[Callers] Feeling Superstitious 🌕

[Martha Wild]

Another thing that can be done, if you don’t want to just choose dances based on their names, is play with the names of the dances you do choose. Nice Tomb-ination. Monday Nightmare in Ballard. Be creative. 
Martha


> On Sep 10, 2019, at 4:12 PM, Erik Hoffman via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> 
> Since Greg mentioned it:
> 
> Friday the Third Swing
> Proper
> Erik Hoffman
> 
> A1	Same-Sex (Bird) Neighbor Balance & Swing
> A2	Ones Allemande Left 1½;  Opposite Sex (Bird) Swing
> B1	Men (Larks) Right Shoulder Turn 1½;  Partner Swing
> B2	Circle Left ¾;  Twos do a Half Figure Eight down through Ones
> 
> Written for the first night of Echo Summit, Friday the 13th, 1991.
> 
> And, incase you're looking for Halloween dances:
> 
> 
> Ghost of a Chance
> Becket
> Erik Hoffman
> 
> A1	On Left Diagonal: Women (Robins) Chain;  Straight across: Half Hey, Women (Robins) start  Right shoulder
> A2	Neighbor Balance & Swing
> B1	Circle Left ¾;  Ring Balance, w/ Neighbor: CA Twirl to face Partner
> B2	Walk past Pt, w/ Shadow Al Lft, ret to Pt & Sw
> 
> You get a "Ghost of a Chance" to dance with your partner...
> 
> 
> Al Olson wrote a dance called Halloween:
> 
> Halloween
> Al Olson
> 
> A1	Pass Thru across, Nbr Sw
> A2	Circle Lft ¾;  Pt Sw
> B1	Pt Half Prom; Wm Chain
> B2	LLF&B x 2
> 
> I made a Variation:
> Halloween 2
> Improper
> 
> A1	Pass Thru Across; Nbr Sw
> A2	Circle Lft ¾;  Pt Al Rt ½ Half Hey Mn st Lft sh
> B1	Pt Gypsy, Sw
> B2	LLF&B;  Wm Chain
> 
> 
> ~Erik Hoffman
> 	Oakland, CA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Callers <callers-bounces at lists.sharedweight.net> On Behalf Of Kalia Kliban via Callers
> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 2:54 PM
> To: callers at lists.sharedweight.net
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Feeling Superstitious 🌕
> 
> On 9/10/2019 6:24 AM, Angela DeCarlis via Callers wrote:
>> Hello all!
>> 
>> I'm calling a delightful small-town dance here in Melrose, Florida 
>> this Friday...which is Friday the 13th, and also a full moon.
>> 
>> I love using theme opportunities to collect new dances! Anyone have 
>> any ideas?
>> 
>> Off the top of my head, I'll probably need to look into Mirror Mirror 
>> (Jim Kitch, I believe) and Cats and More Cats (Melanie Axel-Lute). I 
>> wonder if I could convince the band to play Stevie Wonder? 😉
> 
> Dead Cat Bounce by Nathaniel Jack or Double Cat Bounce by Chris Page. 
> Evil Duane by Erik Weberg.  Hocus Pocus by Lisa Greenleaf.  Snake Oil Reel by Roger Diggle.  Lucky 7 mixer.  Some of these are just generically spooky, but they might fill a useful niche.  Can't wait to hear what the eventual program is!
> 
> Kalia
> 
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