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by Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Callers

Wouldn't the set up be that you pull by left across? Maybe from a left hand star. then you'd have your right hand free for the revers turn. A On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 12:50 PM, Chris Page via Callers < callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > For a), there's a couple of gender-swapped right and left throughs:. > > "Convolution 2" by Merri Rudd > "House Husband's Reel" by Eric Conrad > "Jackson's Hornpipe" (traditional) > "Just Elegance" by Chris Page > "Pleasantly Surprised" by David Smukler > "Tuesday Child" by Brian Jones > "Women in Charge" by Melanie Axel-Lute > "Worth the Wait" by Tom Hinds > > I don't know any in case b). It'd be awful confusing, kind of like a > petronella turn to the left, as there's nothing in the set-up of the > move to force a clockwise courtesy turn. > > In category c): > (often pairs of proper right and left throughs with different people > one the left/right at different times) > > "Crestwood Reel" (traditional) > "The Double Plow" by Al Olson > "Double Plow #4" by Al Olson > "Elegance and Simplicity" (traditional) > "New Mountain Contra" by Al Olson > "On Alternate Sides" by Al Olson > "Path to the Past" by Chris Page > "Up to My Ears in Right and Left" by Larry Jennings > > -Chris Page > San Diego, CA > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Maia McCormick via Callers > <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > Have you all encountered or written dances for a "reverse R/L through"? > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net >

8 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] Reverse R/L thru?

by Chris Page via Callers

For a), there's a couple of gender-swapped right and left throughs:. "Convolution 2" by Merri Rudd "House Husband's Reel" by Eric Conrad "Jackson's Hornpipe" (traditional) "Just Elegance" by Chris Page "Pleasantly Surprised" by David Smukler "Tuesday Child" by Brian Jones "Women in Charge" by Melanie Axel-Lute "Worth the Wait" by Tom Hinds I don't know any in case b). It'd be awful confusing, kind of like a petronella turn to the left, as there's nothing in the set-up of the move to force a clockwise courtesy turn. In category c): (often pairs of proper right and left throughs with different people one the left/right at different times) "Crestwood Reel" (traditional) "The Double Plow" by Al Olson "Double Plow #4" by Al Olson "Elegance and Simplicity" (traditional) "New Mountain Contra" by Al Olson "On Alternate Sides" by Al Olson "Path to the Past" by Chris Page "Up to My Ears in Right and Left" by Larry Jennings -Chris Page San Diego, CA On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Maia McCormick via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Have you all encountered or written dances for a "reverse R/L through"?

8 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] Reverse R/L thru?

by Luke Donforth via Callers

I'm not familiar with option a or b dances. Are you looking for something with that? As for the option c, older dances that have right and left through (and back) in proper lines have the 1s and 2s doing the reverse of each other; and some of them are doing what you're describing. That's the closest thing that comes to my mind. On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Maia McCormick via Callers < callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> 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 > > -- Luke Donforth Luke.Donforth(a)gmail.com <Luke.Donev(a)gmail.com>

8 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] Dolphin Heys in contra dances

by Liz and Bill via Callers

Hi Luke, There is a New Zealand connection. Do you know the origin of the move? I suspect it comes from the Scottish country dance which was in honour of a dolphin named Pelorus Jack. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelorus_Jack http://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/video/pelorus-jack.html Cheers, Bill

8 years, 7 months

[Callers] Reverse R/L thru?

by Maia McCormick via Callers

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

8 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] Dolphin Heys in contra dances

by Yoyo Zhou via Callers

Hi Luke, I also love dolphin heys! Earlier this year I made a substitution of a dolphin hey for an ordinary hey for 3 (with the 1s acting as a unit). That appears as a figure in several contra dances (e.g. Kittyhawk Hornpipe by Don Armstrong or Nils's Maggot by Martha Wild, where you end up back where you started, 1s in the middle, in a line of 4 to go down the hall, so it's forgiving even if you don't get the hey quite right). I think it worked well for the crowd at the time, but I haven't determined how best to teach the dolphin hey to contra dancers. I used a demonstration. Any suggestions? Yoyo Zhou

