Tommy Jackson has recorded an excellent version of Snowflake Breakdown
lør. 19. jan. 2019 kl. 12.39 skrev mjw(a)mowaddington.plus.com
[trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com>:
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> Ah, I didn’t realise it had it’s own tune. Is it recorded anywhere? (Did I
> see it on an LP ?)
> Since I spotted Colin’s reply just before I went out I called it last
> night after driving through a heavy snowfall. There were one or 2 people in
> the wrong circles , but at least the caller remembered which to call.
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> From: 'Peter Jenkins' peter(a)kafoozalum.co.uk [trad-dance-callers]
> Sent: 19 January 2019 10:38
> To: trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [trad-dance-callers] Snowflake breakdown
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> Yes, this tune apparently messed up the late, great Bernard Chalk when
> Blue Mountain Band used it for a patter square for him!.
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On Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:07:35 +0000, mjw(a)mowaddington.plus.com [trad-dance-callers] wrote:
> Many years ago I danced Snowflake Breakdown and jotted it down... I'm thinking you get your original partner back
Mo -
You alternate directions for the swing.
Circle Men on inside 32 bar reels (Own tune)
A1: Circle left (walk). Circle right.
A2: Do-si-do partner. Right-hand turn.
B1: Do-si-do left shoulder. Left hand turn.
B2: Balance twice to partner. Swing the one diagonally left *, finish with men on outside, ladies on inside.
* alternately left and right, and alternate circles.
Dance: Brian Jones
It's a great dance to catch out those men who always want to swing for a little bit too long!
Colin Hume
On Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:54:39 +0000, mjw(a)mowaddington.plus.com [trad-dance-callers] wrote:
> Thanks Colin, does the Circle left and right change too?
No it doesn't.
Colin
Rakes of Mallow is fool proof.
LL F&B, LL Fwd & Change
LL F&B, LL, Fwd & Change
Partner RH turn, Partner LH Turn
Top Pair Sashay Down
Great dance for almost any occasion.
Rich Sbardella
Stafford Springs, CT
On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 6:41 PM mjw(a)mowaddington.plus.com
[trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> I’d agree with Dudley.
> Bridge of Athlone is an easy dance for 4/5/or 6 couples (I’d line people
> up then walk down the line splitting into sets when I see how many there
> are)
> Waves of Tory is a nice dance – there are several versions of it including
> a complicated ‘official’ Irish version + the version in CDM. But even that
> tends to go wrong and (a) not fit the music (b) end up with one couple at
> the top all the time instead of finishing the dip & dive at the bottom. But
> dip & dive is a fun figure – might puzzle people at first but the a good
> feel when they get it. So I strip out all the complications (copying a
> caller at the Liverpool Irish centre). I call my version Waves of the Sea,
> have 1 long set, lines F&B twice, cast off lead up the middle, dip & dive
> till I think they’ve had enough and I shout swing. I warn them that there
> will be random couples at the top each time..
>
> From: Dudley Laufman jdlaufman(a)comcast.net [trad-dance-callers]
> Sent: 17 January 2019 21:48
> To: trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [trad-dance-callers] Ceili wedding
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> Just use your usual ONS repertoire, but use Irish music for most of it.
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> I've been asked by a bride for a ceili wedding. She was very specific
> about wanting Irish music, which i booked, but she was very vague about
> what ceili dancing was. She said " not really sure the names of the dances,
> we had the one with torpedo, in lines, some squares, dosey does spinning
> and such not sure if that helps."
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> I do know how to teach ceili, but going into great detail on 3s and 7s and
> jig step didn't seem to really lend itself to a wedding. My plan was
> definitely to include The Haymaker's Jig, Walls of Limerick, maybe Shoe the
> Donkey, but not too get much more complicated than that, subbing in ONS
> material from my regular wedding dances of squares, family dances, etc. but
> done with a little more Irish styling.
>
> So, any advice on more Irish dances that lend themselves well to weddings?
>
> Regards,
> Deborah Hyland
> St. Louis
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> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
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> Chris www.jigsnreels.com
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> Nancy Mamlin
> Durham, NC
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Hello Contra Dancers:
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They would like to gather information from as many dancers around the
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The 32nd Champaign-Urbana January Jam dance weekend is coming up on
the weekend of January 4-6, 2019. This will be a wonderful weekend of
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callers will be Chet Grey from Louisville, Gail Hintze from Chillicothe,
IL and Scott Meyer and Jonathan Sivier from Champaign. There will be
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This will be a fun event and I hope to see everyone there.
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Caller of Contra, Square, English and Early American Dances
jsivier AT illinois DOT edu
Dance Page: http://www.sivier.me/dance_leader.html
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Q: How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
A: It depends on what dance you call!
A somewhat older than average lady friend of mine has recently been expelled from the local WSD club - in the nastiest way possible. She had been a loyal member for over 30 years. She was well known and liked. The group was active and supported by a number of local and guest callers. She also participated in the 'duties' of making tea and serving refreshments. She was also a keen ECD dancer and also a step and clog dancer.
But I couldn't go with her to Saturday night dances because I hadn't been certificated or to my mind certified. When we went to Boston in the US some years' back we visited a local WSD club - but I wasn't allowed to join in. I sat out for the whole evening. Nice welcome - not.
Whilst in Boston she was taken by locals to a square dance shop and kitted out with all of the female attire - at some cost I might add.
So what went wrong near Reading?
Some of the younger members (huh - in their 50s) apparently wanted to do Plus (or something). They organised weekend workshops. Unfortunately my friend missed two of these. Then the Plus dancers decided that's what they wanted to do on club nights. This meant that only those who had been to all of the workshops could dance. That left my friend out - AND SHE WAS ASKED TO LEAVE.
I thought that this cr*p attitude had died out years ago, but it is evidently still flourishing in rural Berkshire and very likely elsewhere.
CJB
If you know of contra dance callers who are also practitioners or trainers of Nonviolent Communication (NVC), would you get in touch with me, please? Thanks.
NVC is an approach and practice devised by the late Marshall Rosenberg. You can find a description at www.cnvc.org/about/what-is-nvc.html.
Bruce Hamilton
BruceHamilto(a)gmail.com
