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[Callers] Alternating Rang Tang Contra - anyone?

by K Panton via Callers

I'm calling Rang Tang Contra tonight. As it stands, the gents alone cross the set in the rang Tang. In the same way as Alternating Corners, has anyone ever called this dance alternating between gents and ladies crossing in the rang Tang? I figure it could be done easily enough by having 2ladies alle L to start. The timing would be slightly different than starting with a N alle R but as the timing seems imprecise in this move anyhow...... Anyone?

8 years, 6 months

[Callers] Dolphin Heys in contra dances

by Edmund Croft via Callers

Luke Donforth wrote: > I didn't know it came via Scottish, but that makes sense. It's called tandem or alternating tandem reels there? > It's not clear to me how it ended up being called a dolphin hey instead of a falcon hey; but I'm not going to try to change that vernacular. You've got several possible concepts here (where, how much, with or without change of lead); 'dolphin reel' and 'falcon reel' in SCD are just shorthand terms for a couple of them: [Non-alternating] tandem full reel[=hey] across: Scott Meikle http://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/10920/, Cranberry Tart http://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/9157/ Alternating tandem full reel across: Raven's Dance http://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/10773/ (though I haven't heard this called a Raven Reel!) Alternating tandem full reels on the diagonal [falcon reels]: Flight of the Falcon http://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/2222/ Alternating tandem half reels on the diagonal [dolphin reels]: Pelorus Jack [a dolphin] http://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/5209/ Alternating tandem (for two pairs!) full reel on the centre line: Eileen Watt's Reel http://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/12793/ > When I ran it for contras, I had a demo on the floor (jumping down myself to do it, or working with a couple I had taught ahead of time). If I keep it rotation, I'll see if I can develop the language to teach it completely verbally; but for now I'll rely on a demo. I'd also be curious how other folks teach it; and I'll query some instructors of Scottish and/or English. I have called Scottish, English and some contra in Cambridge. We're in the unusual position that our contra dancers pretty much all also dance ECD or SCD or both. So they're already familiar with heys for three (and at least for SCD we plan the programme for the first term to build up the figures gradually, as we have new students joining each year, and we won't introduce dolphin reels until we've taught the basic figure). So alternating tandem reels are relatively straightforward to teach. I begin by getting people to walk the reel with the dancing couple stuck together probably in promenade hold, then get them to walk it again but stop when the dancing couple have got out to the corner of the set. Then I get them to turn round and notice that the back person is now in the lead. I may warn people that a dance features a pantomime dolphin, which is much more interesting than a pantomime horse / cow, in that the people get to swap between the head and tail ends : p. Edmund Croft, Cambridge & Worcestershire, UK

8 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] Dolphin Heys in contra dances

by John Sweeney via Callers

When teaching a Dolphin Hey to people who are not familiar with the concept I get the leading person to put their hands behind them and the trailing person to hold those hands, then I get them to dance the hey for three without the active couple trading places with each other. Once they understand the main track that they have to follow then I explain the trading of places at each end of the hey. One of the keys to success with that is to persuade the leading person to go wide at the end of the line, so that the trailer can turn in front of them. Just Skylarking by Rhodri Davies has a Dolphin Hey Since you can see the dance in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iKdR6B7hnw I assume he won't mind me posting it here: First Couples Improper A1: (Balance the Circle; Petronella Turn) x 2 A2: Neighbour Balance & Swing - end facing down B1: Lines of Four Down The Hall (4); Dixie Twirl Lines of Four Up the Hall - finish facing #2 Lady B2: Dolphin Hey - finish with #1s looking down the hall for a new couple, #2s looking up the hall Dixie Twirl: #1s (in middle) Arch, #2 Lady leads the line through the arch while #2 Man leads to the other end - no letting go Dolphin Hey: #1 couple (in the middle) act as a single unit, but switch leader at each end of the Hey Happy dancing, John John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent

