[Callers] Re: Surely thus dance has a name and author?

A short swing on an odd phrase works fine for reasonably experienced dancers if the tune clearly delineates the phrase and/or the caller clearly announces the next figure until the dancers get it. Here is one of mine with a short swing on an odd phrase (which I last called at the Sugar Hill dance

[Callers] Re: Surely thus dance has a name and author?

Not a beginner dance or one to put in a medley, but... inspired by the need to fix the mid-phrase swing in Du Quoin Races, I wrote this, which I called "Dreamland Races": https://contradb.com/dances/2006 It keeps most of Du Quoin intact, but I thought the rollaway progression was novel enough that

[Callers] Re: Surely thus dance has a name and author?

Du Quoin Races also has a swing that ends mid-phrase. Dancers tend not to like to end those when the choreographer wants them to. > On Mar 31, 2024, at 2:01 PM, Alexandra Deis-Lauby > wrote: > > I wrote that first dance you asked about the other day too! And for the > exact same

[Callers] Re: Surely thus dance has a name and author?

I wrote that first dance you asked about the other day too! And for the exact same reason! I just inverted Bob’s Read between the lines. And I used a slide and circle instead of a circle and pass through. Love this thread. Thanks! Alex > On Mar 31, 2024, at 2:50 AM, Chris Page via

[Callers] Re: Surely thus dance has a name and author?

Close hits: "Bob the Surfer" by Dugan Murphy. "The Blizzard Chimney Contra" by Geoff Cubitt "The Plagiarist's Reel" by Peter Foster Cheers, -Chris Page Los Angeles, CA On Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 10:17 AM Julian Blechner via Contra Callers wrote: > > Becket > A1. Circle L, Pass Thru N (or slide L

[Callers] Re: Surely thus dance has a name and author?

If I'm reading it right, The Plagiarist's Reel *is* what you started with except for a meltdown swing instead of balance and swing in the middle. On Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 6:50 PM Julian Blechner wrote: > Yeah, I was going to modify it to what I originally posted. It's the > closest I found. > > If

[Callers] Re: Surely thus dance has a name and author?

Yeah, I was going to modify it to what I originally posted. It's the closest I found. If someone knows of anything closer, I'm ears! On Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 5:02 PM Alex Burka via Contra Callers < contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Careful with Blizzard Chimney, it has a swing ending

[Callers] Re: Surely thus dance has a name and author?

Careful with Blizzard Chimney, it has a swing ending in the middle of the phrase. Plagiarist's Reel is what came up in my search from your original description, which is similar but without that issue. On Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 2:58 PM Mac Mckeever via Contra Callers <

[Callers] Re: Surely thus dance has a name and author?

my favorite box circulate dance is DuQuoin Races by Orace Johnson from sometime around 1990 Mac StLouis On Saturday, March 30, 2024 at 01:52:34 PM CDT, Julian Blechner via Contra Callers wrote: Okay, the Callers Box site didn't like 'circulate' in the middle of a line of text. 

[Callers] Re: Surely thus dance has a name and author?

my favorite box circulate dance is DuQuoin Races by Orace Johnson from sometime around 1990 Mac StLouis On Saturday, March 30, 2024 at 01:52:34 PM CDT, Julian Blechner via Contra Callers wrote: Okay, the Callers Box site didn't like 'circulate' in the middle of a line of text. 

[Callers] Re: Surely thus dance has a name and author?

Okay, the Callers Box site didn't like 'circulate' in the middle of a line of text. Here we go: The Blizzard Chimney Contra by Geoff Cubitt Permission: full FormationBase: Duple Minor - Becket

[Callers] Re: Surely thus dance has a name and author?

Yeah, it's pretty close. Side-note: Callers Box doesn't seem to like "circulate", which is why I asked here. I've been looking for solid Box Circulate dances that aren't the same 3 or 4, and are a tad easier so I can swap 'em in, or put them in a medley. This one's similar enough to a couple

[Callers] Re: Surely thus dance has a name and author?

Not exactly, but close... there's probably another that's closer? If I Fits, I Sits - Becket Left/CW - Don Veino 20231125 A1 (left diagonal) Circle Left 3/4x, NBR Dosido 1+1/4x to wave/4 (RH to NBR on GNT/LRK home side) A2 Wave/4 Balance, Hinge 1/4, Box Circulate (GNT/LRK cross, LDY/RBN loop)