20 Mar
2011
20 Mar
'11
12:20 a.m.
Hi o esteemed community of callers -
I'm going to call a big father-daughter dance for the Girl Scouts next month.
(It's called "Me and My Cowboy; how cute is that?!) In preparing, I realize that
most of the supremely easy dances I know are mixers. While this is usually
great, these girls are likely not going to want to partner up with other girls'
dads, but instead keep their own dad. They'll also enjoy partnering with each
other, especially for the goofier dances.
But I still seek delightful and very easy ONS dances wherein the dancers keep
their partners.
I already have a lot of galloping longways set dances like Galopede, Weaver's
Galopede, Four Around Four, & White Mountain Reel. I also have Do-Si-Three
(thanks, Linda Leslie!) and Jefferson & Liberty. I mostly seek a variety of
calmer (but still fun) ones so the dads can rest up a bit while still dancing,
and a couple of circle dances that aren't mixers, if they exist. A few more easy
Sicilians would also be welcome.
Do your repertoires include these? What are your favorites? Will you share?
Thank you!
Tina
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Tina R. Fields, Ph.D.
Sebastopol, CA
(707) 824-9318
indigenize.wordpress.com
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20 Mar
20 Mar
1:03 a.m.
Tina wrote:
Hi o esteemed community of callers -
I'm going to call a big father-daughter dance for
the Girl Scouts next month.
(It's called "Me and My Cowboy; how cute is that?!) In preparing, I realize
that
most of the supremely easy dances I know are mixers. While this is usually
great, these girls are likely not going to want to partner up with other girls'
dads, but instead keep their own dad. They'll also enjoy partnering with each
other, especially for the goofier dances.
But I still seek delightful and very easy ONS dances
wherein the dancers keep
their partners.
I already have a lot of galloping longways set dances
like Galopede, Weaver's
Galopede, Four Around Four, & White Mountain Reel. I also have Do-Si-Three
(thanks, Linda Leslie!) and Jefferson & Liberty. I mostly seek a variety of
calmer (but still fun) ones so the dads can rest up a bit while still dancing,
and a couple of circle dances that aren't mixers, if they exist. A few more easy
Sicilians would also be welcome.
Do your repertoires include these? What are your
favorites? Will you share?
My go-to Sicilians - which you may well already have -
Haste to the Wedding
[Sicilian Circle)
[Greatly benefits from the name tune]
A1: Circle left, Circle right
A2: RH *, LH *
B1: Neighbors back-to-back, clap, clap, turn 2 hands once round.
B2: Partners back-to-back, clap, clap, pass through.
Spanish Waltz
(Any waltz with nice 4-bar phrases)
[Sicilian Circle]
Note: In A1&A2, men use only right hand; women use only left hand
A1: 1-2: Holding *that* hand with partner, waltz-balance fwd&back to
neighbor
3-4: Givin that hand to neighbor, woman turns under to change
places; both finish facing partner.
5-8: Repeat above with partner
A2: 1-8: Repeat to home place.
B1: 1-4: RH*
5-8: LH*
B2: (this can depend greatly on the group. I like coming out of the LH star
with partners holding left hands and gents stepping up to partner's right
hand behind, then waltz-promenading (men's left shoulders closest to
each other) 1.5 to meet a new couple.
A group that can all waltz can waltz around; a group that can't manage
the promenade can do forward two waltz steps, back two waltz steps,
pass thorough and bow to a new couple.
---
SOLDIER'S JOY.
Sicilian Circle ("As for Spanish Dance")
32-bar reel.
My reconstruction (which is pretty much everybody else's reconstruction)
A1: 1-4: Forward and back
5-8: Opposites turn two hands (no progression)
A2: 1-4: Partners balance
5-8: Partners turn (could swing if wanted)
B1: 1-8: Ladies chain over and back
B2: 1-8: Forward and back, forward and pass through.
Original text:
All forward and back, swing the opposite-all balance to partners and
turn-ladies chain-forward and back, forward and cross to face the next couple.
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Non-gallopy whole set longways:
UP THE SIDES AND DOWN THE MIDDLE (CDM, own tune or any bright jig)
Long set for four to six couples.
A1: Step-swing balance in lines twice; cross over with polka step.
