Hi Chris,
I've gone ahead and added a short-link on contra.dance -
http://www.contra.dance/thecallersbox
Hopefully this can make it a little easier to share around.
Thanks for the work you two put into bringing this together!
Isaac
ps - you can check out usage stats for the link at
http://www.contra.dance/thecallersbox+
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 8:37 PM Chris Page via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Michael Dyck and I have done a thing:
>
> http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/
>
> This (mostly) contra dance database 12,000 dances:
> 5,000 dances with viewable instructions
> 4,000 more dances with links to instructions
>
> Current search options include author, title, formation, and figures.
> You can search the figures of dances even when we don't have
> permission to show the figures.
>
>
> This will always be a work in progress, but hopefully it's good enough to
> use.
>
> Have fun!
>
> (and a lot of questions should be answerable by the FAQ on that site.)
>
> -Chris Page and Michael Dyck
>
> p.s.
> This has been (and continues to be) a long-term project. Michael and I
> started formally working on this back in April of 2015, but I started
> building my database back in November of 2010.
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This looks great, thanks Chris!
For my part you have permission to show any dances of mine that are included (there's one that I sent to this list a few years back).
—Sam
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018, at 22:37, Chris Page via Callers wrote:
> Michael Dyck and I have done a thing:
>
> http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/
>
> This (mostly) contra dance database 12,000 dances:
> 5,000 dances with viewable instructions
> 4,000 more dances with links to instructions
>
> Current search options include author, title, formation, and figures.
> You can search the figures of dances even when we don't have
> permission to show the figures.
>
>
> This will always be a work in progress, but hopefully it's good enough to use.
>
> Have fun!
>
> (and a lot of questions should be answerable by the FAQ on that site.)
>
> -Chris Page and Michael Dyck
>
> p.s.
> This has been (and continues to be) a long-term project. Michael and I
> started formally working on this back in April of 2015, but I started
> building my database back in November of 2010.
> _______________________________________________
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On 8/21/2018 8:37 PM, Chris Page via Callers wrote:
> Michael Dyck and I have done a thing:
>
> http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/
>
> This (mostly) contra dance database 12,000 dances:
> 5,000 dances with viewable instructions
> 4,000 more dances with links to instructions
>
> Current search options include author, title, formation, and figures.
> You can search the figures of dances even when we don't have
> permission to show the figures.
Wow! Thank you for all the time and know-how you two have put into
this! I look forward to browsing the site and getting comfy with the
search function. This sounds like an incredible resource.
Kalia
Thanks for the resource! I've found it to be incredibly useful in answering
the "did someone already write this?" question, as well as tracking down
titles/authors for the dance snippets collected from others' calling.
-Don
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 11:37 PM Chris Page via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Michael Dyck and I have done a thing:
>
> http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/
>
> This (mostly) contra dance database 12,000 dances:
> 5,000 dances with viewable instructions
> 4,000 more dances with links to instructions
>
> Current search options include author, title, formation, and figures.
> You can search the figures of dances even when we don't have
> permission to show the figures.
>
>
> This will always be a work in progress, but hopefully it's good enough to
> use.
>
> Have fun!
>
> (and a lot of questions should be answerable by the FAQ on that site.)
>
> -Chris Page and Michael Dyck
>
> p.s.
> This has been (and continues to be) a long-term project. Michael and I
> started formally working on this back in April of 2015, but I started
> building my database back in November of 2010.
> _______________________________________________
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> List Address: Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/
>
Congratulations on getting the database up! And thank you for the massive
effort you've put into it!
I'd write a dance to celebrate it, but I think you probably don't want a
dance with over ten thousand figures... heck at this point it'd be
understandable if you wanted us to stop writing dances entirely ;-)
Thanks again!
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 11:37 PM Chris Page via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Michael Dyck and I have done a thing:
>
> http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/
>
> This (mostly) contra dance database 12,000 dances:
> 5,000 dances with viewable instructions
> 4,000 more dances with links to instructions
>
> Current search options include author, title, formation, and figures.
> You can search the figures of dances even when we don't have
> permission to show the figures.
>
>
> This will always be a work in progress, but hopefully it's good enough to
> use.
>
> Have fun!
>
> (and a lot of questions should be answerable by the FAQ on that site.)
>
> -Chris Page and Michael Dyck
>
> p.s.
> This has been (and continues to be) a long-term project. Michael and I
> started formally working on this back in April of 2015, but I started
> building my database back in November of 2010.
> _______________________________________________
> List Name: Callers mailing list
> List Address: Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
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>
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Bravo. thank you.
~ When I dance, I cannot judge, I cannot hate, I cannot separate myself from life. I can only be joyful and whole, that is why I dance. ~Hans Bos~ ~
On Tuesday, August 21, 2018, 11:37:55 PM EDT, Chris Page via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Michael Dyck and I have done a thing:
http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/
This (mostly) contra dance database 12,000 dances:
5,000 dances with viewable instructions
4,000 more dances with links to instructions
Current search options include author, title, formation, and figures.
You can search the figures of dances even when we don't have
permission to show the figures.
This will always be a work in progress, but hopefully it's good enough to use.
Have fun!