8 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] Dolphin Heys in contra dances

by John Sweeney via Callers

When I teach a Dolphin hey with lots of people who don't know the concept I get the active couple to link together (leader lets hands trail behind back, trailer hooks on) and dance a hey for three without the active couple trading places (this is also known as a Shetland Reel). Once they understand the basic track I explain about the active couple trading places. One of the keys to success it to persuade the leader to go wide at the end of the line, in order to give the trailer plenty of room to take the lead. Just Skylarking by Rhodri Davies is a contra dance with a Dolphin Reel. Since it is visible at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iKdR6B7hnw I assume he won't mind if I post it here. Just Skylarking (by Rhodri Davies) Contra; Improper A1: (Balance the Circle; Petronella Turn) x 2 A2: Neighbour Balance & Swing - end facing down B1: Lines of Four Down The Hall (4); Dixie Twirl Lines of Four Up the Hall - finish facing #2 Lady B2: Dolphin Hey - finish with #1s looking down the hall for a new couple, #2s looking up the hall Dixie Twirl: #1s (in middle) Arch, #2 Lady leads the line through the arch while #2 Man leads to the other end - no letting go Dolphin Hey: #1 couple (in the middle) act as a single unit, but switch leader at each end of the Hey Happy dancing, John John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent

8 years, 7 months

[Callers] Dolphin Heys

by Andrea Nettleton via Callers

Hi all, I'm still recovering from the red eye I took back from my most recent PNW trip. Below find my first crack at a Dolphin Hey contra, referred to by Lindsey, written about 6 months ago. Porpoiseful Play Imp A1 LL F&B [In the original, which is a tad more challenging, this is a Mad Robin CW around New N's.] **** 1's gypsy 1+ until M1 can face M2, with W2 falling in right behind. A2 Dolphin Hey for three across, 1's acting as a unit. M1 passes M2 Rsh to begin. At the end of the hey, the ones keep curving over the M2's original place, passing M2 again as M 2 heads across the set to his P. B1 P Gypsy and Sw B2 M Alle L 1 1/2 N Sw ****I called an even smoother version in Portland, with a leave 'em then love 'em Mad Robin, in which the ones go in and to the R while the 2's go out and to the L to begin. This is still a CW MR, but you gaze at your partner on the long diagonal as you separate, then return. The crowd contained more ECD dancers than the usual contra crowd, but everyone seemed to get it equally well, and enjoyed the whole confection. Andrea Sent from my external brain > On Jun 13, 2016, at 1:04 PM, Lindsey Dono <lynzimd(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Luke, > > Andrea Nettleton (cc'ed here) also has a dance with a dolphin hey! > > Lindsey > >

8 years, 7 months

[Callers] Musical advice

by Kalia Kliban via Callers

Hi all I just got home late last night from the event (the Greenwood Fest), and can now report back. I hugely appreciate all the tune suggestions. They were really helpful for both me and the band. I sent them a list of tune names, along with video links, and they settled on Turkey in the Straw and St. Anne's Reel, which worked just fine for Margate Hoy and Le Brandy, respectively. The 3rd dance was a big wind-up/spiral dance, to the Crawdad Song. Traditional dance accompaniment is definitely not what this band usually does but they dove into it with great energy and attitude and we had a good time together. The one thing that I didn't anticipate, though if I had given it some thought I should have, is that this crowd was about 90% male. There were just a few who were willing to partner with other men, and I chose dances where partner interaction could be no more intimate than an elbow swing. The folks who joined in had a good time and were asking for more (maybe we can do more at the next event). The bulk of the crowd only joined in for the windup. All in all, it went about as I'd expected for the dance part of it, and better than I feared for the musical part. Thanks, all of you, for your help! Kalia

8 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] New (?) dance, B1 balance, B2 balance and partner swing

by Bob Isaacs via Callers

Hi All: As Luke noted, there are two dances with similar names. The first is: Return to Sender Becket-L, double, 7/18/00 A1. L diagonal R and L through, ladies chain to neighbor A2. Hey (LR, PL, GR, NL) - give R to N B1. Balance, box the gnat and pull by R, gents allemande L 1 1/2 B2. Partner balance, swing On 5/19/03 I wrote Return 2 Sender, the same dance below that Luke re-discovered. With a neighbor swing and a single progression, this is objectively better. For both I offer the following teaching tip: at the end of the hey take R with neighbor and have all face across, so for Return 2 Sender the ladies are back to back. Then have all take a small step to their L as the ideal position to finish the hey (if facing across is 12 o'clock/6 o'clock, then slightly L of across is 1 o'clock/7 o'clock). Then after the box the gnat and pull by, the ladies have a clearer path into the allemande L - Bob BecketA1Circle left 3/4Neighbor swingA2Gents start hey for 4 by leftB1Right to neighbor (women back to back in middle), balance and box gnatPull by right, women allemande left 1 1/2B2Partner balance and swingSlide left Happy dancing -- Luke Donforth Luke.Donforth(a)gmail.com

