[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] Digest

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[Callers] Re: Modified ballroom swing position: seeking more conversation and info

I'm thinking about it, but my likelihood of following through based on interest and difficulty is probably single digit percentages. The main reason is knowledge as Jeff said, but I do think we could improve teaching if we had a deep knowledge of this stuff. On Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 15:45 Joe

[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: The Weaving Way

I have a card but no attribution. The Weaving Way Square in a square, 48 Reel/Jig A1 Heads face face in, sides face other sides: Dip and dive (arches outsides 1 & 4, inside 2 & 3) A2 Continue to place B1 Partner swing, end facing nearest couple B2 1/2 RH star, weave 3/4 ( whole set as couples

[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: Looking for contra dances that are more difficult .......

Rick (1) 'Alone at the End' was first published in the book 'MIdwest Folklore' for which I (with much coaching by Al Olson) was the dance editor. (2) You must have a few that could be answers to my inquiry. (3) Two dances by Al that I have called (the second one often) 'Contra Corners

[Callers] Re: Modified ballroom swing position: seeking more conversation and info

"Why? Would it help anyone dance better?" To better understand the world! Jeff On Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 3:45 PM Joe Harrington via Contra Callers < contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Are you actually thinking of doing this? Why? Would it help anyone dance > better? If someone does

[Callers] Re: Modified ballroom swing position: seeking more conversation and info

Are you actually thinking of doing this? Why? Would it help anyone dance better? If someone does this kind of thing for work and could tap into those resources, it might be practical. Otherwise, this looks like the kind of setup that would require significant thought, effort, and expense. One

[Callers] Re: April Fools fun

As mentioned earlier, know your crowd. With some I can say with a grin “What did you expect what you booked me to call on April 1?” and we can all have a good time. With others, not so much, so use “Fool-ish” dances sparingly. Some of my usual, easy enough for most crowds, Foolish tricks,

[Callers] Re: Modified ballroom swing position: seeking more conversation and info

Does anyone have any thoughts about how we can measure some of this? I can definitely imagine a force pad on someone's back to measure the tension, but I'm a bit lost as to how he can measure the ground forces (including possibly torque around a vertical axis)? I think normal force should be

[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)

[Callers] Re: Looking for contra dances that are more difficult .......

Michael, here's one I learned about in an exchange with Chris Page. Haven't tried it, but there's a good video -- Alone at the End On Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 1:43 PM Michael Fuerst via Contra Callers <

[Callers] The Weaving Way

Hi all, I have a note to myself from pre-pandemic times about a square-within-a-square called The Weaving Way. I have no other information about it, and searching the archives of this list and the trad callers list produced no useful results, so… I turn to all of you. Do you know this dance,

[Callers] Re: Looking for contra dances that are more difficult .......

Thanks Dale for the pleasant words. The dance you referred to may have been one with a right and left on the 1/2 diagonal, most likely "A New Idea" All my dances with this figure can be found at https://aptsg.org/Dance/dances.html#RL On Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 10:33 AM Dale Wilson via Contra Callers

[Callers] Re: Modified ballroom swing position: seeking more conversation and info

Funny thing, I wrote the email below last Sunday and thought, do the world's callers really want a physics calculation on their mailing list? I decided the better of it and didn't send it. Ok, I guess I was wrong... What I call support is against centrifugal force, not vertical. Of course,

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

Becket A1. Circle L, Pass Thru N (or slide L to next and circle) N Alle R 1 1/4 to long wavy line, Larks face out, Robins face in A2. Bal, Circulate x2 B1. N B+S B2. Larks Alle L 1.5x (or pull by) PS ___ Contra Callers mailing list --

[Callers] Re: Looking for contra dances that are more difficult .......

For those who don't know Michael, he specializes in writing and calling these kinds of dances. When he calls at a dance weekend, it's always an adventure, and amazingly enough the dances actually work! [Michael, I still remember that dance you called at Kimmswick that included a right-and-left

[Callers] Re: April Fools fun

Total Equality: https://andrewswaine.uk/node/19 A1 People on the right chain across (as ladies' chain) (3) Same people meet palms to palms and push off backwards and slightly to the left (as in a ricochet hey) as the others step right behind them (2) The others chain across, finishing meeting in

[Callers] Re: April Fools fun

On 2024-03-30 11:15, Bob Morgan via Contra Callers wrote: Total Equality by Andrew Swain is pretty much built for role chaos even if you try to avoid it. There's a 28 bar dance called Bar Crawl that is meant to be danced to 32 bar tunes. Bob Is Total Equality the 3 birds (magpies in the

[Callers] Re: April Fools fun

A medley pair with one forward and one reverse progression dance, careful counting or observation to end everyone back where they started. Total Equality by Andrew Swain is pretty much built for role chaos even if you try to avoid it. There's a 28 bar dance called Bar Crawl that is meant to be