19 May
2016
19 May
'16
11 p.m.
Hello friends,
I often use Jefferson and Lincoln as the first dance of the evening because
it employs many of the most basic calls and has an easy progression. I am
looking for a few dances that have a star right, star left sequence that
are appropriate for a crowd with a significant number of beginners, that I
can use as a first, second, or third dance of the evening.
Any suggestions?
Rich
Stafford, CT
20 May
20 May
1:08 a.m.
On 5/19/2016 4:00 PM, Rich Sbardella richsbardella(a)gmail.com
[trad-dance-callers] wrote:
Hello friends,
I often use Jefferson and Lincoln as the first dance of the evening
because it employs many of the most basic calls and has an easy
progression. I am looking for a few dances that have a star right, star
left sequence that are appropriate for a crowd with a significant number
of beginners, that I can use as a first, second, or third dance of the
evening.
Washington Quickstep
Duple improper
Star R/L
1s down middle/bk/cast off
R&L thru over/bk
LLFB, 1s sw
Itchington Long Dance
Duple proper
Star L/R
1st cnrs dosido, then 2nd cnrs
1s down middle/bk/cast off
p sw (if crowded, 1s only sw)
(if you do this one as improper, then the A2 becomes ladies dosido, then
gents dosido)
Kalia
1:18 a.m.
Here's one I learned from Kate Charles and unfortunately I don't
know the name. If you teach the transition from one star to the next
very carefully it's a good dance for early in the evening. I usually
walk it through twice if there are lots of newbies.
A1 Star r , do-si-do N
A2 women do-si-do, actives swing
B1 Down the hall and turn alone
B2 circle left, star left.
T
1:14 a.m.
On 2016-05-19 1600, Rich Sbardella richsbardella(a)gmail.com
[trad-dance-callers] wrote:
Hello friends,
I often use Jefferson and Lincoln as the first dance of the evening
because it employs many of the most basic calls and has an easy
progression. I am looking for a few dances that have a star right, star
left sequence that are appropriate for a crowd with a significant number
of beginners, that I can use as a first, second, or third dance of the
evening.
Any suggestions?
Rich
Stafford, CT
Hullo Rich,
To simply look up dances with a given figure Antony's site is a
marvellous resource.
http://www.heywood.nl/antony/dances/
Naturally one has to look the dances over, or up (as the full
description isn't given), to determine suitability for a given audience.
Last autumn I asked him if it was possible to search by figure(s). He
added that search filter in what seemed like days. Much quicker than it
took me to follow up and thank him.
http://www.heywood.nl/antony/dances/figures.php
For the code for a figure or figures, scan the list, or do an on-page
search in your web browser.
I found and was about to enter the Right Hand Star and Left Hand Star
figure codes when I saw the next one, for RH star, LH star. There is
_also_ a code for LH star, RH star.
Rather than a single search button there are those for Figures in Order
(one after the other); Starting with Figures; Containing Figures or
Excluding Figures.
So, not a specific dance or range of dances, however possibly a part of
a solution.
Cheers, John
--
J.D. Erskine
Victoria, BC
2:14 a.m.
Riverside <http://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/video/riverside.html>
Very fun Scottish dance. This video is filmed in Kiev!
This has a very easy progession
Paul Rosenberg
Albany, NY
On May 19, 2016, at 7:00 PM, Rich Sbardella
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wrote:
Hello friends,
I often use Jefferson and Lincoln as the first dance of the evening because it employs
many of the most basic calls and has an easy progression. I am looking for a few dances
that have a star right, star left sequence that are appropriate for a crowd with a
significant number of beginners, that I can use as a first, second, or third dance of the
evening.
Any suggestions?
Rich
Stafford, CT
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