7 Jun
2016
7 Jun
'16
8:49 p.m.
Ha Ha ! Rich did I just send you My Little Girl ? Must have been a cc from
awhile ago. I'm cleaninf out some files and rearranging here.
I wouldn't mind being in Hartford Saturday...but wedding in Foster same night.
Bob
From: "Rich Sbardella richsbardella(a)gmail.com [trad-dance-callers]"
<trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com>
To: trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [trad-dance-callers] My Little Girl
Thanks Bob,It's a classic. I have never called it, but I really enjoy hearing it
as a singing call. I have to add it to my calls soon.R
On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 4:31 PM, Robert Livingston rlivngstn(a)yahoo.com [trad-dance-callers]
<trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote:
I say everybody knows this dance because back when the square dance (including contra
chestnuts) was part of the New England fabric and cultureand Ralph Page was known as a
singing caller, certain figures became associated with certain melodies (Americana)
Perhaps the availability of
dance recordings helped. So folks knew Dip and Dive was Red Wing, Just Because was Ladies
Chains and Golden Slippers had a cutaway figure.
It's been noted that My Little Girl was a sensation when it came out.
First Couple Promenade around the outside - around the outside of the ring.Head Ladies
Chain right down the Center - and you Chain them back againYou Chain to the Right with the
Right Hand Couple - and you Chain them back againYou Chain to the Left with the Left Hand
Couple - and you Chain back home again
Dosado with the Corner Girl, Dosado go 'round Your Own - go back and Swing your Corner
round
Runaway Home and Swing your Darlin' - She's the sweetest girl in town.
Allemande Left with the ole left hand - Partner Right with a Right and Left Grand - go all
the way go 'round
It's all the way go 'round, you are homeward bound - to the... 2ND COUPLE TAKE A
WALK.. don't stop at home...round the outside...---
The routine or route of the dance is simple and there is no partner change - a single
couple goes round the outside as they may do to any music.
when they separate from each other or promenade together.. Then a little something at home
and a finish using up a couple of phrases (or more) to go once around the set. It
doesn't have to be Grand Rights and Lefts and it doesn't have to be Ladies
Chains.For those who dance once a year dancers its Promenade once around - just some
Forward & Backs or Dosadoes, etc at home and a Promenade.
Modify it but the music is great!
But for the dancers who dance this regularly in New England it's set in stone as
above and on the old 78s.
The break may vary on record and in books I've seen, but this one I've typed here
allows no recovery or stopping at home. The figure flows.Two Dosados in one phrase
starting with left shoulders around the Corner and one large circle (not a figure 8)
around the Partner -
back to a Corner Swing
It's the way I picked it up in Heath, MA (1st & 3rd Saturdays into the late
'90s) and I still have Heath dancers.
Bob LivingstonMiddletown, CT
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