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[Callers] from: Louie Cromartie

by Louie Cromartie via Callers

Hi http://losenlaces.es/totally.php?broken=k76dbsawubpm9w5 louie.cromartie(a)gmail.com Sent from my iPhone

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[Callers] Regency-Era Dance & English Country Dance Workshop July 24-26, 2015

by Bengtson, Lissa via Callers

International Folk Culture Center in San Antonio, TX presents a workshop by John Gardiner-Garden and Aylwen Gardiner-Garden of Yarralumla, Australia on July 24-26, 2015 Please see details at: https://regencydance.eventbrite.com Lissa Bengtson Director, International Folk Culture Center Our Lady of the Lake University 411 S.W. 24th St. San Antonio, TX 78207 210-867-0692 www.ollufolkculturecenter.com<http://www.ollufolkculturecenter.com>

9 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] Dances for Novice Crowds

by Alan Winston via Callers

On 5/19/15 1:08 PM, Ben Hornstein via Callers wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm calling a dance this weekend at Comicpalooza, a large comic book > convention. The crowd will be at least 95% people who have never > danced. What are some dances that you all recommend for this sort of > crowd? > > -Ben > If you're in a hotel ballroom, try to keep them from laying down a tiny dance floor in the middle of your space. Short-pile ballroom carpet is a lot better than mostly-short-pile-ballroom-carpet with a wooden lump with raised edges in the middle. Dancers hate dancing on carpet; non-dancers don't care. They're going to have the wrong shoes in any case. Give up on any idea of doing modern contra dances with duple minor progression. Things are different form when I first got involved with sf fandom, but I'm imagining you'll likely have a gender imbalance. Don't require or try to teach ballroom swings; elbow turns or two-hand turns are probably good. These will typically be very in-their-heads people; you want to circumvent that at first by getting them moving right away, and not having to do any language processing. Make them successful immediately. Get one long line of people holding hands, you at one end. Lead the line snaking around the room, doubling back sometimes so that everybody sees everybody. Wind up the ball of twine by bringing the line into a circle and then doing progressively smaller circles until just before you can't turn around. Turn around and trace your path back. Bring the line around into a big circle, with you next to the person at the end of the line. Bring them into the center and back on out, do it again with a great big shout. Applause. (If you have adequate gender balance or willing people, you could pair them up and do a Grand March instead of the "wind up the ball of twine" you have above, and if you're leading a Grand March you can turn it into a wind-up-the-ball-of-twine as well. The thing above is great for getting hold of people too shy to find partners, and there's no partner stuff so even people who don't want to dance with the same sex don't generally freak out.) If you have partners, do Circassian Circle mixer (Into the center and out twice, ladies in and out, gents in and go to the lady who was on their other side (next neighbor); balance and swing (can be two-hand turn, elbow swing, whatever) and promenade. Reform the ring, repeat) or La Bastringue (Into the center and out twice, circle left, circle right, swing the next lady/gent, promenade). Squish the circle into two facing lines. (If there's an extra person, step out, if you're needed make sure you're in at the top.) Orcadian Strip the Willow (google it). Top couple elbow turn right one and a half, left elbow turn the neighbor in line, turn partner once, left elbow turn the next neighbor, etc, etc. A new couple starts every 16 bars of music or when they have enough running room to do it. Break up into smaller sets (four or five couples). Virginia Reel/Roger de Coverley. Another good five-couple set dance is "Up the Sides and Down the Middle", but don't do it as your first small set dance. - Take hands in lines, step-swing balance right and left and right and left, drop hands, cross right should with partner and loop to make lines on the other sides. Repeat all that to return. Tops make an arch and lead down the middle while second couples cast off, leading their lines down the outside; they meet and lead up the middle under the arch, finishing with original tops at the bottom, original seconds at the tops. Swing to the end of the phrase and repeat from new places. By this time everybody who isn't aerobically fit is resting. Make squares for Cumberland Squares / Square 8. By now there should be some understanding of phrasing, especially if you've been pointing out how figures fit to the music. If you still have enough people and they are are reasonably gender assorted you could do a Sicilian Circle. If you have gender balance, Spanish Waltz is good. (Couple facing couple, gent on the left, waltz time. Take near hand with partner. That hand (gent's left, ladies right) is the only hand used for the first sixteen bars. Balance forward and back; take neighbor's only hand with your only hand and change places, turning the lady under. Face partner, repeat with partner. Face neighbor, repeat with neighbor. Face partner, repeat with partner, all are home. Right hand star, left hands back. Facing neighbors, lead forward, fall back, drop hands, pass through, bow or curtsey to next neighbors. Repeat with new neighbors.) -- Alan

