10 Dec
2016
10 Dec
'16
6:49 a.m.
Hi All,
I'm going to lead an English dance in early February. I've led English once or
twice, and mostly stuck with The Playford Collection, and some Pat Shaw dances. I
wouldn't mind collecting a few more modern dances.
Please feel free to either post them to the list, or send to me directly:
erik@erikhoffman.com<mailto:erik@erikhoffman.com>
And, of course, please include the music.
Thanks,
~Erik Hoffman
Oakland, CA
10 Dec
10 Dec
5:46 p.m.
On 12/9/2016 10:49 PM, Erik Hoffman via Callers wrote:
Hi All,
I’m going to lead an English dance in early February. I’ve led English
once or twice, and mostly stuck with The Playford Collection, and some
Pat Shaw dances. I wouldn’t mind collecting a few more modern dances.
Please feel free to either post them to the list, or send to me directly:
_erik(a)erikhoffman.com_ <mailto:erik@erikhoffman.com>
And, of course, please include the music.
Erik, can you specify what the group is like that you'll be calling for?
Hardcore English dancers? Mostly contra folks who are taking a walk
on the wild side? Brand-new dancers? That will make a difference for
the dances we can recommend.
Kalia
7:21 p.m.
As per my request for modern English dances, I don't mind collecting any few dances
that people really like. But, for more info on the dance I'll be leading, it's the
Mendocino, California, English dance. Having not been to it before, but knowing the
organizers: Beth & Mickie Zekely, I think it's a dedicated English dance with
dedicated English dancers. My suspicion is that Kalia and Alan Winston may know more about
the dance than I, since they've both been there.
Again, Thanks for any help!
~Erik Hoffman
Oakland, CA
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On 12/9/2016 10:49 PM, Erik Hoffman via Callers wrote:
Hi All,
I'm going to lead an English dance in early February. I've led English
once or twice, and mostly stuck with The Playford Collection, and some
Pat Shaw dances. I wouldn't mind collecting a few more modern dances.
Please feel free to either post them to the list, or send to me directly:
_erik(a)erikhoffman.com_ <mailto:erik@erikhoffman.com>
And, of course, please include the music.
Erik, can you specify what the group is like that you'll be calling for?
Hardcore English dancers? Mostly contra folks who are taking a walk on the wild side?
Brand-new dancers? That will make a difference for the dances we can recommend.
Kalia
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9:47 a.m.
The Mendocino series has a giant band (which lately has included a bunch
of people young enough that their parents have to bring them, and then
stay and sometimes dance). The band rehearses; they're willing to learn
three or four new tunes for an evening, and the organizer will give you
a list of stuff recently called and stuff the band knows cold to swap in.
There are always some first timers, but in the last several years some
of the regulars have started traveling to dance camps and English balls
and they hold a ball rehearsal series. The group who do that are
dedicated English dancers who know all the figures and can do
challenging dances. They are not more than half the people at the
dance; they are public-spirited and try to dance with first-timers.
I'd say that for this dance you're looking for mostly pretty easy dances
with some intermediate ones. You might have to workshop double figure
eights or heys. There's also a strong tendency for attendance to drop
off after the break. Look for dances with strong flow!
For these purposes, I like
Easter Morn
When Laura Smiiles
On 12/10/16 11:21 AM, Erik Hoffman via Callers wrote:
As per my request for modern English dances, I
don't mind collecting any few dances that people really like. But, for more info on
the dance I'll be leading, it's the Mendocino, California, English dance. Having
not been to it before, but knowing the organizers: Beth & Mickie Zekely, I think
it's a dedicated English dance with dedicated English dancers. My suspicion is that
Kalia and Alan Winston may know more about the dance than I, since they've both been
there.
Again, Thanks for any help!
~Erik Hoffman
Oakland, CA
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Subject: Re: [Callers] Favorite relatively Modern ECD
On 12/9/2016 10:49 PM, Erik Hoffman via Callers wrote:
Hi All,
I'm going to lead an English dance in early February. I've led English
once or twice, and mostly stuck with The Playford Collection, and some
Pat Shaw dances. I wouldn't mind collecting a few more modern dances.
Please feel free to either post them to the list, or send to me directly:
_erik(a)erikhoffman.com_ <mailto:erik@erikhoffman.com>
And, of course, please include the music.
Erik, can you specify what the group is
like that you'll be calling for?
Hardcore English dancers? Mostly contra folks who are taking a walk on the wild side?
Brand-new dancers? That will make a difference for the dances we can recommend.
Kalia
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9:50 a.m.
