I find Monkey in the Middle (by Sherry Nevins) a friendly variant of Ninepins. You are choosing a partner rather than scrambling and a person feeling left out.
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> On Jan 31, 2018, at 3:59 PM, Chris Page via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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> Ninepins?
>
> -Chris Page
> San Diego, CA
>
> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 10:23 AM, Sue via Callers
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>> Sure they're all fun (we hope). I'm looking for a few dances that are
>> particularly playful, quirky, silly....something that typically gets the
>> dancers laughing.
>>
>> You get the idea. What are your favorites?
>>
>> Sue Gola
>> Princeton, NJ
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On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 9:43 PM The Witful Turnip via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> Happy new year everyone!
> I’m hoping that someone on this list can identify the names of the two tunes being played for this dance of Dan Pearl’s, Beneficial Tradition.
> http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/245
Hi Don,
You could try http://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/HeyDown.html
For a more contra feel change B2 to Neighbour Swing; Long Lines Go Forward & Back.
You could do http://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/TheDolphinsF8.html as a Shetland Reel: #1 Man lets his arms hang down and offers his hands behind his back; #1 Lady hooks onto his hands. So #1s are a single unit for a three-“person” hey. Change the terminology to Down the Hall in Lines of Four (4); Fall Back (4) and Balance instead of Set.
Happy dancing,
John
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http://contrafusion.co.uk/KentCeilidhs.html for Live Music Ceilidhs
http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive DVDs
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Subject: [Callers] Easy/Fun Hey-for-Three Contras
Would love to get suggestions for simpler contras containing a hey-for-three with 3 people. Looking to set a foundation with the sequence in the earlier part of an evening. Ideally a duple minor but willing to consider other settings.
Yes, I'm working through the Caller's Box listings but it would be great to have suggestions from personal experience.
Thanks,
Don
Would love to get suggestions for simpler contras containing a
hey-for-three with 3 people. Looking to set a foundation with the sequence
in the earlier part of an evening. Ideally a duple minor but willing to
consider other settings.
Yes, I'm working through the Caller's Box listings but it would be great to
have suggestions from personal experience.
Thanks,
Don
Hi all,
Happy new year everyone!
I'm hoping that someone on this list can identify the names of the two tunes
being played for this dance of Dan Pearl's, Beneficial Tradition.
http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/245
I'm pretty sure that I've seen Bob Green post on this list. Bob, do you know
the tune names? Would Martha?
I'd welcome other tune suggestions for this dance that I think needs strong
4 beat phrases in that B2. The last time I called it, The Dam Beavers played
The George Paul Reel and it was a perfect fit. I'm just looking for other
choices.
Thanks all!
Bev
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I have been using "Circulate" as the call, after seeing that people got the
general idea of the figure during teaching. I have always liked this
technique borrowed from another caller (I forget who now...) for teaching
purposes: During the walk-through (after seeing that people have gotten
into the correct positions to begin the box circulate from the previous
figure - for example "men facing out, ladies facing in" in long wavy lines)
I give this "rule":
(after balancing):
When you are facing into the set, you will walk straight across (to the
other line), and take hands with those looping to face you.
When you are facing out of the set, you will loop over your right shoulder
taking hands with the people coming towards you, (on the same side) in a
wavy line.
I have avoided calling different roles, like "Gents cross, ladies loop",
and the dancers seemed to get the "face in means cross", "face out means
turn to the right to face in on the same side" When I taught this to a
less experienced group of dancers, they all got it, and also noticed on
their own that they had sort of a shadow, and said they liked realizing
that they were heading toward a familiar face to rejoin hands.
I think the best part of a box circulate dance is when one partner is
approaching another as they are turning to go into a balance and swing, as
most of them do.