A2: Repeat to places
B1: (Reel time) 1s down the middle (walking, 8 bars) while 2s lead a single
cast (polka step) down, then up through the 1s moving arch.
B2: Swing partners.
(Repeat until 1s at top again).
[Also the own tune has a jig part and a reel part, you really don't have to
worry about that. Experiment shows this works fine with old-timey reels. If
you're tired, you can just do the whole thing walking and it still works.]
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Let us know how it goes!
-- Alan
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1:32 a.m.
In situations like this I often do Family Waltz, and the tune I like to use for it is
Tombigbee Waltz. Do you know it? It too is a mixer, but I change it to a keeper with
partners changing places back and forth, rather than the women passing repeatedly to the
right. (You can simplify the B part too.) It's a nice relaxed dance. I also turn La
Bastringue into a keeper, though that's livelier. Hey Ho (to the tune the Black Joke)
is a Sicilian Circle dance very suitable to a parent/child dance. It's on the New
England Dancing Masters Chimes of Dunkirk recording/book. And if you and your group are
okay with Yiddish cowboys, you might try Patch Tanz (as a keeper).
Richard
On Mar 19, 2011, at 8:20 PM, Tina Fields wrote:
Hi o esteemed community of callers -
I'm going to call a big father-daughter dance for the Girl Scouts next month.
(It's called "Me and My Cowboy; how cute is that?!) In preparing, I realize that
most of the supremely easy dances I know are mixers. While this is usually
great, these girls are likely not going to want to partner up with other girls'
dads, but instead keep their own dad. They'll also enjoy partnering with each
other, especially for the goofier dances.
But I still seek delightful and very easy ONS dances wherein the dancers keep
their partners.
I already have a lot of galloping longways set dances like Galopede, Weaver's
Galopede, Four Around Four, & White Mountain Reel. I also have Do-Si-Three
(thanks, Linda Leslie!) and Jefferson & Liberty. I mostly seek a variety of
calmer (but still fun) ones so the dads can rest up a bit while still dancing,
and a couple of circle dances that aren't mixers, if they exist. A few more easy
Sicilians would also be welcome.
Do your repertoires include these? What are your favorites? Will you share?
Thank you!
Tina
*******************************
Tina R. Fields, Ph.D.
Sebastopol, CA
(707) 824-9318
indigenize.wordpress.com
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1:38 a.m.
Try La Bastringue, and just dosido and swing partner each time
a1 center and back twice
a2 circle left, circle right
b1 dosido partner, 2 hand turn partner
b2 promenade partner
if you have the music for it that would be great, but is not necessary,
Dave Colestock
harrisburg, pa
www.davecolestock.com
--- On Sat, 3/19/11, Tina Fields <tfields8(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Tina Fields <tfields8(a)yahoo.com>
Subject: [Callers] easy ONS dances where partner is kept?
To: "callers@ sharedweight.net" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
Date: Saturday, March 19, 2011, 8:20 PM
Hi o esteemed community of callers -
I'm going to call a big father-daughter dance for the Girl Scouts next month.
(It's called "Me and My Cowboy; how cute is that?!) In preparing, I realize that
most of the supremely easy dances I know are mixers. While this is usually
great, these girls are likely not going to want to partner up with other girls'
dads, but instead keep their own dad. They'll also enjoy partnering with each
other, especially for the goofier dances.
But I still seek delightful and very easy ONS dances wherein the dancers keep
their partners.
I already have a lot of galloping longways set dances like Galopede, Weaver's
Galopede, Four Around Four, & White Mountain Reel. I also have Do-Si-Three
(thanks, Linda Leslie!) and Jefferson & Liberty. I mostly seek a variety of
calmer (but still fun) ones so the dads can rest up a bit while still dancing,
and a couple of circle dances that aren't mixers, if they exist. A few more easy
Sicilians would also be welcome.
Do your repertoires include these? What are your favorites? Will you share?
Thank you!
Tina
*******************************
Tina R. Fields, Ph.D.
Sebastopol, CA
(707) 824-9318
indigenize.wordpress.com
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4:39 a.m.
Dear Tina,
Here are a few more from my files. I do a lot of ONS, and have
collected quite a few dances. Although many of them are "improper",
the dances are very "forgiving", and are actually role free.
