Linda, that's a great dance! But chiming in as another relatively new caller, can you please explain the last figure? "16 WR 1?; Sw N"
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Re: Greenfield Formation (Keith Tuxhorn) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 14:43:42 -0400 (EDT) > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Callers] Favorite Hot Weather Dances > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > Linda > Can you send the moves to Marianne the Magnificant? I am calling two gigs > in non AC place in July and August. > Does anyone know any other dances that would be good for hot weather and > not exhausting for the dancers? Please share. > Thanx > Barbara G > Toms River, NJ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linda Mrosko <[email protected]> > To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, Jun 2, 2013 1:55 am > Subject: Re: [Callers] Favorite Hot Weather Dances > > > "Gypsy Round Two" by Tom Hinds is good, and a dance I call "Unknown #24" > because whoever I got it from didn't have a name for it and didn't know > the choreographer either: > > Unknown #24 > A1/A2 Balance & Petronella Twirl 4x > B1 Circle Left 1x; Swing Neighbor > B2 Forward & Back; Couple 1 Swing in the middle & face the next > > Good to use as the third dance of the evening. > > One more dance I can think of that allows some rest is "Marianne the > Magnificant" by Susan Elberger. One other called mentioned to me he like > the "pause" that occurs when the women crossed and walk around behind their > partner. > > You can also consider any dances that end in Couple One swinging in the > middle (except Contra Corner dances that can really heat one couple up - > although "Alternating Corners," also known as AC/DC, by Jim Kitch gives > each couple a break every other time through the dance). > > > > -- > *Looking forward, > > Linda S. Mrosko > 7302 CR 2829 > Mabank, Texas 75156 > (903) 451-5535 (H) > www.towerwebsites.com/dancinglinda > > *"We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least > once." > -- Friedrich Nietzsche > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 14:46:40 -0400 (EDT) > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Callers] Favorite Hot Weather Dances > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > Hanny > Where would I find them? New to the calling game so pardon my ignorance > but what/who is "Anon" > Barbara G > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hanny Budnick <[email protected]> > To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, Jun 1, 2013 9:51 pm > Subject: Re: [Callers] Favorite Hot Weather Dances > > > They are all traditional, authored by 'Anon', except for Waterfall Waltz > which > was written by Pat Shaw. > > Can you share the moves to Lady of the Lake, Waterfall Waltz, Waves of > Troy > and Fisher's Hornpipe as well as the authors. > > Thanx > > Barbara G > > TomsRiver,NJ > > > > > >> Lady of the Lake, Waterfall Waltz, Waves of Tory, Fisher's Hornpipe - > all > >> cool, nice and 'wet'. Just kidding.... > >> Hanny > >> > >> ______________________________**_________________ > >> Callers mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.sharedweight.net/**mailman/listinfo/callers< > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 14:17:07 -0500 > From: Linda Mrosko <[email protected]> > To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Favorite Hot Weather Dances > Message-ID: > < > cahc5bqe5vkymwgb3qmc5rh+qeytxe_0_kegpnfqij98bsz7...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Here you go: > > *MARIANNE THE MAGNIFICENT* (Susan Elberger) > Improper > > (NOTE: Have the 2 Women look at each other and let them know they will end > up in that same spot in just a minute.) > > 8 DSD N > > 8 W walk straight across & walk round behind P passing him by > the R shoulder & end on Left side of P (the space ID'd in "note" above) > > 16 Circle four to the Left; Sw P > > 16 Prom across; R&L thru back > > 16 WR 1?; Sw N > > > -- > *Looking forward, > > Linda S. Mrosko > 7302 CR 2829 > Mabank, Texas 75156 > (903) 451-5535 (H) > www.towerwebsites.com/dancinglinda > > *"We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least > once." > -- Friedrich Nietzsche > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 23:10:39 -0500 > From: Keith Tuxhorn <[email protected]> > To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Greenfield Formation > Message-ID: > <CAFOvuevEhLQvbbAFjWgenzdA5JbFO=4_= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > If Greenfield wants to glorify themselves with a title, shouldn't they be > the ones to come up with something? I'm really busy trying to make my own > local dance a better one... > > And, Mr. Isaacs, shouldn't you be busy publishing a book of