[Callers] Title and author if this dance, please?

[Erik Hoffman via Callers]

Um, yes, difference is in the B1, of course.

~erik hoffman

On 7/12/2015 1:30 PM, Amy Carroll wrote:
>
> Hi Erik -
>
>
> I'm thinking you mean the difference between your dance and Tony's is 
> in the B1, not the B2?  Am I right?
>
>
> Amy Carroll
>
> Seattle
>
>> On July 12, 2015 at 1:41 PM Erik Hoffman via Callers 
>> <callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Writing Dances that have been Written:
>>
>> Years ago our we danced Bill Cochran's:
>> /Third Friday/
>> A1  Neighbor Balance & Swing
>> A2  Down Hall 4 in Line, Turn as Couple, Return, Fold Line
>> B1  Women Chan -- over & back
>> B2  Partner Balance, Square Thru Two, Partner Balance, Square Thru 
>> Two to next Neighbor
>>
>> I loved the B2 move, but wanted a partner swing in the dance, so I 
>> made the:
>> /Second Third Friday/
>> Improper
>> Erik Hoffman
>> A1  Neighbor Balance & Swing
>> A2  Men Allemande Left 1½;  Partner Swing
>> B1  Right & Left Thru Across the set; Women chain back
>> B2  Partner Balance, Square Thru Two, Partner Balance, Square Thru 
>> Two to next Neighbor.
>>
>> And, I published it in my first book, Contra Comments.
>>
>> Turns out Tony Parkes had the same idea, and he wrote:
>> /Friday Night Fever/
>> with the only difference being the B2, where Tony's dance goes:
>> B2  Partner Promenade; Women Chain
>> -- Which I now like better. And, Tony wrote his dance prior to me
>> Tony published it in one of his books (don't recall which)
>>
>> Turns out Myrtle Wilhite also wrote and published this dance, the 
>> same as my version, and called it /Balanced Out #2/
>>
>> In looking at composition dates, Tony's came first, mine second, and 
>> Ms. Wilhite's third -- all in the late 80s or early 90s.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure we all came out with this dance independently. Both 
>> Tony and I attribute Bill Cochran for the basic Idea. Myrtle doesn't, 
>> so, perhaps she came up with the dance independently.
>>
>> But the point of this is, we choreographers are all bound to put 
>> together some dance that someone else has also come up with. At this 
>> point, it's great to have this list to check that a sequence is 
>> original. It goes a long way to checking this.
>>
>> ~erik hoffman
>>     oakland, ca
>>

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