I hope you have a great time!
warmly, Linda Leslie
Kid's Chaos Mixer #3
by Chrissy Fowler
Scatter Mixer/Beginner
A1 -----------
(In fours) Circle left
Circle right
A2 -----------
Right hand star
Left hand star
B1 -----------
Neighbor two hand turn
Partner two hand turn
B2 -----------
Promenade partner to a new couple
Attleboro Reel
by Linda Leslie
Sicilian Circle/Other/Beginner
A1 -----------
Neighbor do si do
As couples do si do
A2 -----------
Star right
Star left
B1 -----------
Circle left
Circle right
Var: Partner B & S
B2 -----------
Forward and Back
Pass through
Back to Back
by Al Brozek
Square/Beginner
A1 -----------
First couple out to the right and circle up four
Pick up the next and circle 6
A2 -----------
Pick up the next and circle 8 until you're home!
B1 -----------
Ladies to the center stand back to back
Gents walk around the outside track
Swing your own!
B2 -----------
Promenade until you're home
Balance the Star #2
by McLain Family
Sicilian Circle/Becket-CW/Beginner
A1 -----------
Balance In and Out TWICE
Star right once
A2 -----------
Balance In and Out Twice
Left star once
B1 -----------
Ladies do si do*
Gents do si do
B2 -----------
Circle left once
Slide left to a new couple (time for clogging!)
Family Contra
by Sherry Nevins
Contra/Improper/Beginner
A1 -----------
Balance the ring twice
Circle Left
A2 -----------
Balance the ring twice
Circle Right
B1 -----------
Neighbor do si do
Partner do si do
B2 -----------
As couples do si do once and a half to progress
Fun in New Bedford
Linda Leslie
Type: Sicilian Circle
Formation: Duple-Improper
Level: Beginner
A1 -----------
(8) Circle Left 1X
Circle Right
A2 -----------
Neighbor do si do and 2 hand swing (go home!!)
B1 -----------
Partner do si do and 2 hand swing
B2 -----------
As couples forward and back
cw couples arch, ccw couples duck through
Notes: A2 and B1 can be elbow swings.
Sicilian Circle of Fun
by Linda Leslie
Sicilian Circle/Improper/Beginner
A1 -----------
(8) Circle Left 1X
(8) Circle Right 1X
A2 -----------
Neighbor right elbow
Neighbor Left elbow
B1 -----------
Partner right elbow
Partner left elbow
B2 -----------
Forward and back
2/s arch, 1’s duck (or pass through)
Snowball
by unknown
Longways for 5 couples
A1 -----------
#1’s Right elbow, then back by the left
A2 -----------
#1’s and #2’s Right hand star
Left hand star
B1 -----------
#1’s #2’s #3’s Circle left
Circle right
B2 -----------
#1 #2 #3 #4
(8) Long lines, forward and back
(8) Long lines, forward and back--at same time, #5 go up the outside
to the top to become #1
On Mar 19, 2011, at 8:20 PM, Tina Fields wrote:
Hi o esteemed community of callers -
I'm going to call a big father-daughter dance for the Girl Scouts
next month.
(It's called "Me and My Cowboy; how cute is that?!) In preparing, I
realize that
most of the supremely easy dances I know are mixers. While this is
usually
great, these girls are likely not going to want to partner up with
other girls'
dads, but instead keep their own dad. They'll also enjoy partnering
with each
other, especially for the goofier dances.
But I still seek delightful and very easy ONS dances wherein the
dancers keep
their partners.
I already have a lot of galloping longways set dances like Galopede,
Weaver's
Galopede, Four Around Four, & White Mountain Reel. I also have Do-Si-
Three
(thanks, Linda Leslie!) and Jefferson & Liberty. I mostly seek a
variety of
calmer (but still fun) ones so the dads can rest up a bit while
still dancing,
and a couple of circle dances that aren't mixers, if they exist. A
few more easy
Sicilians would also be welcome.
Do your repertoires include these? What are your favorites? Will you
share?
Thank you!
Tina
*******************************
Tina R. Fields, Ph.D.
Sebastopol, CA
(707) 824-9318
indigenize.wordpress.com
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