Hi All,
I collected a dance from Lisa Greenleaf. Neither she nor the person
from whom she collected it knows the author. I'm hoping you can help
me. Here it is:
Holiday Daze
Becket
A1 Cir L 3/4, pass through
New neighbor swing
A2 Long lines F&B
Ladies chain
B1 Left diag. hey for 4
B2 (original) Ladies L shoulder gypsy
Partner swing
Thanks
-Amy
The popular four-face-four is "Grand Square Contra"
There's also
"McQuillen Fancy" by Tony Saletan
"Bloom One" by Al Olson
"To Hans T" by Birgit Rasmussen
"To Torsten" by Birgit Rasmussen
There's a grid square by Bob Isaacs called "Grand Square Grid".
There's some contras that try and give the feel of Grand Square:
Bases Loaded
Fatal Attraction (Ravitz)
Mini Grand Swing (Hemphill)
Petite Square Contra (Tom Senior)
Square Off Reel (Gaudreau)
To Mette T (Rasumussen)
-Chris Page
San Diego
Hi Luke:
You may be thinking of:
Grand Square Contra Jacob Bloom 4 x 4
A1. 8 Lines forward
and back
8 Corner swing – form square
A2. 16 Sides face grand
square
B1. 16 Reverse grand
square
B2. 4,4 Heads pass
through, sides pass through
8 Partner swing
I don't see how you can have a grand square in a contra without it being a 4 x 4. But if you come up with a way, let us know -
Bob
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 17:05:45 -0400
To: callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: [Callers] Grand Square in a contra?
From: callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
Hi Folks,
Several years ago (2013?) while at the fabulous DEFFA festival in Maine, I danced a contra that had a grand square. I think it was on the diagonal.
But that's about all I remember about it.
Anyone know the dance? Or can give me more of a lead like the caller or such?
I don't think it was a 4x4. I'm not sure if it had the full 16 beats one way, then reverse and 16 beats the other way; because that'd be half the dance...
Now that I'm thinking about it, as a 4x4 with a full grand square and still following somewhat typical 4x4 conventions:
A1
Lines of 4 go forward and back
Corner Swing
A2
Grand Square: Heads start forward, sides split
B1
Reverse: sides start forward, heads split
B2
Option 1: Heads pass straight through, sides pass straight through; find partnerOption 2: Pass new corner right, next left; find partnerOption 3: Gents left hand star promenade with corner, ladies go ~1/2, turn back to partner
partner swing, face line of direction
I'm now really confident it wasn't a 4x4 contra, but I still don't remember what it was. Any help would be appreciated.
If I can't find it I may try it as a 4x4, but it seems like you'd be further ahead with a simple square to have a little more variety than just grand square and two swings...
Thanks.
--
Luke Donforth
Luke.Donforth(a)gmail.com
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Oooh! Bill Olson called a dance a little like that at Dawn dance last time
he called. It was cool.
Alex
On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 5:05 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Several years ago (2013?) while at the fabulous DEFFA festival in Maine, I
> danced a contra that had a grand square. I think it was on the diagonal.
>
> But that's about all I remember about it.
>
> Anyone know the dance? Or can give me more of a lead like the caller or
> such?
>
> I don't think it was a 4x4. I'm not sure if it had the full 16 beats one
> way, then reverse and 16 beats the other way; because that'd be half the
> dance...
>
> Now that I'm thinking about it, as a 4x4 with a full grand square and
> still following somewhat typical 4x4 conventions:
>
> A1
> Lines of 4 go forward and back
> Corner Swing
> A2
> Grand Square: Heads start forward, sides split
> B1
> Reverse: sides start forward, heads split
> B2
>
> - Option 1: Heads pass straight through, sides pass straight through;
> find partner
> - Option 2: Pass new corner right, next left; find partner
> - Option 3: Gents left hand star promenade with corner, ladies go
> ~1/2, turn back to partner
>
> partner swing, face line of direction
>
> I'm now really confident it wasn't a 4x4 contra, but I still don't
> remember what it was. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> If I can't find it I may try it as a 4x4, but it seems like you'd be
> further ahead with a simple square to have a little more variety than just
> grand square and two swings...