8 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] Reverse R/L thru?

by Tom Hinds via Callers

In 1992 I wrote and called this: A1 bal and sw N A2 left and right through, men chain B1 men L gypsy, swing P B2 circle left 3/4 pass through and do-si-do the next. Left and right through: pull by P with left and women courtesy turn the men. T On Jun 13, 2016, at 11:04 AM, Maia McCormick via Callers wrote: > Have you all encountered or written dances for a "reverse R/L > through"? To my mind, this move might be any of the following: > a. cross the set with the lady on the left and gent on the right, > lady courtesy turns gent (with the traditional CCW courtesy turn > b. cross the set with the lady on the right and gent on the left > (as usual), lady courtesy turns gent (with a REVERSE courtesy turn, > ie CW, as would happen on a gent's chain) > c. ??!?!? > > Cheers, > Maia > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net

8 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] Dolphin Heys in contra dances

by Luke Donforth via Callers

Thanks. I searched for Martha Wild and Nils's Maggot, but only came up with and ibiblio.org page. It's odd to me that Google didn't return a sites.google.com result, but I'll bookmark it. On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Yoyo Zhou <yozhov(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 8:42 AM, Luke Donforth via Callers < > callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > >> Looks like I'm late to the party. Glad to hear other folks are having fun >> with it :-) >> >> I didn't know it came via Scottish, but that makes sense. It's called >> tandem or alternating tandem reels there? >> It's not clear to me how it ended up being called a dolphin hey instead >> of a falcon hey; but I'm not going to try to change that vernacular. >> >> When I ran it for contras, I had a demo on the floor (jumping down myself >> to do it, or working with a couple I had taught ahead of time). If I keep >> it rotation, I'll see if I can develop the language to teach it completely >> verbally; but for now I'll rely on a demo. I'd also be curious how other >> folks teach it; and I'll query some instructors of Scottish and/or English. >> >> It was fun to see Kittyhawk Hornpipe in the RPDLW archive. Thank you Yoyo >> for pointing that out. I didn't manage to find a transcription of Nils's >> Maggot. What dance did you substitute a dolphin hey into? >> > > It was indeed Kittyhawk Hornpipe that I called. > > Martha's dance (in which actually the 2s act as a unit in the hey for 3) > is on her website: > https://sites.google.com/site/marthawildscallsofthewild/ > > Yoyo Zhou > > -- Luke Donforth Luke.Donforth(a)gmail.com <Luke.Donev(a)gmail.com>

8 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] Dolphin Heys in contra dances

by Yoyo Zhou via Callers

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 8:42 AM, Luke Donforth via Callers < callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Looks like I'm late to the party. Glad to hear other folks are having fun > with it :-) > > I didn't know it came via Scottish, but that makes sense. It's called > tandem or alternating tandem reels there? > It's not clear to me how it ended up being called a dolphin hey instead of > a falcon hey; but I'm not going to try to change that vernacular. > > When I ran it for contras, I had a demo on the floor (jumping down myself > to do it, or working with a couple I had taught ahead of time). If I keep > it rotation, I'll see if I can develop the language to teach it completely > verbally; but for now I'll rely on a demo. I'd also be curious how other > folks teach it; and I'll query some instructors of Scottish and/or English. > > It was fun to see Kittyhawk Hornpipe in the RPDLW archive. Thank you Yoyo > for pointing that out. I didn't manage to find a transcription of Nils's > Maggot. What dance did you substitute a dolphin hey into? > It was indeed Kittyhawk Hornpipe that I called. Martha's dance (in which actually the 2s act as a unit in the hey for 3) is on her website: https://sites.google.com/site/marthawildscallsofthewild/ Yoyo Zhou

8 years, 7 months

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