Cary's dance is Woven Waves. I really liked it and called it several times - and I hav also danced it on several occasions
I stopped calling it because I was not getting good feedback on the star figure from the dancers.
Mac McKeever
St Louis
On Monday, October 2, 2017, 3:30:07 PM CDT, Bill Olson via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Dugan and all, I don't know if Cary Ravitz actually "invented" the Gypsy Star but he wrote a dance entitled that and a lot of others that include it. Dugan, you're sort of Cary's protégé, right?, so you must know the dance. This is the same figure, correct??
bill
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I've been calling the figure a "facing star," when I bother naming it at all while teaching or prompting it.
Also, nice dance, though I suspect that since experienced dancers tend to take fewer than eight beats to do half poussettes and 3/4 stars, I suspect that dancers may end up swinging for as many as 20 beats.
Dugan MurphyPortland, Maine
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Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 14:03:37 -0400
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Subject: [Callers] New Dance?
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Hey y'all!
After a lovely weekend of both Contra and English at Youth Dance Weekend, I
had an itch for programming some English-inspired choreography at BIDA last
night. Since I didn't have a dance with the figures I wanted, I whipped one
together on the drive home, tested it in the driveway, and debuted it last
night. Success!
Now the question, of course, is whether or not someone already wrote it!
-===-
Amble On East
Becket CCW
A1: Long Lines Forward & Back
Ladies Chain Across (to Neighbor)
A2: Ladies Dosido 1x
Neighbor Swing
B1: Give & Take, Gents draw Partner into 1/2 Poussette CCW
With NEXT, Gypsy Star* 3/4 (Ladies backing up)
B2: Partner (Long) Swing
-===-
*Do we have a new name for this figure yet? I called it Gypsy Star in the
walkthrough once or twice before realizing I should maybe figure something
else out, and the phrase "Special Star" actually escaped my mouth, to the
absolute delight of some of the dancers. During the dance itself, I just
called "Star."
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Dugan and all, I don't know if Cary Ravitz actually "invented" the Gypsy Star but he wrote a dance entitled that and a lot of others that include it. Dugan, you're sort of Cary's protégé, right?, so you must know the dance. This is the same figure, correct??
bill
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Hi, Angela,
I've been calling the figure a "facing star," when I bother naming it at all while teaching or prompting it.
Also, nice dance, though I suspect that since experienced dancers tend to take fewer than eight beats to do half poussettes and 3/4 stars, I suspect that dancers may end up swinging for as many as 20 beats.
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Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 14:03:37 -0400
From: Angela DeCarlis <aedecarlis(a)gmail.com<mailto:aedecarlis@gmail.com>>
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Hey y'all!
After a lovely weekend of both Contra and English at Youth Dance Weekend, I
had an itch for programming some English-inspired choreography at BIDA last
night. Since I didn't have a dance with the figures I wanted, I whipped one
together on the drive home, tested it in the driveway, and debuted it last
night. Success!
Now the question, of course, is whether or not someone already wrote it!
-===-
Amble On East
Becket CCW
A1: Long Lines Forward & Back
Ladies Chain Across (to Neighbor)
A2: Ladies Dosido 1x
Neighbor Swing
B1: Give & Take, Gents draw Partner into 1/2 Poussette CCW
With NEXT, Gypsy Star* 3/4 (Ladies backing up)
B2: Partner (Long) Swing
-===-
*Do we have a new name for this figure yet? I called it Gypsy Star in the
walkthrough once or twice before realizing I should maybe figure something
else out, and the phrase "Special Star" actually escaped my mouth, to the
absolute delight of some of the dancers. During the dance itself, I just
called "Star."
Hi, Angela,
I've been calling the figure a "facing star," when I bother naming it at
all while teaching or prompting it.
Also, nice dance, though I suspect that since experienced dancers tend to
take fewer than eight beats to do half poussettes and 3/4 stars, I suspect
that dancers may end up swinging for as many as 20 beats.
Dugan Murphy
Portland, Maine
dugan at duganmurphy.comwww.DuganMurphy.comwww.PortlandIntownContraDance.comwww.NufSed.consulting
> Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 14:03:37 -0400
> From: Angela DeCarlis <aedecarlis(a)gmail.com>
> To: callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
> Subject: [Callers] New Dance?
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>
> Hey y'all!
>
> After a lovely weekend of both Contra and English at Youth Dance Weekend, I
> had an itch for programming some English-inspired choreography at BIDA last
> night. Since I didn't have a dance with the figures I wanted, I whipped one
> together on the drive home, tested it in the driveway, and debuted it last
> night. Success!