9 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] Dances for Novice Crowds

by Grant Goodyear via Callers

Here's some good advice and a few dances: http://jolainejonespokorney.blogspot.com/2012/12/one-night-stand-dances.html -Grant Goodyear- On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 3:08 PM Ben Hornstein via Callers < callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm calling a dance this weekend at Comicpalooza, a large comic book > convention. The crowd will be at least 95% people who have never danced. > What are some dances that you all recommend for this sort of crowd? > > -Ben > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net >

9 years, 7 months

[Callers] Dances for Novice Crowds

by Ben Hornstein via Callers

Hi All, I'm calling a dance this weekend at Comicpalooza, a large comic book convention. The crowd will be at least 95% people who have never danced. What are some dances that you all recommend for this sort of crowd? -Ben

9 years, 7 months

[Callers] Lost a posting, please help

by jean francis via Callers

I thought I'd saved a fairly recent discussion on 'transgressive contras'...there was one posting that had a link to a video of 2 contra lines where the 1's bounced back and forth from line to line in subsequent verses. Could some kind soul who did save that please email me the link and any relevant discussion they saved at catherineaura(a)yahoo.com. Sadly I do not know how to access any archives...tried googling 'transgressive contra shared weight' and just brought up a long discussion from 2006 Many thanks!

9 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] monkey in the middle instructions?

by James Saxe via Callers

The author of "Monkey in the Middle" is Sherry Nevins of Seattle. Her original version is slightly different from the version (collected by Lynn from Carol) in Val's recent message. Monkey in the Middle, by Sherry Nevins 9-person set: circle of 8, plus 1 in the middle A1 Circle left (8) Circle right (8) A2 Into the middle & back (8) Into the middle & back (8) B1 One in the middle, swing [some]one [Ballroom, elbow, or 2-hand swing. Choose fast!] (8) Those 2, swing 2 [The swinging pair let go of each other, and each swing someone new.] (8) B2 Those 4, swing 4 [Each swings one of the remaining five. The left-over person becomes the ...] (16) New monkey in the middle. [The other eight] join hands and ... In a message I have from Sherry, she wrote (in 2011): > ... I found a page > from late December 2003 or early January 2004 headed "9 Pin Var." > with the dance written out ... It appears I first called > it (listed as "9 Pin Var.") at the South End Square Dance on > 1/30/04. On 2/1/04 it was written on the set list for the Family > Dance as "Monkey in the Middle". Note that Sherry considers the formation to be a "circle" of eight-- rather than a "square"--plus one extra person. While Sherry got her inspiration from traditional versions of Ninepin Reel, her dance has no calls directed to "heads" or "sides", and there needn't be any presumption that swinging pairs will be in opposite gender roles. Another thing that distinguishes the dance from traditional versions on Ninepin Reel is the sequence in the B part One in the middle, swing [some]one Those 2 swing 2 Those 4 swing 4 with the person left over becoming the new "Monkey in the Middle". This contrasts with the usual method of choosing a new "ninepin", in which five dancers race to dance with four potential partners. The result of Sherry's method is that the person not chosen in one round of the dance gets to be the first chooser in the next round. The pattern of having 2, then 4, then 8 dancers swinging is reminiscent of a "multiplication" (a/k/a "snowball") dance of the sort sometimes done at wedding receptions or used as an ice-breaker at teen parties. I can remember seeing such dances in the 1960s, and I'm sure the idea wasn't new then. But so far as I know, Sherry is the first to have integrated the multiplication/snowball idea into a version of the ninepin dance. Sherry composed her dance as a 32-bar phrased sequence (though as you can see, her version is just a little different from what Carol apparently called at RPDLW). Some of the people who have since spread the dance call it unphrased, for example Michael Ismerio as heard in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg2xx9tkxmE Note also that Michael only has dancers go in and back once before the middle person starts the series of swings. It didn't take many steps of folk processing to produce these differences: Michael tells me he learned the dance from Sherry. While Sherry understands that once a dance is released "into the wild", the folk process will follow its course, I believe that if the dance is published anywhere, she'd like her original phrased version to be given. The words ... swing one. Those 2 swing 2 Those 4 swing 4 are the way Sherry calls the action in the B parts. I use those calls also. But during the walk-through, I explicitly tell the first swinging pair to let go of each other and each swing someone new. I do that because the very first time I called the dance, I said "Those 2 swing 2 more" during the walk-through, and I saw some people swinging in a basket of four. Note, by the way, that the dance adapts very easily to a 10-person version. Just have two people in the middle each time and have them start the sequence of swings by swinging each other. --Jim On May 18, 2015, at 10:48 AM, Val Medve wrote (to the SharedWeight callers' forum): > Hi all. Several folks asked me off-line for the Monkey directions. Here's Lynn Ackerson's note and dance instructions, with her permission -- and our thanks. And thanks, too, to Rich Goss for his even speedier reply to my request! Val > > From Lynn Ackerson: > The [RPDLW 2015] syllabus will be available for sale soon. We usually wait a year before putting it online. But as a sneak peak, here's how the dance will look in the syllabus: > > Monkey in the Middle > > As called by Carol Ormand > Source: Unknown > Formation: Ninepin: 4 couples in a square, with an extra person (the “monkey”) in the middle > Music: Joys of Quebec > > A1 Circle left > Circle right > A2 Into the middle and back > Monkey in the middle, swing someone > B1 Those two separate and swing two more > B2 Those four separate and swing four more; finish in a square with a new monkey in the middle > > > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Val Medve <val.medve(a)gmail.com> wrote: > That was quick! > > Two list members sent the instructions to me. Thank you! Val > > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 8:32 AM, Val Medve <val.medve(a)gmail.com> wrote: > At the Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend (RPDLW) in January, Carol Ormand called a fun & silly little dance that I liked: Monkey in the Middle. I think there were 4 couples plus 1 extra person ("the monkey"). I don't think that the 2015 RPDLW syllabus is available yet online. Would anyone have instructions they're willing to share? Val Medve, Essex, Vermont (val.medve(a)gmail.com) > > -- > My new email address is val.medve(a)gmail.com <snip>

