha Wild via Callers wrote:
Though it may seem like heresy to do it without the
associated tune, Levi Jackson Rag can be done to other thirty-two bar tunes if the band
doesn't know the required tune, and is good for 5 couples.
That was at the top of my mind for this dance, but the band vetoed it.
"We play old-time tunes, that's it." Okey dokey, then. We work with
what we've got. And anyway, we topped out at 9 dancers with me on the
floor, so LJR wouldn't have worked even if the band had been on board.
Such is life :>)
Kalia
10:14 a.m.
Kalia, You said you already had a triplet with contra corners in it, BUT I figured I'd
offer this anyway. I often call Chorus Jig as a triplet, (B2 being 1's (bal and) swing
to bottom of set and others move up). I found that in a triplet dancers can learn contra
corners very easily without the confusion that comes in a duple set. With Chorus Jig, in
addition to the distinctive choreography you mentioned, there's also the historical
significance of calling a dance 100's of years old I guess.
bill
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Subject: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers
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I just called a tiny dance last night, and went through several of my
triplets along with a big pile of English 3-couple dances that we did to
old-time tunes (that was a little weird for me but the dancers enjoyed
them, so what the heck). I was grateful to have the few triplets I had,
and I'd like to expand my collection. The ones I used were
Microchasmic, David's Triplet #7 and Ted's Triplet #24, which all have
distinctive bits in them (contra corners, round two/drop through, and a
cast to invert then 1s lead up, respectively). I like triplets that
have some choreographic substance to them, something for the dancers to
chew on.
Do you have favorites you enjoy dancing as well as calling? I get the
impression sometimes that triplets are "that thing you do to fill time
until the real dancing starts," but 3-couple sets can be a whole lot of
fun. And sometimes they can save your butt as a caller.
We had lots of odd numbers last night, so in addition to the triplets
and 3-couple English dances I used dances like Domino 5 (5 dancers) and
Pride of Dingle (for 9). For a short while we had 4 couples and did
contras but most of the evening was "other." Got any good dances for
odd numbers?
Kalia
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3:51 p.m.
On 5/4/2015 7:14 AM, Bill Olson via Callers wrote:
Kalia, You said you already had a triplet with contra
corners in it, BUT
I figured I'd offer this anyway. I often call Chorus Jig as a triplet,
(B2 being 1's (bal and) swing to bottom of set and others move up). I
found that in a triplet dancers can learn contra corners very easily
without the confusion that comes in a duple set. With Chorus Jig, in
addition to the distinctive choreography you mentioned, there's also the
historical significance of calling a dance 100's of years old I guess.
bill
My cunning plan, when I was envisioning a huge crowd of 7 or 8 couples*,
was to teach Microchasmic early in the evening to get the contra corners
concept across, and then do Chorus Jig later on. The best laid plans
oft gang agley...
Kalia
3:52 p.m.
On 5/4/2015 7:14 AM, Bill Olson via Callers wrote:
Kalia, You said you already had a triplet with contra
corners in it, BUT
I figured I'd offer this anyway. I often call Chorus Jig as a triplet,
(B2 being 1's (bal and) swing to bottom of set and others move up). I
found that in a triplet dancers can learn contra corners very easily
without the confusion that comes in a duple set. With Chorus Jig, in
addition to the distinctive choreography you mentioned, there's also the
historical significance of calling a dance 100's of years old I guess.
bill
My cunning plan, when I was envisioning a huge crowd of 7 or 8 couples*,
was to teach Microchasmic early in the evening to get the contra corners
concept across, and then do Chorus Jig later on. The best laid plans
oft gang agley...
Kalia
*It's a really small dance at the best of times.
8 May
8 May
1:21 p.m.
Kalia,
Since no one has mentioned it and to honor Larry Jennings, I will share this triplet I
love with a zipper! That is, I am pretty sure it's written by Larry. Does anyone
know the title?
Jill Allen
Triplet (by Larry Jennings?)
proper
A1 all pass ptr by RH
all who can, pass person on L diag by LH
all pass person straight across by RH
L diag by LH
A2 across by RH
L diag by LH
bal ptr, box the gnat
B1 B & S ptr ending proper
B2 bottom cpl lead up the middle, turn alone and lead back down the middle
cast with 2nd (now at bottom) cpl to end in 2nd place*
*end: 33
11
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On May 3, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote:
I just called a tiny dance last night, and went
through several of my triplets along with a big pile of English 3-couple dances that we
did to old-time tunes (that was a little weird for me but the dancers enjoyed them, so
what the heck). I was grateful to have the few triplets I had, and I'd like to expand
my collection. The ones I used were Microchasmic, David's Triplet #7 and Ted's
Triplet #24, which all have distinctive bits in them (contra corners, round two/drop
through, and a cast to invert then 1s lead up, respectively). I like triplets that have
some choreographic substance to them, something for the dancers to chew on.
Do you have favorites you enjoy dancing as well as calling? I get the impression
sometimes that triplets are "that thing you do to fill time until the real dancing
starts," but 3-couple sets can be a whole lot of fun. And sometimes they can save
your butt as a caller.
We had lots of odd numbers last night, so in addition to the triplets and 3-couple
English dances I used dances like Domino 5 (5 dancers) and Pride of Dingle (for 9). For a
short while we had 4 couples and did contras but most of the evening was
"other." Got any good dances for odd numbers?