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Luke Donforth
> Luke.Donforth(a)gmail.com <Luke.Donev(a)gmail.com>
>
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Hi Folks,
Several years ago (2013?) while at the fabulous DEFFA festival in Maine, I
danced a contra that had a grand square. I think it was on the diagonal.
But that's about all I remember about it.
Anyone know the dance? Or can give me more of a lead like the caller or
such?
I don't think it was a 4x4. I'm not sure if it had the full 16 beats one
way, then reverse and 16 beats the other way; because that'd be half the
dance...
Now that I'm thinking about it, as a 4x4 with a full grand square and still
following somewhat typical 4x4 conventions:
A1
Lines of 4 go forward and back
Corner Swing
A2
Grand Square: Heads start forward, sides split
B1
Reverse: sides start forward, heads split
B2
- Option 1: Heads pass straight through, sides pass straight through;
find partner
- Option 2: Pass new corner right, next left; find partner
- Option 3: Gents left hand star promenade with corner, ladies go ~1/2,
turn back to partner
partner swing, face line of direction
I'm now really confident it wasn't a 4x4 contra, but I still don't remember
what it was. Any help would be appreciated.
If I can't find it I may try it as a 4x4, but it seems like you'd be
further ahead with a simple square to have a little more variety than just
grand square and two swings...
Thanks.
--
Luke Donforth
Luke.Donforth(a)gmail.com <Luke.Donev(a)gmail.com>
I know at least three of us will be there next weekend, any interest in a
group meal or something? Or just crash into each other on the dance
floor? ;->
--
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FWIW: June 24 is the feast day of St John the Baptist, patron saint of Quebec. So June 24 is Quebec's national holiday, bigger there than Canada Day a week later. (Camped last night in a state park in the Adirondacks, full of Québécois enjoying a long weekend....).
Richard Hopkins
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Oh, Hi Turtle! by Emily Rush has some Rory O'More followed by some grand
right and left (right, left, allemande right, left):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hmanTMdXRM
P.S. it's not obvious that you wanted to also grand right and left the
other way back, because e.g. in a square dance you often only go one way.
Yoyo Zhou
On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Ron Blechner via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> I like these two at a glance; I'll take a closer look later. Thank you.
>
> At the same time, I was asking for pulling by both ways, not just one way,
> so more suggestions still welcome.
> On Jun 20, 2016 4:50 PM, "Bob Isaacs" <isaacsbob(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ron and All:
>
> I hope this isn't too weird for you. It adapted the diagonal Rory spins
> first seen in Bill Olson's Eleanor's Reel into a single progression dance:
>
> Let It Flow
> Becket-L
> Bob Isaacs, 7/26/04
>
>
> A1. 8 L diagonal circle L ¾
> 2,2,4 N1 pull by R, N2 pull by L, N3 allemande R ¾ to
> wave/4 (1)
>
> A2. 4,4 Balance R and L, spin R forward to wave/4 w/N2
> (2)
> 4,4 Balance L and R, spin L forward
>
> B1. 4,12 N1 balance, swing
>
> B2. 4 Give and take to gent’s side
> 12 Partner swing
>
>
> (1) – With gents taking L hands in the center and N3 keeping R hands on
> the side.
>
> (2) – With ladies taking R hands in the center and N2 taking L hands on
> the side.
>
> *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eMPU6Enh-M*
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eMPU6Enh-M>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LecYtmgdLLE
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1ZneH9zwsw
>
> Bob
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 15:34:47 -0400
> To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
> Subject: [Callers] Rorys + Grand R+L?
> From: callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
>
>
> Any contra dances out there with a grand right and left around the set and
> Rory OMoore spins? (Standard 32bar, nothing too weird)
>
> I thought I've danced one that went something like:
>
> Indecent
> A1. N1 Pull by R, N2 Pull by L, N3 Pull by R, N4 Alle L 1x, N3 by R, form
> wavy lines with N2, LH to N2, ladies in center.
> A2. Bal, Spin L, Bal, Spin R ...
>
> Then something? Maybe ladies spin all the way across on that second spin,
> B+S partner, circle, do-si-do?
>
> Or maybe the pull-bys go back to N1, and RH to N1 in waves?
>
> Thanks,
> Ron Blechner
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