Re: Pat Shaw dances

On 2016-12-27 10:04, Jonathan Sivier jsivier(a)illinois.edu [trad-dance-callers] wrote: Off the top of my head, any of these three Sicilian circle set dances: Margaret's Waltz Long Live London Waterfall Waltz I think LLL speaks nicely to both North American ECDancers and Contra dancers. Sure moves along and is just quirky enough to be unique, certainly for the time it was written I'd think. Some folks might say, "Oh ho! He wrote that?" to Margaret's Waltz - both tune and dance. I like the "over the shoulder" star set up. I've read someone comment on one of the lists that Levi Jackson Rag has been done to death, where they live. Fair enough. In other areas give it a try. It turns out I have my ECD dance index with me. Here are my entries for these as I've programmed them a number of times. Levi Jackson Rag 5U/Bkt 2/4 G ABCD B1.66 D&M=Pat Shaw, 1974 Long Live London SCir 2/2 G AAB B1.67 D&M=Pat Shaw, 1971 Margaret's Waltz SCir 3/4w A AABB B1.75 D&M=Pat Shaw, 1959 Waterfall Waltz SCir 3/4w G AABC B1.135 Pat Shaw I'm about to be looking for other choice PS-S dances in the next few weeks myself, so open to suggestions myself. Oh, almost forgot these others I've called are also by PS-S: Heidenröslein Sq4 3/4 G ABx4 A16B12 B1.49 Pat Shaw, 1971; Pat Shaw Collection Book 2, 1986 and _another_ SCir, however in jig time. Morecambe Bay SCir 6/8 D AAB 8,8,16 B1.81 D=Pat Shuldham-Shaw, 1972 A fun aspect to this dance is the use of the North Country style Ladies Chain, over and back which gives folks enough time to practise and employ/enjoy it. Shortest recalled description of that (corrections welcome) is man doesn't turn about, passes ladys left hand from his left to his right behind his own back. Pretty cute. Cheers, John -- J.D. Erskine Victoria, BC