Had a recent inspiration on a couple of Butterfly Whirl sequences - looking
for input on a few questions/options... opinions welcome!
Thanks,
Don
Butterfly DRAFT 20180410.1 - 4 Face 4 - Don Veino
A1 LLF&B, Circle/8 RIGHT 1/2x
A2 Circle/4 Left 3/4x, Opposite N Swing [at Gent’s progressed home]
B1 (option A) Gents Star Left ~3/4x (to P)
P Star Promenade 1/4x [all at progressed home], Butterfly Whirl to face
center
(option B) Opposite Gents Allemande Left 1+1/2x (to P)
P Star Promenade 1/2x [w/in opp. 4; to all at progr. home], Butterfly Whirl
to face up/down
B2 (option A) Ladies Star Right 1x (to P), P Swing & face progression
(option B) Opposite Ladies Allemande Right 1x (to P), P Swing & face
progression
Questions:
- Option A, IMO, is more of a "real" 4 facing 4 - but I'm uncertain if the
timing will work? (Option B = bog standard timing.)
- Is there a strong argument for one option vs. the other - will dancers
care if the majority of the action is in 2-couple groups with opposites
rather than involving all 4 couples?
- Will there be a significant space problem when all 4 couples pass through
the center in B1 option B?
Butterfly DRAFT 20180410.2 - DI - Don Veino
A1 N Balance & Swing
A2 Gents Allemande Left 1+1/2x (Ladies left arm over P’s right as picked
up),
P Star Promenade 1/2x, Butterfly Whirl CCW along set to next Ns*, stay
connected with P
B1 Ladies Catch RH, Star Promenade P 1/2x CW, Butterfly Whirl CW into P
Swing [on L’s home side]
B2 Ladies Chain, Half Hey (back to THIS N...)
End effects: re-enter in Butterfly hold with P (where/how depends upon
answer below)
*Question: I believe the butterfly shift could progress this dance forward
(whirl shift to right as face out) or reverse (shift left). I believe
reverse progression would flow/feel slightly better but forward progression
could be less confusing to dancers - which would be best?
Any of the "march to the center and balance the wavy line of (insert role
here)" dances fit pretty well for easy Wizard's walk dances.
In dance,
Ron Blechner
On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 7:04 PM, Mary Collins via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Swim at Round Pond - Stephanie Marie dup imp (2016?)
>
> A1- ones gypsy & swing
> A2- circle left 1x, N swing (end facing down ones on outside)
> B1- Down the hall, turn alone, return,
> B2- balance to N who gates ones around to new neighbor for mirror do-si-do
>
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 7:28 AM Mary Collins <nativedae(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Claire (sorry for prev. misspell),
>>
>> Surprise...my notes say good old Broken Sixpence by Don Armstrong worked
>> well.
>>
>> Both have a DTH in the B1 and just fit so fluidly. Makes me smile
>> everytime.
>>
>> If you need calls for "Swim" let me know.
>>
>> Mary
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 7:08 AM Mary Collins <nativedae(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Clare,
>>>
>>> Stephanie Marie wrote a dance Swim at Round Pond that I called and the
>>> band had Wizzard's Walk in their set. It fit so beautifully, the dancers
>>> beamed as did I. There is another too, done to it, I'll check my notes and
>>> get back to you. Both have DTH moves.
>>> Mary
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:36 AM Claire Takemori via Callers <
>>> callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does someone have dance choreography for an easy contra that goes well
>>>> with Wizard’s walk tune?
>>>>
>>>> I know there was a “Grumpy” longways family dance written to go with it.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks !
>>>>
>>>> Claire Takemori
>>>> SF Bay Area
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>>>>
>>>
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Hi,
I don’t know if anyone can help me, but this is worth a shot. I recently viewed a video of a dance on youtube called by Will Mentor, at the Atlanta dance weekend, but I cannot find a name for it, and am struggling to get the full notation for it. I have attached the link for the dance below and any help would be appreciated!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkXO3VOXu78&index=18&list=PL_1-nPBZes8RfQKh… <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkXO3VOXu78&index=18&list=PL_1-nPBZes8RfQKh…>
Many Thanks,
Liam Binley.
liam.binley(a)me.com
P.S. I’m a 22 year old caller from the uk, not sure if I’ve done this right!
Swim at Round Pond - Stephanie Marie dup imp (2016?)
A1- ones gypsy & swing
A2- circle left 1x, N swing (end facing down ones on outside)
B1- Down the hall, turn alone, return,
B2- balance to N who gates ones around to new neighbor for mirror do-si-do
On Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 7:28 AM Mary Collins <nativedae(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Claire (sorry for prev. misspell),
>
> Surprise...my notes say good old Broken Sixpence by Don Armstrong worked
> well.
>
> Both have a DTH in the B1 and just fit so fluidly. Makes me smile
> everytime.
>
> If you need calls for "Swim" let me know.
>
> Mary
>
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 7:08 AM Mary Collins <nativedae(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Clare,
>>
>> Stephanie Marie wrote a dance Swim at Round Pond that I called and the
>> band had Wizzard's Walk in their set. It fit so beautifully, the dancers
>> beamed as did I. There is another too, done to it, I'll check my notes and
>> get back to you. Both have DTH moves.
