[Callers] Fw: Musical styles for a Barn Dance question
Erik Hoffman via Callers
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Tue Oct 20 20:58:05 PDT 2015
Yes, years ago I traveled with the Contra Bandits to a Knoxville dance
weekend. (At least I think it was Knoxville...) The band wanted to play
The Liberty Bell. I thought it needed a 4-beat thing at the end of every
part, like a balance. I half succeeded...
Flying Circus
Becket
Erik Hoffman
A1 Pass Thru to an ocean wave (4), Balance (4)
Partner Allemande Right 3/4 to long waves (Men face out – Left
hand with first Shadow)(4), Balance (4)
A2 Allemande Left first Shadow 3/4 to wave with Men in the middle
(4), Balance (4)
Walk forward to wave with Parnter in left hand (4), Balance (4)
B1 Men pull by with Right to a Neighbor Swing
B2 on the Right Diagonal: Women chain--to second Shadow (8); Partner
Swing (8) ("fall into your Partner’s arms")
On 10/20/2015 4:38 PM, Mac Mckeever via Callers wrote:
> I believe Eric Hoffman has a dance called Flying Circus. I worked
> with a band several years ago to play Liberty Bell March - it was a
> lot of fun
>
> Mac McKeever
>
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> *From:* Aahz Maruch via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net>
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> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 20, 2015 6:29 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Callers] Musical styles for a Barn Dance question
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> On Sun, Oct 18, 2015, JD Erskine iDance via Callers wrote:
> >
> > A few weeks ago I attended a free, intro night of MWSD. The point I took
> > away from that was that someone could really use any music if it met the
> > basic criteria. There were Beatles tunes/songs, pop "standards" and
> such.
> > Not much in the way of tune as many of us might generally expect or
> > appreciate.
>
> One MWSD caller I know likes to use John Philip Sousa's "Liberty Bell"
> March -- aka the theme from Monty Python. I find that somewhat
> distracting as I keep expecting to hear the *STOMP*.
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