Hi Erik,
I've called Mendocino several times. It's a wonderful community dance with
dedicated English dancers of varying experience. A lot of the dance is
driven around Beth & Mickie's community band. They can provide you with
their "list of regular tunes/dances" which the band is familiar with, but
they're also good at taking new (to them) tunes and making them come to
life. Attendance will vary depending on circumstance, so I would suggest
making sure you have a number of 3- and 4-couple dances either in the
program or available as backup alternates. One modern dance I know they are
familiar with is one of mine - Pebbles, from 2011. I'll send you the .pdf
of the tune off-list, along with samples from previous programs there, but
here's the instructions for Pebbles itself.
Pebbles
Longways duple minor, 2/2 meter, G
Tune and dance: Ric Goldman, 2011
A1 1-4 All set fwd to corner, turn single back
5-8 All circle L 1x
9-12 All set fwd to corner, turn single back
13-16 All star R 1x
B1 1-4 1s cross and go below (2s moving up)
5-8 1s half figure-8 up and around into center of a line-of-4
9-12 Line-of-4 up-a-dbl & back
13-16 2s gate 1s up and around to progressed places
Since we shouldn't do attachments on the list, here's the tune in ABC
notation:
X:1
T:Pebbles
C:Ric Goldman 2011
M:2/2
L:1/8
K:G
Q:1/2=112
P:A
D2||"G"G6D2|"D"A6D2|"G"Bcd2c2B2|"D"A6dc|"G"B2G2"D"d3c|"G"B2g2"C"e2dc|"G"B2G2
"D"D2F2|"G"G6D2|
G6D2|"D"A6D2|"G"Bcd2g2d2|"C"e6d2|"Am"cdcBA2G2|"D"F2E2D2D2|"C"EFG2"D"G2F2|"G"
G4F4||
P:B
"Em"EFG2EFG2|E2B2B2G2|"Am"cdcBA2G2|"B"F8|"Em"E2^DE"B"F2B,2|"G"G2A2B2G2|"Am"A
3Bc2e2|"D"d6dc|
"Em"B2GFE2B,2|"C"E4"G"D3D|"C"E2C2G2E2|"D"D6C2|"G"B,CDE
FGAB|c2B2A2D2|"C"EFG2"D"G2F2|"G" G6||
Thanx, Ric Goldman
letsdance(a)rgoldman.org
P.S. Info on abc notation - http://www.lesession.co.uk/abc/abc_notation.htm
P.P.S. I use the ABC wizywig editor is at:
http://abcexplorer.software.informer.com/1.6/ but you can google for desktop
and mobile platforms.
P.P.S. Musical notation .pdf available on request
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Erik Hoffman via Callers
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2016 11:21 AM
To: callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] Favorite relatively Modern ECD
As per my request for modern English dances, I don't mind collecting any few
dances that people really like. But, for more info on the dance I'll be
leading, it's the Mendocino, California, English dance. Having not been to
it before, but knowing the organizers: Beth & Mickie Zekely, I think it's a
dedicated English dance with dedicated English dancers. My suspicion is that
Kalia and Alan Winston may know more about the dance than I, since they've
both been there.
Again, Thanks for any help!
~Erik Hoffman
Oakland, CA
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Kalia Kliban via Callers
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2016 9:47 AM
To: callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] Favorite relatively Modern ECD
On 12/9/2016 10:49 PM, Erik Hoffman via Callers wrote:
Hi All,
I'm going to lead an English dance in early February. I've led English
once or twice, and mostly stuck with The Playford Collection, and some
Pat Shaw dances. I wouldn't mind collecting a few more modern dances.
Please feel free to either post them to the list, or send to me directly:
_erik(a)erikhoffman.com_ <mailto:erik@erikhoffman.com>
And, of course, please include the music.
Erik, can you specify what the group is like that you'll be calling for?
Hardcore English dancers? Mostly contra folks who are taking a walk on
the wild side? Brand-new dancers? That will make a difference for the
dances we can recommend.
Kalia
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10 Dec
9:32 p.m.
My contributions are limited as I only occasionally dance English. There's
a new dance by a local friend which appears to be making a splash...
Sapphire Sea by Christine Robb (see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-8LyExynvA). Choreography and tune can be
seen clearly in the video if you pause it at 0:11 and 0:14 or so.
BTW, I also wrote a dance recently which could arguably be either an
English dance or a contra in waltz time, see below.
-Don
*Linda's Gifts (of Time) - Longways Duple Proper in Waltz Time - Don Veino
20160818*
In grateful recognition of Linda Leslie's investments of time in the folk
dance community and in particular her consultation and mentoring given me
as I hone my dance calling and composition.