>> Mary
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:36 AM Claire Takemori via Callers <
>> callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Does someone have dance choreography for an easy contra that goes well
>>> with Wizard’s walk tune?
>>>
>>> I know there was a “Grumpy” longways family dance written to go with it.
>>>
>>> Thanks !
>>>
>>> Claire Takemori
>>> SF Bay Area
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> List Name: Callers mailing list
>>> List Address: Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
>>> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/
>>>
>>
Hi, Claire,
My favorite dance to pair with the tune "Wizard's Walk" is "Bev's Becket"
by Cary Ravitz: http://www.dance.ravitz.us/#bb. I find that the hey in A2
pairs well with the musical buildup in that phrase and that the balance at
the top of B1 pairs well with the musical explosion at the top of that
phrase.
Dugan Murphy
Portland, Maine
dugan at duganmurphy.comwww.DuganMurphy.comwww.PortlandIntownContraDance.com
>
> From: Claire Takemori <cht(a)mac.com>
> Subject: [Callers] easy dance to Wizard's walk ?
>
> Does someone have dance choreography for an easy contra that goes well
> with Wizard?s walk tune?
>
> I know there was a ?Grumpy? longways family dance written to go with it.
>
> Thanks !
>
> Claire Takemori
> SF Bay Area
On Apr 6, 2018, at 3:49 PM, Yoyo Zhou via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> I recall reading something, possibly from Jim Saxe on this list (and maybe from Larry Jennings?), about how in most dances without out-of-minor-set interactions, you come back into the set ... once - after progressing to the end. But in dances like The Hobbit, where you leave the minor set once, you actually come back in to the set 3 times. ...
That would have been from me in a message to this list on July 9,
2014 with the subject "An observation about end effects -- becoming
neutral three times at each end".
https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/msg07945.html
Based on the meager response at the time, I fear that few readers
got my point (though it looks like Yoyo was one who did). For the
TL;DR crowd, here's the short version:
In almost every contra with even a simple out-of-minor-set
action, dancers who reach the top or bottom will become
neutral and return to the body of the set not twice but at
least *THREE* different times.
I'm not going to give an example. I think that anyone who picks
a few examples of dances with out-of-minor-set action and actually
takes the trouble to trace the end effects carefully will see, now
that I've pointed it out, that what I've said is true. And anyone
who won't take that trouble to do that probably also wouldn't take
the trouble to study my analysis of an example if I gave one.
In case anyone's wondering about my terminology, I won't try to
give definitions of "out-of-minor-set action" and "neutral" that
cover every unusual situation, but here are some remarks about
common situations that should make my meaning clear:
If you leave your partner to dance with a shadow and then
return to your partner, or if you leave a neighbor to dance
with a future neighbor or a previous neighbor and then return
to the first neighbor, I count that as an out-of-minor-set
action. If a dance merely has you and your partner progress
to new neighbors in the middle of the tune (instead of at the
transition from B2 to A1), and you stay in that new foursome
until the same point in the next round of the dance, then I
don't count it as out-of-minor-set action. I also don't count
merely taking hands in long lines with a shadow or a past or
future neighbor while you still have your partner or your
current neighbor in the other hand.
If dancers are doing something in groups of four, I count any
dancers near the top or bottom to the set who aren't part of
a complete foursome as neutral. This includes the case where
a pair dancers stand still during a diagonal ladies' chain
or a diagonal right and left through because there's nobody
to do it with.
If most of the dancers are doing a two-person figure with
partners, neighbors, or shadows on the sides of the set,
then I count as neutral any dancers at the top or bottom
who are (1) standing still, (2) "dancing with ghosts", or
(3) dancing the figure with someone *across* the set
(possibly a partner or shadow acting as a neighbor).
--Jim
Claire (sorry for prev. misspell),
Surprise...my notes say good old Broken Sixpence by Don Armstrong worked
well.
Both have a DTH in the B1 and just fit so fluidly. Makes me smile everytime.
If you need calls for "Swim" let me know.
Mary
On Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 7:08 AM Mary Collins <nativedae(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Clare,
>
> Stephanie Marie wrote a dance Swim at Round Pond that I called and the
> band had Wizzard's Walk in their set. It fit so beautifully, the dancers
> beamed as did I. There is another too, done to it, I'll check my notes and
> get back to you. Both have DTH moves.
> Mary
>
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:36 AM Claire Takemori via Callers <
> callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Does someone have dance choreography for an easy contra that goes well
>> with Wizard’s walk tune?
>>
>> I know there was a “Grumpy” longways family dance written to go with it.
>>
>> Thanks !
>>
>> Claire Takemori
>> SF Bay Area
>> _______________________________________________
>> List Name: Callers mailing list
>> List Address: Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
>> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/
>>
>
Does someone have dance choreography for an easy contra that goes well with Wizard’s walk tune?
I know there was a “Grumpy” longways family dance written to go with it.
Thanks !
Claire Takemori
SF Bay Area
