Import1 June 2016

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by Kalia Kliban via Callers

Hi all I just got home late last night from the event (the Greenwood Fest), and can now report back. I hugely appreciate all the tune suggestions. They were really helpful for both me and the band. I sent them a list of tune names, along with video links, and they settled on Turkey in the Straw and St. Anne's Reel, which worked just fine for Margate Hoy and Le Brandy, respectively. The 3rd dance was a big wind-up/spiral dance, to the Crawdad Song. Traditional dance accompaniment is definitely not what this band usually does but they dove into it with great energy and attitude and we had a good time together. The one thing that I didn't anticipate, though if I had given it some thought I should have, is that this crowd was about 90% male. There were just a few who were willing to partner with other men, and I chose dances where partner interaction could be no more intimate than an elbow swing. The folks who joined in had a good time and were asking for more (maybe we can do more at the next event). The bulk of the crowd only joined in for the windup. All in all, it went about as I'd expected for the dance part of it, and better than I feared for the musical part. Thanks, all of you, for your help! Kalia

7 years, 10 months

Re: [Callers] New (?) dance, B1 balance, B2 balance and partner swing

by Bob Isaacs via Callers

Hi All: As Luke noted, there are two dances with similar names. The first is: Return to Sender Becket-L, double, 7/18/00 A1. L diagonal R and L through, ladies chain to neighbor A2. Hey (LR, PL, GR, NL) - give R to N B1. Balance, box the gnat and pull by R, gents allemande L 1 1/2 B2. Partner balance, swing On 5/19/03 I wrote Return 2 Sender, the same dance below that Luke re-discovered. With a neighbor swing and a single progression, this is objectively better. For both I offer the following teaching tip: at the end of the hey take R with neighbor and have all face across, so for Return 2 Sender the ladies are back to back. Then have all take a small step to their L as the ideal position to finish the hey (if facing across is 12 o'clock/6 o'clock, then slightly L of across is 1 o'clock/7 o'clock). Then after the box the gnat and pull by, the ladies have a clearer path into the allemande L - Bob BecketA1Circle left 3/4Neighbor swingA2Gents start hey for 4 by leftB1Right to neighbor (women back to back in middle), balance and box gnatPull by right, women allemande left 1 1/2B2Partner balance and swingSlide left Happy dancing -- Luke Donforth Luke.Donforth(a)gmail.com

7 years, 10 months

Re: [Callers] Reverse R/L thru?

by Tom Hinds via Callers

In 1992 I wrote and called this: A1 bal and sw N A2 left and right through, men chain B1 men L gypsy, swing P B2 circle left 3/4 pass through and do-si-do the next. Left and right through: pull by P with left and women courtesy turn the men. T On Jun 13, 2016, at 11:04 AM, Maia McCormick via Callers wrote: > Have you all encountered or written dances for a "reverse R/L > through"? To my mind, this move might be any of the following: > a. cross the set with the lady on the left and gent on the right, > lady courtesy turns gent (with the traditional CCW courtesy turn > b. cross the set with the lady on the right and gent on the left > (as usual), lady courtesy turns gent (with a REVERSE courtesy turn, > ie CW, as would happen on a gent's chain) > c. ??!?!? > > Cheers, > Maia > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net

7 years, 10 months

Re: [Callers] Dolphin Heys in contra dances

by Luke Donforth via Callers

Thanks. I searched for Martha Wild and Nils's Maggot, but only came up with and ibiblio.org page. It's odd to me that Google didn't return a sites.google.com result, but I'll bookmark it. On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Yoyo Zhou <yozhov(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 8:42 AM, Luke Donforth via Callers < > callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > >> Looks like I'm late to the party. Glad to hear other folks are having fun >> with it :-) >> >> I didn't know it came via Scottish, but that makes sense. It's called >> tandem or alternating tandem reels there? >> It's not clear to me how it ended up being called a dolphin hey instead >> of a falcon hey; but I'm not going to try to change that vernacular. >> >> When I ran it for contras, I had a demo on the floor (jumping down myself >> to do it, or working with a couple I had taught ahead of time). If I keep >> it rotation, I'll see if I can develop the language to teach it completely >> verbally; but for now I'll rely on a demo. I'd also be curious how other >> folks teach it; and I'll query some instructors of Scottish and/or English. >> >> It was fun to see Kittyhawk Hornpipe in the RPDLW archive. Thank you Yoyo >> for pointing that out. I didn't manage to find a transcription of Nils's >> Maggot. What dance did you substitute a dolphin hey into? >> > > It was indeed Kittyhawk Hornpipe that I called. > > Martha's dance (in which actually the 2s act as a unit in the hey for 3) > is on her website: > https://sites.google.com/site/marthawildscallsofthewild/ > > Yoyo Zhou > > -- Luke Donforth Luke.Donforth(a)gmail.com <Luke.Donev(a)gmail.com>

