Hi, Angela,
I've been calling the figure a "facing star," when I bother naming it at
all while teaching or prompting it.
Also, nice dance, though I suspect that since experienced dancers tend to
take fewer than eight beats to do half poussettes and 3/4 stars, I suspect
that dancers may end up swinging for as many as 20 beats.
Dugan Murphy
Portland, Maine
dugan at duganmurphy.comwww.DuganMurphy.comwww.PortlandIntownContraDance.comwww.NufSed.consulting
> Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 14:03:37 -0400
> From: Angela DeCarlis <aedecarlis(a)gmail.com>
> To: callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
> Subject: [Callers] New Dance?
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> Hey y'all!
>
> After a lovely weekend of both Contra and English at Youth Dance Weekend, I
> had an itch for programming some English-inspired choreography at BIDA last
> night. Since I didn't have a dance with the figures I wanted, I whipped one
> together on the drive home, tested it in the driveway, and debuted it last
> night. Success!
>
> Now the question, of course, is whether or not someone already wrote it!
>
> -===-
>
> Amble On East
> Becket CCW
>
> A1: Long Lines Forward & Back
> Ladies Chain Across (to Neighbor)
> A2: Ladies Dosido 1x
> Neighbor Swing
> B1: Give & Take, Gents draw Partner into 1/2 Poussette CCW
> With NEXT, Gypsy Star* 3/4 (Ladies backing up)
> B2: Partner (Long) Swing
>
> -===-
>
> *Do we have a new name for this figure yet? I called it Gypsy Star in the
> walkthrough once or twice before realizing I should maybe figure something
> else out, and the phrase "Special Star" actually escaped my mouth, to the
> absolute delight of some of the dancers. During the dance itself, I just
> called "Star."
Don said: Privately I call them stub-toe stars
If this were Facebook I'd be clicking on that Laughing Out Loud icon.
This s the only move in contra where I actually lost a partner. She was
walking backward and tripped over the person behind her and they both went
down,.
Dale (who is slightly sorry for diverting this thread.)
On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Don Veino via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Privately I call them stub-toe stars & in public I use Wavy Star.
>
> -Don
>
> On Oct 2, 2017 2:03 PM, "Angela DeCarlis via Callers" <
> callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Hey y'all!
>>
>> After a lovely weekend of both Contra and English at Youth Dance Weekend,
>> I had an itch for programming some English-inspired choreography at BIDA
>> last night. Since I didn't have a dance with the figures I wanted, I
>> whipped one together on the drive home, tested it in the driveway, and
>> debuted it last night. Success!
>>
>> Now the question, of course, is whether or not someone already wrote it!
>>
>> -===-
>>
>> Amble On East
>> Becket CCW
>>
>> A1: Long Lines Forward & Back
>> Ladies Chain Across (to Neighbor)
>> A2: Ladies Dosido 1x
>> Neighbor Swing
>> B1: Give & Take, Gents draw Partner into 1/2 Poussette CCW
>> With NEXT, Gypsy Star* 3/4 (Ladies backing up)
>> B2: Partner (Long) Swing
>>
>> -===-
>>
>> *Do we have a new name for this figure yet? I called it Gypsy Star in the
>> walkthrough once or twice before realizing I should maybe figure something
>> else out, and the phrase "Special Star" actually escaped my mouth, to the
>> absolute delight of some of the dancers. During the dance itself, I just
>> called "Star."
>>
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Privately I call them stub-toe stars & in public I use Wavy Star.
-Don
On Oct 2, 2017 2:03 PM, "Angela DeCarlis via Callers" <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Hey y'all!
>
> After a lovely weekend of both Contra and English at Youth Dance Weekend,
> I had an itch for programming some English-inspired choreography at BIDA
> last night. Since I didn't have a dance with the figures I wanted, I
> whipped one together on the drive home, tested it in the driveway, and
> debuted it last night. Success!
>
> Now the question, of course, is whether or not someone already wrote it!
>
> -===-
>
> Amble On East
> Becket CCW
>
> A1: Long Lines Forward & Back
> Ladies Chain Across (to Neighbor)
> A2: Ladies Dosido 1x
> Neighbor Swing
> B1: Give & Take, Gents draw Partner into 1/2 Poussette CCW
> With NEXT, Gypsy Star* 3/4 (Ladies backing up)
> B2: Partner (Long) Swing
>
> -===-
>
> *Do we have a new name for this figure yet? I called it Gypsy Star in the
> walkthrough once or twice before realizing I should maybe figure something
> else out, and the phrase "Special Star" actually escaped my mouth, to the
> absolute delight of some of the dancers. During the dance itself, I just
> called "Star."
>
> _______________________________________________
> List Name: Callers mailing list
> List Address: Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/
>
>
Hey y'all!
After a lovely weekend of both Contra and English at Youth Dance Weekend, I
had an itch for programming some English-inspired choreography at BIDA last
night. Since I didn't have a dance with the figures I wanted, I whipped one
together on the drive home, tested it in the driveway, and debuted it last
night. Success!
Now the question, of course, is whether or not someone already wrote it!
-===-
Amble On East
Becket CCW
A1: Long Lines Forward & Back
Ladies Chain Across (to Neighbor)
A2: Ladies Dosido 1x
Neighbor Swing
B1: Give & Take, Gents draw Partner into 1/2 Poussette CCW
With NEXT, Gypsy Star* 3/4 (Ladies backing up)
B2: Partner (Long) Swing
-===-
*Do we have a new name for this figure yet? I called it Gypsy Star in the
walkthrough once or twice before realizing I should maybe figure something
else out, and the phrase "Special Star" actually escaped my mouth, to the
absolute delight of some of the dancers. During the dance itself, I just
called "Star."