Kalia
1:23 p.m.
Beneficial Triplet by Al Olson. A very nice one.
-Chris Page
San Diego
On Friday, May 8, 2015, jill allen via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Kalia,
Since no one has mentioned it and to honor Larry Jennings, I will share
this triplet I love with a zipper! That is, I am pretty sure it's written
by Larry. Does anyone know the title?
Jill Allen
Triplet (by Larry Jennings?)
proper
A1 all pass ptr by RH
all who can, pass person on L diag by LH
all pass person straight across by RH
L diag by LH
A2 across by RH
L diag by LH
bal ptr, box the gnat
B1 B & S ptr ending proper
B2 bottom cpl lead up the middle, turn alone and lead back down the middle
cast with 2nd (now at bottom) cpl to end in 2nd place*
*end: 33
11
22
On May 3, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote:
I just called a tiny dance last night, and went through several of my
triplets along with a big pile of English 3-couple dances that we did to
old-time tunes (that was a little weird for me but the dancers enjoyed
them, so what the heck). I was grateful to have the few triplets I had,
and I'd like to expand my collection. The ones I used were Microchasmic,
David's Triplet #7 and Ted's Triplet #24, which all have distinctive bits
in them (contra corners, round two/drop through, and a cast to invert then
1s lead up, respectively). I like triplets that have some choreographic
substance to them, something for the dancers to chew on.
Do you have favorites you enjoy dancing as well as calling? I get the
impression sometimes that triplets are "that thing you do to fill time
until the real dancing starts," but 3-couple sets can be a whole lot of
fun. And sometimes they can save your butt as a caller.
We had lots of odd numbers last night, so in addition to the triplets and
3-couple English dances I used dances like Domino 5 (5 dancers) and Pride
of Dingle (for 9). For a short while we had 4 couples and did contras but
most of the evening was "other." Got any good dances for odd numbers?
Kalia
2:41 p.m.
Chris,
Thank you so much for the correct author and title.
Jill
On May 8, 2015, at 12:23 PM, Chris Page wrote:
Beneficial Triplet by Al Olson. A very nice one.
-Chris Page
San Diego
A1 all pass ptr by RH
all who can, pass person on L diag by LH
all pass person straight across by RH
L diag by LH
A2 across by RH
L diag by LH
bal ptr, box the gnat
B1 B & S ptr ending proper
B2 bottom cpl lead up the middle, turn alone and lead back down the middle
cast with 2nd (now at bottom) cpl to end in 2nd place*
*end: 33
11
22
3:34 p.m.
This is a wonderful addition to the files. Thanks, Jill, for pointing
it out!
Kalia
On 5/8/2015 11:41 AM, jill allen wrote:
Chris,
Thank you so much for the correct author and title.
Jill
On May 8, 2015, at 12:23 PM, Chris Page wrote:
> Beneficial Triplet by Al Olson. A very nice one.
>
> -Chris Page
> San Diego
>
> A1all pass ptr by RH
> all who can, pass person on L diag by LH
> all pass person straight across by RH
> L diag by LH
> A2 across by RH
> L diag by LH
> bal ptr, box the gnat
> B1B & S ptr ending proper
> B2 bottom cpl lead up the middle, turn alone and lead back down
> the middle
> cast with 2nd (now at bottom) cpl to end in 2nd place*
1:33 p.m.
But those "pass by" moves really need to be done with hands to a) keep things
connected and b) keep the dancers oriented (if you hold on for just a second after each
pull by, it turns you back in to face the center (exactly the same way beginners tend to
try to do a R&L Thru) with the correct hand free for the next pull by.
Jack Mitchell
On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 10:21 AM -0700, "jill allen via Callers"
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Kalia,
Since no one has mentioned it and to honor Larry Jennings, I will share this triplet I
love with a zipper! That is, I am pretty sure it's written by Larry. Does anyone
know the title?Jill Allen
Triplet (by Larry Jennings?) proper
A1 all pass ptr by RH all who can, pass person on L diag by LH all pass person straight
across by RH L diag by LHA2 across by RH L diag by LH bal ptr, box the gnatB1 B & S
ptr ending properB2 bottom cpl lead up the middle, turn alone and lead back down the
middle cast with 2nd (now at bottom) cpl to end in 2nd place*
*end: 33 11 22
On May 3, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote:
I just called a tiny dance last night, and went through several of my triplets along with
a big pile of English 3-couple dances that we did to old-time tunes (that was a little
weird for me but the dancers enjoyed them, so what the heck). I was grateful to have the
few triplets I had, and I'd like to expand my collection. The ones I used were
Microchasmic, David's Triplet #7 and Ted's Triplet #24, which all have distinctive
bits in them (contra corners, round two/drop through, and a cast to invert then 1s lead
up, respectively). I like triplets that have some choreographic substance to them,
something for the dancers to chew on.
Do you have favorites you enjoy dancing as well as calling? I get the impression
sometimes that triplets are "that thing you do to fill time until the real dancing
starts," but 3-couple sets can be a whole lot of fun. And sometimes they can save
your butt as a caller.
We had lots of odd numbers last night, so in addition to the triplets and 3-couple English
dances I used dances like Domino 5 (5 dancers) and Pride of Dingle (for 9). For a short
while we had 4 couples and did contras but most of the evening was "other." Got
any good dances for odd numbers?
Kalia
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