Valerie Cohen
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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2019 00:45:54 -0800
From: Lenore Frigo <lfrigo(a)gmail.com>
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Subject: [Callers] Calling a "box circulate"
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I'm planning to call a dance with a box circulate, for the first time, and
got to thinking, how do you call it during the dance? Do you use the actual
word "circulate"? That seems clunky to me.I can think of lots of possible
alternatives, but was wondering if there's a word that is commonly used.
For context, I'll be calling this for a group that has for the most part
never done a box circulate. (And while we're at it, if you have any tips
for teaching the box circulate, I'd be glad to hear those as well!).
Thanks so much,
Lenore Frigo
I've heard "rotate" used for calling this figure. I think I may
have used that myself.
Jonathan
On 1/7/2019 2:45 AM, Lenore Frigo via Callers wrote:
> I'm planning to call a dance with a box circulate, for the first time,
> and got to thinking, how do you call it during the dance? Do you use the
> actual word "circulate"? That seems clunky to me.I can think of lots of
> possible alternatives, but was wondering if there's a word that is
> commonly used.
>
> For context, I'll be calling this for a group that has for the most part
> never done a box circulate. (And while we're at it, if you have any tips
> for teaching the box circulate, I'd be glad to hear those as well!).
>
>
> Thanks so much,
> Lenore Frigo
I teach the box circulate using a right-hand star, moving it one place and then pointing out that the circulation is the same thing, just without hands. Several people have made a point of telling me that it was the most effective way they’ve seen of teaching it, which pleased me as it was the result of some experimentation on my part. (My goals were equal parts clarity and uniformity of instruction for all people involved, for the purposes of concise, easy, and gender-free teaching.)
And when I call it, I do indeed say “balance, and circulate” — “circulate” actually fits nicely into the rhythm of calling. In any case, it’s the sort of distinctive figure that you don’t need to call very many times before people remember it.
Louise.
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> On Jan 7, 2019, at 9:18 AM, Amy Wimmer via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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> Hi Lenore,
>
> I've heard the phrase, "Gents cross, ladies loop; ladies cross, gents loop," during the dance. I'll let someone else talk through the teaching part.
>
> -Amy
>
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2019, 12:46 AM Lenore Frigo via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> I'm planning to call a dance with a box circulate, for the first time, and got to thinking, how do you call it during the dance? Do you use the actual word "circulate"? That seems clunky to me.I can think of lots of possible alternatives, but was wondering if there's a word that is commonly used.
>
> For context, I'll be calling this for a group that has for the most part never done a box circulate. (And while we're at it, if you have any tips for teaching the box circulate, I'd be glad to hear those as well!).
>
>
> Thanks so much,
> Lenore Frigo
>
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Hi Lenore,
I've heard the phrase, "Gents cross, ladies loop; ladies cross, gents
loop," during the dance. I'll let someone else talk through the teaching
part.
-Amy
On Mon, Jan 7, 2019, 12:46 AM Lenore Frigo via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net wrote:
> I'm planning to call a dance with a box circulate, for the first time, and
> got to thinking, how do you call it during the dance? Do you use the actual
> word "circulate"? That seems clunky to me.I can think of lots of possible
> alternatives, but was wondering if there's a word that is commonly used.
>
> For context, I'll be calling this for a group that has for the most part
> never done a box circulate. (And while we're at it, if you have any tips
> for teaching the box circulate, I'd be glad to hear those as well!).
>
>
> Thanks so much,
> Lenore Frigo
>
>
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I just call 'gents cross' or 'ladies cross' No one has trouble figuring it out
Mac McKeever
On Monday, January 7, 2019, 2:46:15 AM CST, Lenore Frigo via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I'm planning to call a dance with a box circulate, for the first time, and got to thinking, how do you call it during the dance? Do you use the actual word "circulate"? That seems clunky to me.I can think of lots of possible alternatives, but was wondering if there's a word that is commonly used.
For context, I'll be calling this for a group that has for the most part never done a box circulate. (And while we're at it, if you have any tips for teaching the box circulate, I'd be glad to hear those as well!).
Thanks so much,Lenore Frigo
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