Great Dance! One of the gems Jack Mitchell shared with me from his collection a few years back.
Laurie Pietravalle
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On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 6:40 PM, Don Veino via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Rocket City Romp http://lists.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers-sharedweight.net/2015-July/…
On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 6:36 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I am looking for a dance titled either Rapid City Reel, or Rocket City Reel.The dance has back to back interrupted square thru two hands.
Can anyone help me with this one?
Rich Stafford, CT
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On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 6:36 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers <
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> I am looking for a dance titled either Rapid City Reel, or Rocket City
> Reel.
> The dance has back to back interrupted square thru two hands.
>
> Can anyone help me with this one?
>
> Rich
> Stafford, CT
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I am looking for a dance titled either Rapid City Reel, or Rocket City Reel.
The dance has back to back interrupted square thru two hands.
Can anyone help me with this one?
Rich
Stafford, CT
Hi Esther,
If anyone has not mentioned it, I feel there is a kink in the flow trying to go from a petronella to a chain. As you spin R, it is the left hand which feels available as you face the set because your body has been rotating clockwise, even as it move CCW around the minor set. So there will be this washing machine action to get into the chain. You might be counting on the claps to arrest that movement, but I still feel it's not an especially satisfying entry into the chain. A gents chain, otoh, would be peachy.
What, to you, is the hook in this dance? What were you going for?
Best,
Andrea
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> On Apr 10, 2017, at 5:24 PM, Esther Fraser via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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> Hey folks,
>
> Has anyone seen this dance already?
>
> A1: Balance the ring & petronella
> Ladies Chain
> A2: Full Hey, Ladies pass R (16)
> B1: Ladies Chain
> P Allemande L
> B2: Balance the ring & Petronella
> Balance the ring & California twirl
>
> Also interested in other dances that have a Ladies' Chain to into Allemande Left (with the one you chain to) combo. I think I might have seen it somewhere, but I can't remember where.
>
> Thanks,
> Esther Fraser
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I wrote a couple different ones, playing with that title. They're all
similar, and mostly designed to go after my beginner walk through (which
teaches the progression with balance the ring -> pass through)
It's highly probable that other folks have also used riffs on that title,
and that these dances already exist under other names:
If you can walk, then you can dance
by Luke Donforth
Contra/Improper/Easy
A1 -----------
(8) Neighbor Do-si-do
(8) Neighbor swing
A2 -----------
(8) Promenade across the Set (with neighbor)
(8) Circle Right 3/4
B1 -----------
(16) Partner balance and swing
B2 -----------
(8) Circle Left 3/4
(4) Balance the Ring
(4) Pass through to new neighbors
I like to walk, I love to dance
by Luke Donforth
Contra/Improper/Beginner-Easy
A1 -----------
(8) Neighbor Do-si-do
(8) Neighbor swing
A2 -----------
(8) Promenade across the Set
(8) Long lines, forward and back
B1 -----------
(8) Gents allemande Left 1-1/2
(8) Partner swing
B2 -----------
(8) Circle Left 3/4
(4) Balance the Ring
(4) Pass through to new neighbors
(This is the same moves as "To Wedding Bliss" by Mark Goodwin, but the A2
and B1 are reversed, so you promenade with neighbor instead of partner)
Don’t have to walk, but you can dance
by Luke Donforth
Contra/Improper/Easy
A1 -----------
(8) Neighbor Do-si-do
(8) Neighbor swing
A2 -----------
(8) Promenade across the Set (with neighbor)
(8) Ladies allemande Right 1-1/2
B1 -----------
(16) Partner balance and swing
B2 -----------
(8) Circle Left 3/4
(4) Balance the Ring
(4) California Twirl with Partner
I look forward to hearing what other dances exist under that title.
Luke
On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 9:41 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers <
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> I am looking for a contra dance titled, "If You Can Walk, You can Dance",
> or maybe, "If you Can Dance, You Can Walk".
>
> Would someone please share it, or a link.
>
> Thanks,
> Rich
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I am looking for a contra dance titled, "If You Can Walk, You can Dance",
or maybe, "If you Can Dance, You Can Walk".
Would someone please share it, or a link.
Thanks,
Rich
Looks like a nice dance, Kelsey. The pushback/ricochet into a swing is one
of my favorite combinations of moves.
I must say, however, that I'm not familiar with the Jersey twirl. It is
just a CA twirl, but with the opposite hands, and then you use the joined
hands (Gent's left, Lady's right) to pull into the swing?
Thanks again for sharing! :)
Mark
On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 5:25 PM, Kelsey Hartman via Callers <
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> Hi! Had an idea and wanted to share it with y'all!
>
> Venturing Vortices
> Improper by Kelsey Hartman 3.18.2017
> {Started out as a dance written for the Ides of March (called Berkeley
> dance 3.15.2017) called "Take a Stab at It,"
>
> (Sharon Gavin suggested the title)
>
> but the B1's timing didn't quite work. Loved the flow of the A1 and A2 so
> re-wrote the ending and renamed it.}
> A1: (16) Balance the ring and jersey twirl to swing neighbor
> A2: (16) Gents start 1/2 hey and ladies ricochet back to partner SWING
> B1: (16) (eFace away from partner) pass Shadow #1 by left, Shadow #2 by
> right, LEFT shoulder round Shadow #3, RETURN pass #2 by right, #1 by left
> B2: (8) Circle Left with partner and current neighbors 3/4, CA twirl and
> (8) Circle Right 1x around (move it!)
>
> Would love comments...thanks, Dan Veino for sharing the jersey twirl...
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Hi Esther,
Such a move is in my Greenfield Tornado dance. Choreo and a video link is
on my blog post <http://veino.com/blog/?p=1363>. I'm not aware of any other
dance until now which used this combination, but would be happy to give
credit to a prior pioneer.
-Don
On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 5:24 PM, Esther Fraser via Callers <
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> Also interested in other dances that have a Ladies' Chain to into
> Allemande Left (with the one you chain to) combo. I think I might have seen
> it somewhere, but I can't remember where.
Hi! Had an idea and wanted to share it with y'all!
Venturing Vortices
Improper by Kelsey Hartman 3.18.2017
{Started out as a dance written for the Ides of March (called Berkeley
dance 3.15.2017) called "Take a Stab at It,"
(Sharon Gavin suggested the title)
but the B1's timing didn't quite work. Loved the flow of the A1 and A2 so
re-wrote the ending and renamed it.}
A1: (16) Balance the ring and jersey twirl to swing neighbor
A2: (16) Gents start 1/2 hey and ladies ricochet back to partner SWING
B1: (16) (eFace away from partner) pass Shadow #1 by left, Shadow #2 by
right, LEFT shoulder round Shadow #3, RETURN pass #2 by right, #1 by left
B2: (8) Circle Left with partner and current neighbors 3/4, CA twirl and
(8) Circle Right 1x around (move it!)
Would love comments...thanks, Dan Veino for sharing the jersey twirl...
Sent from my iPhone
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Hey folks,
Has anyone seen this dance already?
A1: Balance the ring & petronella
Ladies Chain
A2: Full Hey, Ladies pass R (16)
B1: Ladies Chain
P Allemande L
B2: Balance the ring & Petronella
Balance the ring & California twirl
Also interested in other dances that have a Ladies' Chain to into Allemande
Left (with the one you chain to) combo. I think I might have seen it
somewhere, but I can't remember where.
Thanks,
Esther Fraser