(and a lot of questions should be answerable by the FAQ on that site.)
-Chris Page and Michael Dyck
p.s.
This has been (and continues to be) a long-term project. Michael and I
started formally working on this back in April of 2015, but I started
building my database back in November of 2010.
_______________________________________________
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Michael Dyck and I have done a thing:
http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/
This (mostly) contra dance database 12,000 dances:
5,000 dances with viewable instructions
4,000 more dances with links to instructions
Current search options include author, title, formation, and figures.
You can search the figures of dances even when we don't have
permission to show the figures.
This will always be a work in progress, but hopefully it's good enough to use.
Have fun!
(and a lot of questions should be answerable by the FAQ on that site.)
-Chris Page and Michael Dyck
p.s.
This has been (and continues to be) a long-term project. Michael and I
started formally working on this back in April of 2015, but I started
building my database back in November of 2010.
Hi,
Thanks for the replies, I'll address the points in-line below.
-Don
On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 8:09 AM, Luke Donforth <luke.donev(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> The sense I have of the A2 bit is that you've combined a mad robin with a
> hey, right? I'd start with that as the description. It's just a hey
> passing the one you swung by right shoulder, but you're facing your partner
> in the other line of four as you go.
>
A Hey obviously works, but I originally envisioned something more wide like
a Mad Robin (fewer, bigger loops) so the combination was meant to be more
like if a Figure 8 and a Mad Robin had a love child. Each dancer was to
follow the path of their own personal full Figure 8 from their differing
starting positions.
>
> And if it's not a hey, but in fact something a little different then a hey
> in terms of the switches, then I'd try to see if it would work as a mad
> robin hey...
>
I got a chance to try out just the critical bits on the sideline with some
very experienced dancers this evening. The Fig-8 style sequence works as
envisioned, but it is pretty much impossible to teach - as it violates
firmly ingrained dancer expectations. It took an excessive amount of time
before they'd do it as instructed, they **want** it to be a Hey and kept
accidentally twiddling it to be so. I understand why - it was the reason
I'd originally put this aside.
Despite my own discomfort with the additional crosses of a Hey with that
facing, they liked it being done while facing Partners up/down (we only had
a single line/4 to try it so could only simulate with ghosts). I accept
that going with the Hey is the best way to go, and leaving it to a styling
option if folks want to do it facing Partners MR-like (it will work fine if
some folks do and others don't).
> But then, I'm not actually sure what you mean by weave the ring in B1; so
> possibly I should get some more sleep after my own gigs.
>
Standard Weave the Ring 1/2x around the group of 8, starting by passing
Partner right. The Circles of 4 @3/4x after the A2 effectively puts
everyone on the corner of the minor set/8 with their Partner such that it
should be easy to pull into the Weave and end with P on the opposite
diagonal.
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 3:01 PM Bob Green via Callers <
> callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Well Don, you know you shouldn't be smoking that stuff....... )))
>>
>
Not that I would ever go there, but Massachusetts is taking its sweet time
post-legalization. :-)
>
>> Sugar Hill is next weekend. We should be able to wrangle up enough
>> dancers to give this a decent walk-thru. This looks like a great dance to
>> tryout at 4:00 in the morning. :::wink:::
>>
>
Would love to hear about it if you do give it a go.
> If I have this right you are weaving the line, but faced like you are a
>> crab.
>>
>
Hopefully the additional commentary above clarifies. The A2 now becomes
simply a Full Hey for 4 in the parallel lines/4, starting with a pass the
Opposite (you swung) outside by right (lefts in center). Facing up/down at
your Partner Mad-Robin-style while doing the parallel moves is a styling
option (one I'd love to try).
>> This is one of those I think a demo set would be the most expedient teach
>> the A2. Get 8 dancers walked through it before the dance starts or at the
>> break.
>>
>
Thanks for the advice. Even with the change to a more typical Hey, the
styling demonstration would likely still be helpful.
> If I have this right you are weaving the line of 4 facing up & down the
>> hall, faced like you are a crab.
>>
>
See above.
>
>> Looks like it might be fun!
>>
>> Bob Green
>>
>>
>> [trimmed out original post details]
>
>
> --
> Luke Donforth
> Luke.Donforth(a)gmail.com <Luke.Donev(a)gmail.com>
>
Barbara et al:
There's a lot of Halloween postings in the archives. Check this out:
https://www.mail-archive.com/search?q=halloween&l=callers%40lists.sharedwei…
Donna
Web Site: donnahuntcaller.com
Email: dhuntdancer(a)aol.com
Cell: 215-565-6050
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From: Maia McCormick via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
To: barbara153 <barbara153(a)aol.com>
Cc: Shared Weight Callers' Listserv <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Sun, Aug 19, 2018 1:23 pm
Subject: Re: [Callers] dances for Halloween
The ones that come to mind are:
- Wizard's Walk
- The Zombies of Sugar Hill
Happy calling!
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 11:12 AM barbara153--- via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi everyone!
I will be calling a dance on Halloween and would like to know if anyone can share some Halloween themed dances with choreography if possible.
I do have :
Halloween Twist
Chainsaw
Thanks and keep on calling...
Barbara G
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