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[Callers] looking for Palm Springs CA area band(s) and sound people

by Andy Shore via Callers

I know this isn't the exact best forum, but ... I'm looking for leads on contra bands and sound people who might be available for a dance in Palm Springs California on Saturday, July 1, 2017 as part of the IAGSDC annual MWSD square dance convention. ( http://palmsprings2017.org/main/index.php ) Anyone with info please contact me directly at andyshore(a)gmail.com Thanks, /Andy

8 years, 3 months

[Callers] Favorite NWT dances

by Kalia Kliban via Callers

Hi all There's often a long announcement segment toward the end of the first half at many of our local dances, and I've been figuring that after all that talk, folks just want to dance. The first time I tried doing a NWT in that slot, it got a great response. So for those of you who call no-walk-through dances, do you have any particular favorites? I'd love to add a few more good candidates to my collection. Kalia Kliban

8 years, 3 months

Re: [Callers] Favorite NWT dances

by Michael Barraclough via Callers

My goto no-walkthrough contra is Frederick('s) Contra by Tom Hinds (it's in Give and Take). Formation: Contra, duple improper A1- Men do-si-do; ladies allemande left 1½ A2- Partner balance and swing B1- Down the hall 4-in-line, turn as couples; return, bend the line B2- Circle left ¾ and swing neighbor Men look on left diagonal to find new neighbor gent in A1. Michael Barraclough -- On Fri, 2017-01-13 at 21:31 -0500, K Panton via Callers wrote: > Kalia: > > I usually reserve my NWT til the end of the night but I can see the > value in calling one after announcements. I might do that next time. > I agree that announcements often are long and dancers wanna dance! > > I like the Nils Fredland approach to the NWT "walk-through". "Face > your N. Do we need to walk that through a second time?" > > My NWT choices are simply those that have clean and clear starts and > finishes for each figure that require very little brain power even > for first-timers. All the figures have occurred at least twice in > earlier dances that evening. Low piece count. > > Kiss the bride > Delphiniums & Daisies > Al's Safeway Produce > A(nother) nice combo > Rendezvous > Simplicity Swing > Streetsboro daisies > Jubilation > The boys from Urbana - if you're truly confident. > > > Ken > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net

8 years, 3 months

Re: [Callers] Favorite NWT dances

by K Panton via Callers

Kalia: I usually reserve my NWT til the end of the night but I can see the value in calling one after announcements. I might do that next time. I agree that announcements often are long and dancers wanna dance! I like the Nils Fredland approach to the NWT "walk-through". "Face your N. Do we need to walk that through a second time?" My NWT choices are simply those that have clean and clear starts and finishes for each figure that require very little brain power even for first-timers. All the figures have occurred at least twice in earlier dances that evening. Low piece count. Kiss the bride Delphiniums & Daisies Al's Safeway Produce A(nother) nice combo Rendezvous Simplicity Swing Streetsboro daisies Jubilation The boys from Urbana - if you're truly confident. Ken

8 years, 3 months

Re: [Callers] Four face fours

by Bob Green via Callers

Here is the one that you inspired, Luke: *Luke, Your Not My Father* 4X4 by Bob Green A1 Long lines forward and back Swing your corner A2 Sides face, Grand square (no reverse) B1 With the one you swung, balance and box the Gnat and Pull by right, Pull by left, pul by right B2 Balance and Swing your partner(end facing original direction -new corner) http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/491-luke-you-re-not-… Bob Green bobgreen(a)swbell.net St. Louis On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 9:01 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers < callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Hello all. > > It's been a while since I've had enough folks at a house party to really > walk through a 4x4 dance, so I'm sending this out for comment: I'm trying > to increase my repertoire of accessible and entertaining 4x4s (my double > reverse progression 4x4, etc, not qualifying) > > This one is in the "Midwestern Folklore" and "Will You Mary Me?" tradition > of being two nearly identical halves. > > Plow and Cross Stitch > by Luke Donforth > Contra/Four Facing Four > > A1 ----------- > (8) Lines of four, forward and back > (8) Women's Chain up & down to facing neighbor > A2 ----------- > (8) 1/2 Hey up & down, women passing right shoulders > (8) Neighbor swing (end facing partner, Women's line of direction; men > opposite initial facing.) > B1 ----------- > (8) Women's Chain up and down to partner, power turn to face trail buddy > couple > (8) 1/2 Hey across, women passing right shoulders > B2 ----------- > (16) Partner balance and swing > > It could go lines of four again in B1, then the chain and power turn, with > B2 being half hey and just a swing; but I figured try for the partner > balance and longer swing. > > I'd appreciate hearing folks thoughts (too repetitive? too disorienting? > basically X's dance Y), as well as your own favorite 4x4s; and why. My > personal favorite is Rick Mohr's "Dance All Night", because you get a grand > right and left in a contra. > > Take care, > > -- > Luke Donforth > Luke.Donforth(a)gmail.com <Luke.Donev(a)gmail.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > >

