Re: [Callers] has anybody else written / similar sequences?

Hi, Tavi, Thanks for sharing! I can't say if anyone else has authored these dances as you have them, but I can think of two dances very similar to three first one you shared. The first is "Stop, Drop, and Roll," which I also wrote as a simple dance to introduce the rollaway and half sashay to less experienced crowds: http://www.duganmurphy.com/dances-i-wrote/ The other is "Roll Around A" by Cary Ravitz, which was the inspiration for my dance: http://www.dance.ravitz.us/#ra Dugan Murphy Portland, Maine dugan at duganmurphy.com www.DuganMurphy.com www.PortlandIntownContraDance.com www.NufSed.consulting (I drafted this message on a device that likes to autocorrect my words in ways I don't always notice. Thank you for your understanding.) Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 12:14:49 -0700 From: Tavi Merrill via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> To: callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net, Ronald Nieman <nieman(a)cox.net> Subject: Re: [Callers] has anybody else written / similar sequences? danged Gmail sent when i tabbed! Checking in with y'all to share new chore, confirm whether it is "original," and ask if others have sequences they use for similar intents and purposes. Both are as yet un-danced, though i'm certain enough they are sound to say feel free to use them. Additional recently tested chore in the pipeline, though the rest has very low odds of duplicating others' efforts. Bread improper A1. Ring balance; Ladies Neighbor roll away (with a half sashay) along Ring balance; Gents Partner rollaway across A2. Neighbor balance and swing B1. Circle L 3 places; Partner swing B2. Ring balance; Gents Neighbor rollaway across Ring balance and (either pass R or arch/duck) to meet new neighbors (1/2017) Roll away with a half sashay is perhaps the purest distillation of weight-sharing, yet compared to the more complex chain, conspicuously absent from much of the choreography used with beginning dancers. In the interest of teaching only one new move per dance, i sought here to use the rollaway as a means of drilling weight sharing, building muscle memory, and reinforcing key hall awareness concepts "along/across" in an early-evening sequence. A2 can be articulated as either a ring balance or a two-hand neighbor balance. For dancers already familiar with the petronella spin, "Sourdough" variation: B2. Ring balance; Ladies Partner rollaway along; Ring balance; all spin R 1.5 to meet new neighbors. Water improper: waves across, right hand to Neighbor, Ladies take left A1. Waves balance, walk forward to new neighbors Right hand (wrist) star 3 places; Neighbor pull by R across A2. Partner L hand alleman 1.5 Partner promenade across B1. Ladies R hand alleman 1 Partner swing B2. Gents L hand alleman 1.5 Neighbor R hand alleman 1+ to waves (1/2017) I've sought here to deconstruct both chain and R&L through, focusing dancers on the A2 promenade and two exaggerated, hands-connected "pass R" elements in A1. From A1 to A2, ladies may need a reminder to turn left toward their partner for the alleman - better taught here than during a square-through. ?Heavy Water? variation: If dancers are already familiar with the courtesy turn, make A2 a Partner power turn and promenade across. "Super-heavy Water:" That substitution, and gypsy (/whatever you prefer to call it) in place of the B1 and B2 right-hand allemans, transform this into a dance more suited to seasoned dancers and crowded spaces. Courtesy twirls, Tavi