[Callers] Contras which feature a "Dublin Bay" figure

[lynn ackerson via Callers]

And my version "Please don't call me surely":

D,I Please Don't Call Me Surely      Lynn AckersonA1: Neighbor dosido

      Neighbor swing

A2: Down hall 4 in line, turn alone (4)

      Continue down hall walking backward (4)

       Come uphall 4 in line, turn alone (4)

       Continue up hall walking backwards (4)

B1: Circle L ¾ 

       Partnerswing 

B2: Ladies chain

       Lefthand star

 

    On Tuesday, January 17, 2017 2:56 PM, Donna Hunt via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
 

  Here's one I wrote.  I mostly use the Balance and swing in B1 (read below)

Mark and Robin's Nest 
| 
 | by Donna Hunt | Duple Improper |

 
| 
 | Start with Actives (# 1 couple) in the center of line of 4 facing down the hall. |
| A1 | Down the hall as in the "Gay Gordon" couple dance    (3 steps forward turn alone and 3 steps backward)
 Repeat up the hall to place    (3 steps forward turn alone and 3 steps backward. Note: dancers end facing down the hall) |
| A2 | (Bend the line)    Circle Left 1x
 Do-Si-Do Neighbor |
| B1 | Actives Gypsy (or Neighbor Balance) 
 Neighbor Swing |
| B2 | Long Lines Fwd and Back
 Actives Swing |
| 
 | 
 
 To honor the wedding of Mark and Robin Schaffer on Oct 19, 2003, and the home (nest) they created. |

 
Donna
Web Site:  donnahuntcaller.com
Email: dhuntdancer at aol.com
Cell:  215-565-6050


 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Mac Mckeever via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net>
To: Tavi Merrill <melodiouswoodchuck at gmail.com>; callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Mon, Jan 16, 2017 5:48 pm
Subject: Re: [Callers] Contras which feature a "Dublin Bay" figure

One I call frequently is 

Jim's Reel by Steve Snurr

A1 Do Si Di N 1 1/4 ti WL - ladies in center, Rt hand to N     Remember this WL - we will come back to it
     Bal Line - Trun N by R 1/2 - Gents pull by LA2 B&SW PB1 Down hall 4 steps - turn alone - back up 4 steps      For 4 steps - turn alone back up 4 stepsB2 Cir L 5 places until you can collapse to original WL     Bal (on last 4 beats)A1 walk for to new N - as dance starts over
Great dance
Mac McKeever


      From: Tavi Merrill via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net>
 To: callers at lists.sharedweight.net 
 Sent: Monday, January 16, 2017 4:20 PM
 Subject: [Callers] Contras which feature a "Dublin Bay" figure
  

Dance genealogy question: The figure first appearing in "Dublin Bay" (aka "We'll Wed and We'll Bed," its title in Playford) morphed in contra into a modified "lines of four down the hall." 

I know a version of it from Sue Rosen's dance "Handsome Young Maids," where dancers facing down take four steps forwards, turn alone, and continue down the hall with four backward steps, then repeat the figure to return up the hall. 

I'm curious how many other contras this figure, or a version of it, appears in. Does anyone know of other dances? And any astute dance historians out there know what the first contra to use this figure is?  

Tavi
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