8 years, 3 months

Re: [Callers] Four face fours

by Luke Donforth via Callers

Andrea kindly pointed out that half hey where you're about to pass by the left into a swing isn't the smoothest transition (without a balance); something I missed. I see a couple ways of shifting that, like replacing the chain with a women allemande left 1.5; which is unfortunately their "non-standard" hand for that. Another way to avoid a left shoulder to swing would be ditch the lines of four and go straight into chain to facing neighbor then half hey, with a balance and swing neighbor in A2. My sense is that accessible 4x4s really benefit from the lines of 4 to establish the set every time. Do folks have 4x4s that succeed smoothly without that? Thank you all for sharing thoughts and dances. Revised version, with allemande: A1 ----------- (8) Lines of four, forward and back (8) Women left allemande 1.5x (with one on slight left in facing couple) A2 ----------- (8) 1/2 Hey up & down, women passing right shoulders (8) Neighbor swing (end facing partner, Women's line of direction; men opposite initial facing.) B1 ----------- (8) Women's Chain up and down to partner, power turn to face trail buddy couple (8) 1/2 Hey across, women passing right shoulders B2 ----------- (16) Partner balance and swing On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 10:01 PM, Luke Donforth <luke.donev(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all. > > It's been a while since I've had enough folks at a house party to really > walk through a 4x4 dance, so I'm sending this out for comment: I'm trying > to increase my repertoire of accessible and entertaining 4x4s (my double > reverse progression 4x4, etc, not qualifying) > > This one is in the "Midwestern Folklore" and "Will You Mary Me?" tradition > of being two nearly identical halves. > > Plow and Cross Stitch > by Luke Donforth > Contra/Four Facing Four > > A1 ----------- > (8) Lines of four, forward and back > (8) Women's Chain up & down to facing neighbor > A2 ----------- > (8) 1/2 Hey up & down, women passing right shoulders > (8) Neighbor swing (end facing partner, Women's line of direction; men > opposite initial facing.) > B1 ----------- > (8) Women's Chain up and down to partner, power turn to face trail buddy > couple > (8) 1/2 Hey across, women passing right shoulders > B2 ----------- > (16) Partner balance and swing > > It could go lines of four again in B1, then the chain and power turn, with > B2 being half hey and just a swing; but I figured try for the partner > balance and longer swing. > > I'd appreciate hearing folks thoughts (too repetitive? too disorienting? > basically X's dance Y), as well as your own favorite 4x4s; and why. My > personal favorite is Rick Mohr's "Dance All Night", because you get a grand > right and left in a contra. > > Take care, > > -- > Luke Donforth > Luke.Donforth(a)gmail.com <Luke.Donev(a)gmail.com> > -- Luke Donforth Luke.Donforth(a)gmail.com <Luke.Donev(a)gmail.com>