8 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] Dolphin Heys in contra dances

by Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Callers

Nice! I love Dolphin heys! As an aside, I was thinking how great it would be if contra dancers had hey for 3s in their rep so they could more easily adapt a dance if one of their hands-four dropped out for some reason. Then the other couple wouldn't have to go to the bottom. Kind of like when at the end of a 4 x 4 people do it with just the 4 dancers. A On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 11:36 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers < callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm sharing a link to a pod of dances I recently wrote: > http://www.madrobincallers.org/2016/06/13/dolphinheys/ > rather than putting all 5 and the descriptions up here. I'll put one at > the bottom. > > I was at the English Country Dance in Brattleboro before the Dawn Dance, > and Nikki Herbst called a dance with a dolphin hey; and it was such fun I > decided to write contra dances with it. > > For those of you (like recently me) not familiar with a dolphin hey, it's > 4 people doing a hey for 3; with the 1s acting as a unit and trading leads > (like a school of fish) when the reach either end and loop back in. For > instance, at 1:32 in this lovely video of Sapphire Sea: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-8LyExynvA > > I don't have video of the contra dances (although I have called a couple > of them at contras and they've worked). > > Also, if you just search Dolphin Hey on google, you find: > > > Which, given how much time I've spent navel gazing about the move, I > admit to thinking is hilarious. > > My favorite > (so far) of the 5 I've written is below. I'm curious if anyone else has > already ported this move from ECD into contra. > > Enjoy: > > > Kinematic Dolphin Vorticity > Luke Donforth > Type: Contra > Formation: Duple-Improper > > A1 ----------- > (8) Long lines, forward and back > (8) 2s hand cast the 1s down through the middle to a line of 4 > 1s turn to face lady 2 > A2 ----------- > (16) Dolphin hey for 3, 1s (gent starting in lead) pass lady 2 by left > 7 changes, until at gents home side with partner second time > B1 ----------- > (16) Partner gypsy and swing > B2 ----------- > (6) Circle Left 3/4 > (10) Swing neighbor > > Notes: The dancers will probably get to the partner gypsy a little early. > They can get a little more gypsy, or swoop wideley on the hey. > > Other Notes: The title comes from Carol Ormand’s Kinematic Vorticity, > which has the same A1 and B2. > > -- > Luke Donforth > calling.luke(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, 7 months

[Callers] Dolphin Heys in contra dances

by Luke Donforth via Callers

Hello all, I'm sharing a link to a pod of dances I recently wrote: http://www.madrobincallers.org/2016/06/13/dolphinheys/ rather than putting all 5 and the descriptions up here. I'll put one at the bottom. I was at the English Country Dance in Brattleboro before the Dawn Dance, and Nikki Herbst called a dance with a dolphin hey; and it was such fun I decided to write contra dances with it. For those of you (like recently me) not familiar with a dolphin hey, it's 4 people doing a hey for 3; with the 1s acting as a unit and trading leads (like a school of fish) when the reach either end and loop back in. For instance, at 1:32 in this lovely video of Sapphire Sea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-8LyExynvA I don't have video of the contra dances (although I have called a couple of them at contras and they've worked). Also, if you just search Dolphin Hey on google, you find: Which, given how much time I've spent navel gazing about the move, I admit to thinking is hilarious. My favorite (so far) of the 5 I've written is below. I'm curious if anyone else has already ported this move from ECD into contra. Enjoy: Kinematic Dolphin Vorticity Luke Donforth Type: Contra Formation: Duple-Improper A1 ----------- (8) Long lines, forward and back (8) 2s hand cast the 1s down through the middle to a line of 4 1s turn to face lady 2 A2 ----------- (16) Dolphin hey for 3, 1s (gent starting in lead) pass lady 2 by left 7 changes, until at gents home side with partner second time B1 ----------- (16) Partner gypsy and swing B2 ----------- (6) Circle Left 3/4 (10) Swing neighbor Notes: The dancers will probably get to the partner gypsy a little early. They can get a little more gypsy, or swoop wideley on the hey. Other Notes: The title comes from Carol Ormand’s Kinematic Vorticity, which has the same A1 and B2. -- Luke Donforth calling.luke(a)gmail.com <Luke.Donev(a)gmail.com>

8 years, 7 months

[Callers] Does This Dance Exist Already?

by Jerome Grisanti via Callers

In 2015 I wrote (and called) a dance that may already exist; if it's unique I'm sure it's only slightly so. Wondering if anyone knows of this sequence (or very similar one) under a different title. Thanks! Jerome Grisanti Another Equal Turn By Jerome Grisanti (?) Improper Contra June 2015 A1 (New) Ladies Allemande Left 1X Neighbor Swing. A2 Long Lines, Men allemande Left 1 1/2 B1 Partner Balance & Swing B2 Pass the Ocean, Balance the wave, Women allemande Left halfway, Balance the wave, walk forward to next neighbor Jerome Grisanti 660-528-0858 http://www.jeromegrisanti.com "Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

8 years, 7 months

[Callers] Dance I wrote

by Amy Wimmer via Callers

Hi All, Remember that I posted a dance I wrote, which I finished at the WA State caucus (called "Feelin' the Bern")? I called it at Northwest Folklife Festival and it went well. There's a 16-count swing at the end. I got several comments here that that was too long and I should shorten it and add something else. I left it long. That swing was the thing I got the most positive feedback about on that dance. There is video of it on Facebook, courtesy of Matt Fisher, though if you are not his friend you may not be able to see it. -Amy

8 years, 7 months

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