9 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] monkey in the middle instructions?

by Val Medve via Callers

Hi all. Several folks asked me off-line for the Monkey directions. Here's Lynn Ackerson's note and dance instructions, with her permission -- and our thanks. And thanks, too, to Rich Goss for his even speedier reply to my request! Val >From Lynn Ackerson: The [RPDLW 2015] syllabus will be available for sale soon. We usually wait a year before putting it online. But as a sneak peak, here's how the dance will look in the syllabus: Monkey in the Middle As called by Carol Ormand Source: Unknown Formation: Ninepin: 4 couples in a square, with an extra person (the “monkey”) in the middle Music: *Joys of Quebec* A1 Circle left Circle right A2 Into the middle and back Monkey in the middle, swing someone B1 Those two separate and swing two more B2 Those four separate and swing four more; finish in a square with a new monkey in the middle On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Val Medve <val.medve(a)gmail.com> wrote: > That was quick! > > Two list members sent the instructions to me. Thank you! Val > > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 8:32 AM, Val Medve <val.medve(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> At the Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend (RPDLW) in January, Carol Ormand >> called a fun & silly little dance that I liked: Monkey in the Middle. I >> think there were 4 couples plus 1 extra person ("the monkey"). I don't >> think that the 2015 RPDLW syllabus is available yet online. Would anyone >> have instructions they're willing to share? Val Medve, Essex, Vermont ( >> val.medve(a)gmail.com) >> >> -- >> My new email address is val.medve(a)gmail.com >> > > > > -- > My new email address is val.medve(a)gmail.com > -- My new email address is val.medve(a)gmail.com

9 years, 7 months

Re: [Callers] monkey in the middle instructions?

by Val Medve via Callers

That was quick! Two list members sent the instructions to me. Thank you! Val On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 8:32 AM, Val Medve <val.medve(a)gmail.com> wrote: > At the Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend (RPDLW) in January, Carol Ormand > called a fun & silly little dance that I liked: Monkey in the Middle. I > think there were 4 couples plus 1 extra person ("the monkey"). I don't > think that the 2015 RPDLW syllabus is available yet online. Would anyone > have instructions they're willing to share? Val Medve, Essex, Vermont ( > val.medve(a)gmail.com) > > -- > My new email address is val.medve(a)gmail.com > -- My new email address is val.medve(a)gmail.com

9 years, 7 months

[Callers] monkey in the middle instructions?

by Val Medve via Callers

At the Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend (RPDLW) in January, Carol Ormand called a fun & silly little dance that I liked: Monkey in the Middle. I think there were 4 couples plus 1 extra person ("the monkey"). I don't think that the 2015 RPDLW syllabus is available yet online. Would anyone have instructions they're willing to share? Val Medve, Essex, Vermont ( val.medve(a)gmail.com) -- My new email address is val.medve(a)gmail.com

9 years, 7 months

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