>
> Now the question, of course, is whether or not someone already wrote it!
>
> -===-
>
> Amble On East
> Becket CCW
>
> A1: Long Lines Forward & Back
> Ladies Chain Across (to Neighbor)
> A2: Ladies Dosido 1x
> Neighbor Swing
> B1: Give & Take, Gents draw Partner into 1/2 Poussette CCW
> With NEXT, Gypsy Star* 3/4 (Ladies backing up)
> B2: Partner (Long) Swing
>
> -===-
>
> *Do we have a new name for this figure yet? I called it Gypsy Star in the
> walkthrough once or twice before realizing I should maybe figure something
> else out, and the phrase "Special Star" actually escaped my mouth, to the
> absolute delight of some of the dancers. During the dance itself, I just
> called "Star."
Don said: Privately I call them stub-toe stars
If this were Facebook I'd be clicking on that Laughing Out Loud icon.
This s the only move in contra where I actually lost a partner. She was
walking backward and tripped over the person behind her and they both went
down,.
Dale (who is slightly sorry for diverting this thread.)
On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Don Veino via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Privately I call them stub-toe stars & in public I use Wavy Star.
>
> -Don
>
> On Oct 2, 2017 2:03 PM, "Angela DeCarlis via Callers" <
> callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Hey y'all!
>>
>> After a lovely weekend of both Contra and English at Youth Dance Weekend,
>> I had an itch for programming some English-inspired choreography at BIDA
>> last night. Since I didn't have a dance with the figures I wanted, I
>> whipped one together on the drive home, tested it in the driveway, and
>> debuted it last night. Success!
>>
>> Now the question, of course, is whether or not someone already wrote it!
>>
>> -===-
>>
>> Amble On East
>> Becket CCW
>>
>> A1: Long Lines Forward & Back
>> Ladies Chain Across (to Neighbor)
>> A2: Ladies Dosido 1x
>> Neighbor Swing
>> B1: Give & Take, Gents draw Partner into 1/2 Poussette CCW
>> With NEXT, Gypsy Star* 3/4 (Ladies backing up)
>> B2: Partner (Long) Swing
>>
>> -===-
>>
>> *Do we have a new name for this figure yet? I called it Gypsy Star in the
>> walkthrough once or twice before realizing I should maybe figure something
>> else out, and the phrase "Special Star" actually escaped my mouth, to the
>> absolute delight of some of the dancers. During the dance itself, I just
>> called "Star."
>>
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Privately I call them stub-toe stars & in public I use Wavy Star.
-Don
On Oct 2, 2017 2:03 PM, "Angela DeCarlis via Callers" <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Hey y'all!
>
> After a lovely weekend of both Contra and English at Youth Dance Weekend,
> I had an itch for programming some English-inspired choreography at BIDA
> last night. Since I didn't have a dance with the figures I wanted, I
> whipped one together on the drive home, tested it in the driveway, and
> debuted it last night. Success!
>
> Now the question, of course, is whether or not someone already wrote it!
>
> -===-
>
> Amble On East
> Becket CCW
>
> A1: Long Lines Forward & Back
> Ladies Chain Across (to Neighbor)
> A2: Ladies Dosido 1x
> Neighbor Swing
> B1: Give & Take, Gents draw Partner into 1/2 Poussette CCW
> With NEXT, Gypsy Star* 3/4 (Ladies backing up)
> B2: Partner (Long) Swing
>
> -===-
>
> *Do we have a new name for this figure yet? I called it Gypsy Star in the
> walkthrough once or twice before realizing I should maybe figure something
> else out, and the phrase "Special Star" actually escaped my mouth, to the
> absolute delight of some of the dancers. During the dance itself, I just
> called "Star."
>
> _______________________________________________
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>
Hey y'all!
After a lovely weekend of both Contra and English at Youth Dance Weekend, I
had an itch for programming some English-inspired choreography at BIDA last
night. Since I didn't have a dance with the figures I wanted, I whipped one
together on the drive home, tested it in the driveway, and debuted it last
night. Success!
Now the question, of course, is whether or not someone already wrote it!