your dances?... > Doing that would bring much joy to contra communities around the world, not > just to one! > > Keith Tuxhorn > Austin, TX > > > On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 2:25 AM, Erik Hoffman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Aha! So, there are two "Becket" formations in a double contra. > > > > One is where a line of four travels together in two lines and the other > is > > where there are four lines, and couples travel together in parallel > lines, > > but do things together somewhere in the dance... > > > > ~erik hoffman > > oakland, ca > > > > > > On 5/19/2013 11:09 PM, Michael Fuerst wrote: > > > >> Hello Eric: > >> > >> Al Olson's dances have a different formation from Major Hey. In Al's > >> dances, four face four across the set and each time through the dance, > >> groups of four advance left to face a new group of four > >> > >> Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 > >> 217-239-5844 > >> > >> ______________________________**__ > >> From: Erik Hoffman <[email protected]> > >> To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:45 AM > >> Subject: Re: [Callers] Greenfield Formation > >> > >> I made up a dance years ago, called Major Hey, a Becket 4-face-4. Never > >> knew we were nicknaming that "greenfield position." Now, if someone > >> hadn't mentioned that Al Olson also played around with that idea, I'd > >> say, we need a West Coast name for that formation. And since Major Hey > >> came out of a dance I did with George Marshall, at BACDS' Spring > >> Weekend, I'd suggest is should be called "Monte Toyon Formation." But, > >> what the heck, I'm gonna just keep calling it a Becket Double Contra... > >> > >> Major Hey > >> Becket Double Contra > >> Note Directions: > >> Direction of Progression > >> Direction of "original wall" > >> > >> A1 In fours, circle left 3/4, pass through up & down in Direction of > >> Progression > >> With neighbor you meet, swing. End facing partner (four long > >> lines) > >> A2 Those lines go forward & back > >> Men allemande left 1-1/2 to make a wave of 8 across > >> (W-M-M-W-W-M-M-W) > >> B1 Rory O'More Balances, towards partner, > >> B2 Half a hey for eight, start passing partners right shoulder > >> C1 Partner balance & swing > >> > >> And, yes, another 40-bar dance.... > >> > >> ~erik hoffman > >> oakland, ca > >> > >> > >> > >> On 5/16/2013 10:04 AM, Luke Donforth wrote: > >> > >>> The Proper Becket formation, and the nickname for it, have been kicking > >>> around for years. Does that really count as a new formation for contra? > >>> (And would Greenfield really want the nickname associated with it?) > >>> > >>> > >>> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:52 AM, Bob Green <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> O.K. , here is an entry, with two dances by Jim Hemphill. We have > danced > >>>> one of them, the other is by concept only, but will be vetted this > >>>> weekend. > >>>> The formation might be described as "proper becket" - if you line up > >>>> proper > >>>> and turn the group of four one place to the left. > >>>> Jim's first dance, nicknamed* Missionary Men*, suggests another way > to > >>>> describe this formation. I had written an English style dance using > this > >>>> also, but Jim's dances are vastly superior I think. > >>>> > >>>> Proper Becket (proposed "Greenfield formation) > >>>> A1 1st corners Chain with a courtesy turn > >>>> Mad robin (1st corners in 1st) then step to an ocean wave (1st > >>>> corners > >>>> in center join right, left to same sex neighbor) > >>>> A2 Balance right and left, slide right > >>>> Partner swing > >>>> B1 Slide left circle left 3 > >>>> Neighbor swing > >>>> B2 Ladies chain, gent 1 roll your partner away > >>>> Long line forward and back > >>>> Fairly similar to May the 5th Be With You > >>>> > >>>> http://dancevideos.childgrove.**org/contra/contra-modern/443-** > >>>> mission-men< > http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/443-mission-men> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 5:49 AM, Bob Isaacs <[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi All: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> The Friends of the Guiding Star Grange in Greenfield, MA invite you > to > >>>>> enter The Greenfield Formation Contest - please see the attached for > >>>>> details. We look forward to seeing what you come up with - > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Bob > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ______________________________**_________________ > >>>>> Callers mailing list > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> http://www.sharedweight.net/**mailman/listinfo/callers< > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ______________________________**_________________ > >>>> Callers mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://www.sharedweight.net/**mailman/listinfo/callers< > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> ______________________________**_________________ > >> Callers mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.sharedweight.net/**mailman/listinfo/callers< > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers> > >> ______________________________**_________________ > >> Callers mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.sharedweight.net/**mailman/listinfo/callers< > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.sharedweight.net/**mailman/listinfo/callers< > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 13:10:49 +0100 > From: Colin Hume <[email protected]> > To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] "Full sashay"/"MadRobin" (was Re: Arms Folded > in Dosidos) > Message-ID: <201363131049.557564@Owner-PC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > On Sat, 1 Jun 2013 11:55:13 -0500, Jonathan Sivier wrote: > > The name, and figure, almost certainly come from the English > > country dance Mad Robin (Playford 1687) as reconstructed by Cecil > > Sharp in 1922. In this dance the 1's do the figure of dancing > > around their neighbor, usually while maintaining eye contact with > > their partner, and then the 2's do it. > > No, that's the American way rather than the Cecil Sharp way. The ones > are already progressed at this point, and Sharp says "First woman > moves up the middle and casts down to second place; while the first > man casts up and moves down the middle into the second place." The > fixed stare at partner is an American thing. Playford also uses the > word "cast" - you can see the facsimile at: > www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/indexes/dancingmaster/Dance/Play4204.htm > > Sharp and Playford then have the ones doing it the other way round - > man up the middle and cast, woman cast up and move down the middle - > though I quite understand callers wanting the twos to have a go! > > On Sat, 1 Jun 2013 14:11:47 -0400, Andrea Nettleton wrote: > > I have also hard the move called a shuttle, which I think > > diminishes the flirty part too much. > > Again, the flirty part is an American invention. I call it a shuttle > because I think it's a good descriptive word. I've also heard it > called Sliding Doors, but (to be pedantic) sliding doors just slide > there and back; they don't go round each other! > > Colin Hume > > Email [email protected] Web site http://www.colinhume.com > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 09:32:44 -0500 > From: Keith Tuxhorn <[email protected]> > To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Greenfield Formation > Message-ID: > < > cafovuet50wssmalbzjhfrmebq6ch6p3j73v63tzesptj4gf...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > The above response was sent 95% with a smile on my face, and 5% wondering > about Greenfield's desires... Just to clarify. > Keith > > > On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 11:10 PM, Keith Tuxhorn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If Greenfield wants to glorify themselves with a title, shouldn't they be > > the ones to come up with something? I'm really busy trying to make my own > > local dance a better one... > > > > And, Mr. Isaacs, shouldn't you be busy publishing a book of your > > dances?... Doing that would bring much joy to contra communities around > the > > world, not just to one! > > > > Keith Tuxhorn > > Austin, TX > > > > > > On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 2:25 AM, Erik Hoffman <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> Aha! So, there are two "Becket" formations in a double contra. > >> > >> One is where a line of four travels together in two lines and the other > >> is where there are four lines, and couples travel together in parallel > >> lines, but do things together somewhere in the dance... > >> > >> ~erik hoffman > >> oakland, ca > >> > >> > >> On 5/19/2013 11:09 PM, Michael Fuerst wrote: > >> > >>> Hello Eric: > >>> > >>> Al Olson's dances have a different formation from Major Hey. In > Al's > >>> dances, four face four across the set and each time through the dance, > >>> groups of four advance left to face a new group of four > >>> > >>> Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 > >>> 217-239-5844 > >>> > >>> ______________________________**__ > >>> From: Erik Hoffman <[email protected]> > >>> To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> > >>> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:45 AM > >>> Subject: Re: [Callers] Greenfield Formation > >>> > >>> I made up a dance years ago, called Major Hey, a Becket 4-face-4. Never > >>> knew we were nicknaming that "greenfield position." Now, if someone > >>> hadn't mentioned that Al Olson also played around with that idea, I'd > >>> say, we need a West Coast name for that formation. And since Major Hey > >>> came out of a dance I did with George Marshall, at BACDS' Spring > >>> Weekend, I'd suggest is should be called "Monte Toyon Formation." But, > >>> what the heck, I'm gonna just keep calling it a Becket Double Contra... > >>> > >>> Major Hey > >>> Becket Double Contra > >>> Note Directions: > >>> Direction of Progression > >>> Direction of "original wall" > >>> > >>> A1 In fours, circle left 3/4, pass through up & down in Direction of > >>> Progression > >>> With neighbor you meet, swing. End facing partner (four long > >>> lines) > >>> A2 Those lines go forward & back > >>> Men allemande left 1-1/2 to make a wave of 8 across > >>> (W-M-M-W-W-M-M-W) > >>> B1 Rory O'More Balances, towards partner, > >>> B2 Half a hey for eight, start passing partners right shoulder > >>> C1 Partner balance & swing > >>> > >>> And, yes, another 40-bar dance.... > >>> > >>> ~erik hoffman > >>> oakland, ca > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 5/16/2013 10:04 AM, Luke Donforth wrote: > >>> > >>>> The Proper Becket formation, and the nickname for it, have been > kicking > >>>> around for years. Does that really count as a new formation for > contra? > >>>> (And would Greenfield really want the nickname associated with it?) > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:52 AM, Bob Green <[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> O.K. , here is an entry, with two dances by Jim Hemphill. We have > >>>>> danced > >>>>> one of them, the other is by concept only, but will be vetted this > >>>>> weekend. > >>>>> The formation might be described as "proper becket" - if you line up > >>>>> proper > >>>>> and turn the group of four one place to the left. > >>>>> Jim's first dance, nicknamed* Missionary Men*, suggests another way > to > >>>>> describe this formation. I had written an English style dance using > >>>>> this > >>>>> also, but Jim's dances are vastly superior I think. > >>>>> > >>>>> Proper Becket (proposed "Greenfield formation) > >>>>> A1 1st corners Chain with a courtesy turn > >>>>> Mad robin (1st corners in 1st) then step to an ocean wave (1st > >>>>> corners > >>>>> in center join right, left to same sex neighbor) > >>>>> A2 Balance right and left, slide right > >>>>> Partner swing > >>>>> B1 Slide left circle left 3 > >>>>> Neighbor swing > >>>>> B2 Ladies chain, gent 1 roll your partner away > >>>>> Long line forward and back > >>>>> Fairly similar to May the 5th Be With You > >>>>> > >>>>> http://dancevideos.childgrove.**org/contra/contra-modern/443-** > >>>>> mission-men< > http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/443-mission-men> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 5:49 AM, Bob Isaacs <[email protected]> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi All: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> The Friends of the Guiding Star Grange in Greenfield, MA invite you > to > >>>>>> enter The Greenfield Formation Contest - please see the attached for > >>>>>> details. We look forward to seeing what you come up with - > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Bob > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ______________________________**_________________ > >>>>>> Callers mailing list > >>>>>> [email protected] > >>>>>> http://www.sharedweight.net/**mailman/listinfo/callers< > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ______________________________**_________________ > >>>>> Callers mailing list > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> http://www.sharedweight.net/**mailman/listinfo/callers< > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> ______________________________**_________________ > >>> Callers mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://www.sharedweight.net/**mailman/listinfo/callers< > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers> > >>> ______________________________**_________________ > >>> Callers mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://www.sharedweight.net/**mailman/listinfo/callers< > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> ______________________________**_________________ > >> Callers mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.sharedweight.net/**mailman/listinfo/callers< > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers> > >> > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > End of Callers Digest, Vol 106, Issue 5 > *************************************** > -- "Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent." 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