7 years, 10 months

Re: [Callers] Dolphin Heys in contra dances

by Yoyo Zhou via Callers

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 8:42 AM, Luke Donforth via Callers < callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Looks like I'm late to the party. Glad to hear other folks are having fun > with it :-) > > I didn't know it came via Scottish, but that makes sense. It's called > tandem or alternating tandem reels there? > It's not clear to me how it ended up being called a dolphin hey instead of > a falcon hey; but I'm not going to try to change that vernacular. > > When I ran it for contras, I had a demo on the floor (jumping down myself > to do it, or working with a couple I had taught ahead of time). If I keep > it rotation, I'll see if I can develop the language to teach it completely > verbally; but for now I'll rely on a demo. I'd also be curious how other > folks teach it; and I'll query some instructors of Scottish and/or English. > > It was fun to see Kittyhawk Hornpipe in the RPDLW archive. Thank you Yoyo > for pointing that out. I didn't manage to find a transcription of Nils's > Maggot. What dance did you substitute a dolphin hey into? > It was indeed Kittyhawk Hornpipe that I called. Martha's dance (in which actually the 2s act as a unit in the hey for 3) is on her website: https://sites.google.com/site/marthawildscallsofthewild/ Yoyo Zhou

7 years, 10 months

Re: [Callers] Reverse R/L thru?

by Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Callers

Wouldn't the set up be that you pull by left across? Maybe from a left hand star. then you'd have your right hand free for the revers turn. A On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 12:50 PM, Chris Page via Callers < callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > For a), there's a couple of gender-swapped right and left throughs:. > > "Convolution 2" by Merri Rudd > "House Husband's Reel" by Eric Conrad > "Jackson's Hornpipe" (traditional) > "Just Elegance" by Chris Page > "Pleasantly Surprised" by David Smukler > "Tuesday Child" by Brian Jones > "Women in Charge" by Melanie Axel-Lute > "Worth the Wait" by Tom Hinds > > I don't know any in case b). It'd be awful confusing, kind of like a > petronella turn to the left, as there's nothing in the set-up of the > move to force a clockwise courtesy turn. > > In category c): > (often pairs of proper right and left throughs with different people > one the left/right at different times) > > "Crestwood Reel" (traditional) > "The Double Plow" by Al Olson > "Double Plow #4" by Al Olson > "Elegance and Simplicity" (traditional) > "New Mountain Contra" by Al Olson > "On Alternate Sides" by Al Olson > "Path to the Past" by Chris Page > "Up to My Ears in Right and Left" by Larry Jennings > > -Chris Page > San Diego, CA > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Maia McCormick via Callers > <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > Have you all encountered or written dances for a "reverse R/L through"? > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net >

7 years, 10 months

Re: [Callers] Reverse R/L thru?

by Chris Page via Callers

For a), there's a couple of gender-swapped right and left throughs:. "Convolution 2" by Merri Rudd "House Husband's Reel" by Eric Conrad "Jackson's Hornpipe" (traditional) "Just Elegance" by Chris Page "Pleasantly Surprised" by David Smukler "Tuesday Child" by Brian Jones "Women in Charge" by Melanie Axel-Lute "Worth the Wait" by Tom Hinds I don't know any in case b). It'd be awful confusing, kind of like a petronella turn to the left, as there's nothing in the set-up of the move to force a clockwise courtesy turn. In category c): (often pairs of proper right and left throughs with different people one the left/right at different times) "Crestwood Reel" (traditional) "The Double Plow" by Al Olson "Double Plow #4" by Al Olson "Elegance and Simplicity" (traditional) "New Mountain Contra" by Al Olson "On Alternate Sides" by Al Olson "Path to the Past" by Chris Page "Up to My Ears in Right and Left" by Larry Jennings -Chris Page San Diego, CA On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Maia McCormick via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Have you all encountered or written dances for a "reverse R/L through"?

7 years, 10 months

Re: [Callers] Reverse R/L thru?

by Luke Donforth via Callers

I'm not familiar with option a or b dances. Are you looking for something with that? As for the option c, older dances that have right and left through (and back) in proper lines have the 1s and 2s doing the reverse of each other; and some of them are doing what you're describing. That's the closest thing that comes to my mind. On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Maia McCormick via Callers < callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Have you all encountered or written dances for a "reverse R/L through"? To > my mind, this move might be any of the following: > a. cross the set with the lady on the left and gent on the right, lady > courtesy turns gent (with the traditional CCW courtesy turn > b. cross the set with the lady on the right and gent on the left (as > usual), lady courtesy turns gent (with a REVERSE courtesy turn, ie CW, as > would happen on a gent's chain) > c. ??!?!? > > Cheers, > Maia > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > -- Luke Donforth Luke.Donforth(a)gmail.com <Luke.Donev(a)gmail.com>

7 years, 10 months

Re: [Callers] Dolphin Heys in contra dances

by Liz and Bill via Callers

Hi Luke, There is a New Zealand connection. Do you know the origin of the move? I suspect it comes from the Scottish country dance which was in honour of a dolphin named Pelorus Jack. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelorus_Jack http://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/video/pelorus-jack.html Cheers, Bill

7 years, 10 months

[Callers] Reverse R/L thru?

by Maia McCormick via Callers

Have you all encountered or written dances for a "reverse R/L through"? To my mind, this move might be any of the following: a. cross the set with the lady on the left and gent on the right, lady courtesy turns gent (with the traditional CCW courtesy turn b. cross the set with the lady on the right and gent on the left (as usual), lady courtesy turns gent (with a REVERSE courtesy turn, ie CW, as would happen on a gent's chain) c. ??!?!? Cheers, Maia

7 years, 10 months

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