A1
(6,6) First Corners Set to each other (small steps to the Right-2-3,
Left-2-3), Hole in the Wall (forward 3 beats/steps, pass rights and pivot 1
step, fall back 2 steps into each other's places)
(12) Second Corners, same thing
A2
(12) Partner Two-Hand Turn 1x
(12) Circle Left 1x
B1
(12) Ones Half Figure 8 up through and around Twos to finish below
(12) Twos do similar below, to finish above
B2
(12) Partner Back to Back/Dosido
(6) Ring Balance with current Neighbors
(6) Cloverleaf Turn Single over outside shoulder to face new Neighbors
Working title was "Two Rivers", written to go with the tune of the same
name by Larry Unger, but any lilting/romantic waltz of suitable length will
do.
On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 1:49 AM, Erik Hoffman via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi All,
I’m going to lead an English dance in early February. I’ve led English
once or twice, and mostly stuck with The Playford Collection, and some Pat
Shaw dances. I wouldn’t mind collecting a few more modern dances.
Please feel free to either post them to the list, or send to me directly:
*erik(a)erikhoffman.com* <erik(a)erikhoffman.com>
And, of course, please include the music.
Thanks,
~Erik Hoffman
Oakland, CA
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11:49 a.m.
Hi Eric
Here are a few of mine that are danced locally (Australia).
Roulette - 3 couple circle -
http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#Roulette
Own tune - I can send the sheet music
Summer Garden - 3 couple longways -
http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#SummerGarden
To the tune of "All in a Garden Green"
Serpentine - 3 couple longways -
http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#Serpentine
3 x 48 bar reel - I often use "Wakefield Hunt"
Isobel's Idyll - 4 couple square -
http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#IsobelsIdyll
4 x 48 bar reel - no particular tune
Cheers
Keith Wood
Hi All,
I’m going to lead an English dance in early February. I’ve led English
once or twice, and mostly stuck with The Playford Collection, and some
Pat Shaw dances. I wouldn’t mind collecting a few more modern dances.
Please feel free to either post them to the list, or send to me directly:
_erik(a)erikhoffman.com_ <mailto:erik@erikhoffman.com>
And, of course, please include the music.
Thanks,
~Erik Hoffman
Oakland, CA
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Here's a useful starting source:
http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/ecd/ecd-modern
If you want a broader range (though you'll have to google/check books
for instructions and such), try:
http://lambertvillecountrydancers.org/videolist3.html
-Chris Page
San Diego, CA
On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 10:49 PM, Erik Hoffman via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi All,
I’m going to lead an English dance in early February. I’ve led English once
or twice, and mostly stuck with The Playford Collection, and some Pat Shaw
dances. I wouldn’t mind collecting a few more modern dances.
Please feel free to either post them to the list, or send to me directly:
erik(a)erikhoffman.com
And, of course, please include the music.
Thanks,
~Erik Hoffman
Oakland, CA
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14 Dec
7:37 a.m.
New subject: New dance and formation
Hi Everyone
Here's a dance I wrote for a friend's birthday - Caught in the Nette.
The new formation is a duple cross - a duple improper set with an extra
person in the middle of each minor set. It has a double progression for
couples and the middle person in each set doesn't progress, but those
around them do.
See an animation of the dance at
http://www.dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#CaughtInTheNette.
Caught in the Nette
Formation:Duple cross - duple improper with an extra person in the
middle of each minor set
Music:32 bar reels or jigs
Source:Keith Wood February 2016
Notes:For Jeanette "Nette" Pembroke's 60th birthday.
The middle person in each set doesn't progress, but the couples they
dance with do (double progression)! Hence they are caught in the net at
that spot.
A1 Men and middle half hey, middle passing right shoulder with 2nd man
to start; women turn out clockwise
Women and middle half hey, middle passing right shoulder with 2nd woman
to start; men turn out anti-clockwise
A2 1s and 2s half rights-and-lefts, starting with partner
1s do-si-do; while 2s cross giving right hand and move to the end of a
line of five; middle steps back into the centre of the line
B1 Line of five down the hall (6 beats), ends turn alone, while middles
turn man's side high, woman's side low, to invert the three (4 beats),
back up the hall and bend the line (6 beats)
B2
Circle half-way (4 beats) and balance the ring (4 beats)
Middle and 1s arch down over 2s, all moving forward (4 beats)
Middle take hands with new 2s below and draw them back between the 1s
(double progression), 1s and 2s moving forward; 2s that reach the top
switch sides (4 beats)
Cheers
Keith Wood
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