8 years, 3 months

Re: [Callers] Four face fours

by Martha Wild via Callers

I wrote this one (after some discussions with Chris Page about disorientation at the finish of an earlier version), and it works pretty well. Diving Ducks Redux 4 face 4 A1 Lines forward and back Dip and dive around the square* A2 Continue the dip and dive Women chain up and down the set B1 Across the set, women allemande right 1 1/2 times^ Swing neighbor B2 Men star left 1/2 way Swing partner *On the dip and dive, facing up and down, the couple on the right dives, and the couple on the left arches with the people they are facing. After the first dip and dive all face across the set and if you dove you arch and vv. Continue the dip and dive back to place. It is easier to think of it as if you are just dipping and diving around a circle, not straight up and down and straight across. ^ The allemande is always done by the women in the same line. FBL/DIP//CHW/ARW/SWN/STLM/SWP/ > On Jan 7, 2017, at 8:03 PM, Don Veino via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > Below is one of mine from a similar series - the one of those I've called so far. I'm going to test the other [B1 variation] shown here next time I get a chance. > > On your other questions, Lynne Ackerson's Coconut Cream Pie is a fave as it's interesting yet bulletproof with mixed crowds (and I use it so much, I wrote another dance leveraged from it to have some variation - Boston Cream Pie). I also share your fondness for Rick's dance so I swapped bits of Up All Night to generate one to pair for an alternating dance - Insomniac's Delight (Gents Left Star, Grand L & R, See Saw). > > Oceans 4 (DRAFT) - 4 Face 4 - Don Veino 20161204 > > Note this dance never converts to a square formation. Tune suggestion: Thomas Shrug's March. > > A1 > Give & Take (Up/Down), Gent take Neighbor Lady back and Swing > > A2 > (4,4) Pass the Ocean (Up/Down), Wave Balance Fwd/Back > [NOTE all Gents are on outside oval facing clockwise, Ladies are inside facing CCW] > (8) Simultaneously: > Ladies in center (across) Half Hey (Ladies facing center start passing Right) > *WHILE* > Gents Circulate 2 Places (wrap around ends) [I TEACH/CALL THIS AS AN ORBIT 1/2 to stay with more typical contra language for dancers] > [Form similar Ocean Waves aligned up/down with Right Hand to same G&T Neighbor] > > B1 > Wave Balance Right (toward N) & Left, Neighbor Box the Gnat > [Not yet tested variation: Balance Fwd/Back, N Allemande Rt 1/2x] > Gents Allemande Left 1+1/2 (to P) > > B2 > Partner Balance & Swing, end facing progression > > First called at the Monday Contras dance in Concord, MA on Dec. 19, 2016 > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net

8 years, 3 months

Re: [Callers] Four face fours

by Don Veino via Callers

Below is one of mine from a similar series - the one of those I've called so far. I'm going to test the other [B1 variation] shown here next time I get a chance. On your other questions, Lynne Ackerson's Coconut Cream Pie is a fave as it's interesting yet bulletproof with mixed crowds (and I use it so much, I wrote another dance leveraged from it to have some variation - Boston Cream Pie). I also share your fondness for Rick's dance so I swapped bits of Up All Night to generate one to pair for an alternating dance - Insomniac's Delight (Gents Left Star, Grand L & R, See Saw). *Oceans 4 (DRAFT) - 4 Face 4 - Don Veino 20161204* Note this dance never converts to a square formation. Tune suggestion: Thomas Shrug's March. A1 Give & Take (Up/Down), Gent take Neighbor Lady back and Swing A2 (4,4) Pass the Ocean (Up/Down), Wave Balance Fwd/Back [NOTE all Gents are on outside oval facing clockwise, Ladies are inside facing CCW] (8) Simultaneously: Ladies in center (across) Half Hey (Ladies facing center start passing Right) *WHILE* Gents Circulate 2 Places (wrap around ends) [I TEACH/CALL THIS AS AN ORBIT 1/2 to stay with more typical contra language for dancers] [Form similar Ocean Waves aligned up/down with Right Hand to same G&T Neighbor] B1 Wave Balance Right (toward N) & Left, Neighbor Box the Gnat [Not yet tested variation: Balance Fwd/Back, N Allemande Rt 1/2x] Gents Allemande Left 1+1/2 (to P) B2 Partner Balance & Swing, end facing progression First called at the Monday Contras dance in Concord, MA on Dec. 19, 2016

8 years, 3 months

Re: [Callers] Four face fours

by Luke Donforth via Callers

Thanks for the follow up. I meant power turn in the sense of "turn enough to face where you need to face" which could be under (3/4) or over (1 1/4) or way over (1 3/4, 2 1/4, etc) as desired between you and your partner. On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 10:21 PM, Don Veino <sharedweight_net(a)veino.com> wrote: > Hi Luke, > > I like the theme. I've been playing a lot with 4F4 which include similar > types of action myself. > > If I'm not mistaken, this power turn will only work for the couples > starting on the left end of the line/4. The others will be facing the wrong > way (out) if they power turn (interpreted as a courtesy turn 1+1/4). > > -Don > > On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 10:01 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers < > callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > >> B1 ----------- >> (8) Women's Chain up and down to partner, power turn to face trail buddy >> couple >> > > > -- Luke Donforth Luke.Donforth(a)gmail.com <Luke.Donev(a)gmail.com>

8 years, 3 months

Re: [Callers] Four face fours

by Don Veino via Callers

Hi Luke, I like the theme. I've been playing a lot with 4F4 which include similar types of action myself. If I'm not mistaken, this power turn will only work for the couples starting on the left end of the line/4. The others will be facing the wrong way (out) if they power turn (interpreted as a courtesy turn 1+1/4). -Don On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 10:01 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers < callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > B1 ----------- > (8) Women's Chain up and down to partner, power turn to face trail buddy > couple >

8 years, 3 months

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