Wreck of the Engine #9    (called with patter or prompts to any reel too!)

First couple 'round the hollow
(swing out left as a couple and promenade counter clockwise)
Couple 2 and 3 will follow  (8)
4th couple make an arch and come on thru  (8)
come right down the middle - keep in time with the fiddle  (8)
Face your partner - Forward and Back you go  (8)

Chorus tune
Now that 1st ole Couple Reel - Reel it down the line  (8)
Reel it with the top - and on the sides  (8)
Reel with Jane and Harry - Reel with Sue and Larry  (8)
Reel it to the tune of the #9  (8)

A tune again
At the bottom make an Arch - and the others come on thru  (8)
Promenade* - go walkin' around  (8)
Promenade go home - everybody Swing your own  (8)
Swing 'em to the tune of #9

B tune again
Allemande Left your corners - right hand to your own  (8)
Grand ole right and Left - go walkin 'round  (8)
When you meet your own - Promenade your lady home  (8)
and Swing 'em to the tune of the #9  (8)

*you can adjust lady to the right as you promenade or Star Thru
  from the line as you start to move thru the arch.
From: "Rich Sbardella richsbardella@gmail.com [trad-dance-callers]"
To: trad-dance-callers@yahoogroups.com; Robert Livingston
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [trad-dance-callers] Singing Squares

 
Bob,

I found this clip online but I could not make out your calls.  Would you transcribe them?

Thanks,
Rich

On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 11:41 PM, Robert Livingston rlivngstn@yahoo.com [trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 
Absolutely, among those dancing on a regular basis (and those who drop in)
4Poster-Soldiers Joy is #1.  Can't go home without calling it   (just fancy goal posting)

Next is Engine #9..."1st couple round the hollow, 2 & 3 will follow, 4 make an arch and come on thru."
Down in the Caribbean  Great beat, Hank Snow song.  These tunes are not that difficult and if I start calling
a cappella someone picks up the rhythm.  From the Falltown String Band and we'll do it Saturday at Chesterfield. (MA)

These are the favorites not found in your usual searches.  So many American tunes were used for squares and are old enough
(1800s early 1900s) to be out of copyright.

Find Tod Whittemore's "San Antonio Rose" figure on line - it's a different figure and should be brought back..   

Bob Livingston
Middletown, CT   

 

From: "Rich Sbardella richsbardella@gmail.com [trad-dance-callers]" <trad-dance-callers@ yahoogroups.com>
To: trad-dance-callers@ yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 10:12 PM
Subject: [trad-dance-callers] Singing Squares

 
Hello folks,

I am curious what singing calls, if any, are being called nowadays.  I am hoping to build a traditional"singing square dance locally, and hope to use tunes that bands might have heard or been exposed to.

I am familiar with the ones on Ralph Sweet's CD and Bob Dalsemer's two collections.

Thanks,
Rich Sbardella
Stafford, CT



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