-===-
Amble On East
Becket CCW
A1: Long Lines Forward & Back
Ladies Chain Across (to Neighbor)
A2: Ladies Dosido 1x
Neighbor Swing
B1: Give & Take, Gents draw Partner into 1/2 Poussette CCW
With NEXT, Gypsy Star* 3/4 (Ladies backing up)
B2: Partner (Long) Swing
-===-
*Do we have a new name for this figure yet? I called it Gypsy Star in the
walkthrough once or twice before realizing I should maybe figure something
else out, and the phrase "Special Star" actually escaped my mouth, to the
absolute delight of some of the dancers. During the dance itself, I just
called "Star."
Maia,
Another Second Time Around
Robert Cromartie Becket
A-1 Cir L 3/4
N-S
A-2 Cir L 3/4
P-S
B-1 LL F&B
Lad Ch L Diag
B-2 Lad Pull by R, Al L 3/4 w/ shadow
P-S
Enjoy,
Paul W
Prov RI
Here are a two more
*Diagonal Discovery* – Gene Hubert
*Becket*
*A1* LL F&B
(L Diag Gents) Gents Look Left Alle L 1½
*A2* with New (L Diag) N B&S
*B1* Circle Left ¾, pass thru
P Sw
*B2* ½ Hey gents pass L Sh
P Sw (or 2-hand turn)
An excellent dance. Give the dancers the option of a two hand turn or a
swing in B2.
*The Gang of Four** – *Gene Hubert Becket
R/CW
*A1* Circle Left ¾
N Sw
*A2* N Promenade around whole set gents towards the center
Ladies Turn back, NEW N Sw
*B1* Big Circle Left until opposite your partner
LL F&B
*B2* Ladies Alle R 1½
P Sw
On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 8:10 PM Maia McCormick via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Thanks for all your contributions, folks!
>
> To avoid a conflict, have officially renamed this dance to "Neighbor,
> Neighbor On the Wall
> <http://contra.maiamccormick.com/dances.html#neighbor,neighboronthewall>"
> (it had a nice ring at the time, don't worry about it).
>
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Bob Isaacs <isaacsbob(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Maia:
>>
>>
>> If you're looking for something new, this was just written at the Labor
>> Day Dance Away. Jerry Tobin won the raffle, and asked for a swing-to-swing
>> transition:
>>
>> Eight Years and Still Swinging
>>
>> Becket-R
>>
>>
>> A1. Long lines, ladies chain to N1
>>
>> A2. Balance, Petronella, balance, Petronella
>>
>> B1. N1 swing and roll off . . , N2 swing
>>
>> B2. Gents allemande L 1 1/2, partner swing
>>
>>
>> BTW, the title Good Fences was chosen for another auction dance this
>> summer, this one for Margaret Pigman, Gregg Gorin, and Dan Vilter at Amweek
>> 2017.
>>
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Callers <callers-bounces(a)lists.sharedweight.net> on behalf of
>> Maia McCormick via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 19, 2017 11:19 PM
>> *To:* callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
>> *Subject:* [Callers] Multiple N swings / does this dance exist?
>>
>> Hey folks,
>>
>> Looking for a dance with multiple swings with the same N, and also
>> preferably a P b&s, for a workshop I'm running on in-dance communication.
>> Anyone have one to recommend?
>>
>> On a similar note, this is the dance I tossed off to fill this need: does
>> it exist? If not, tentatively titling it "Good Fences".
>>
>> Improper
>> A1: long lines forward and back
>> (new) N swing
>> A2: ladies chain to P
>> half hey (ladies pass R)
>> B1: P b&s
>> B2: gents alle. L 1 1/2
>> (same) N swing
>>
>
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I have one in my collection that's similar. Maybe, through the folk process it's from you.
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> On Sep 27, 2017, at 10:10 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> Folks,
> I found a square sequence I wrote a while ago?
> Does it exist in trad-dance circles?
>
> Heads R&L Thru (8), Hds Pass Thru, Sep @1 into middle and Bx Gnat. (12)
> Same 4 RH Star (8) to corner Alle Left (6)
> P DSD (6), Corner Swg (8)
> Full Promenade (16)
>
> Thanks,
> Rich Sbardella
> Stafford Springs, CT
> Home of the Stafford Stomp!
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Folks,
I found a square sequence I wrote a while ago?
Does it exist in trad-dance circles?
Heads R&L Thru (8), Hds Pass Thru, Sep @1 into middle and Bx Gnat. (12)
Same 4 RH Star (8) to corner Alle Left (6)
P DSD (6), Corner Swg (8)
Full Promenade (16)
Thanks,
Rich Sbardella
Stafford Springs, CT
Home of the Stafford Stomp!
