Ron,
I think your "Loop Di Doo" figure is a lot like something that
occurs in some versions of the traditional (not modern western)
square dance "Forward Six" (a/k/a "Right Hand High, Left Hand Low"
or "Right Lady Over, Left Lady Under" ...). See for example these
videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaDbKuJNqkM
(watch the action as 2:45)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltQg0o_p0SU
(watch at 1:12)
It's not exactly the same, since in the square dance figure it's
the left hand lady (already holding he partner's hand) who ducks
under the arch, while the right hand lady arches (rather than
diving) to get to her lonesome gent.
--Jim
On Jun 20, 2013, at 6:20 PM, Ron T Blechner wrote:
I wrote a dance that, when I finished it, I realized the A was the
same as 3-33,33:
http://contradances.tumblr.com/post/10510984149/ants-marching
It's gone over well, and has an easier finish. There's one move to
teach very carefully. (I uh ... sorta created a variation of a
left-hand-high-right-hand-low that goes into a swing ... called a Loop
Di Doo). It's been picked up by a few other callers, so, I know it's
not totally awful.
in dance,
Ron T Blechner
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Bree Kalb <[email protected]>
wrote:
I agree with Michael. Especially in the case of a classic.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Barraclough <[email protected]>
Sent: Jun 20, 2013 5:25 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Callers] Tampering with a classis aagain 3-33-33
There are thousands of contras. If one doesn't work, why not try
another one instead of altering that one?
Michael Barraclough
On Thu, 2013-06-20 at 13:16 -0700, Dave C wrote:
Instead of the Ladies Dosido 1.5 at the end to progress, just
have the Ladies AL 1 1/2 in the center, with RH ready for the
next neighbor. Some in the caller community have dubbed this
version of the dance 3-33-34.
Dave Colestock
New Cumberland, PA
--- On Thu, 6/20/13, Kalia Kliban <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Kalia Kliban <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Callers] Tampering with a classis aagain 3-33-33
To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 2:10 PM
I've had pretty good luck with it, possibly because I have the
women ID the next neighbor early on. They know which face to
look for. After that, they get a better feel for the area to aim
for to find the new neighbor. A couple of seriously disoriented
dancers can really play havoc with this dance though. It's
brittle.
Kalia
On 6/20/2013 11:02 AM, Rickey Holt wrote:
3-33-33 lovers and callers - I have been calling this great
dance recently
and noticed that dancers of various experience levels in several
venues have
had trouble with the transition in the B2 from the Ladies Do-si-
do 1 1/2 to
the balance with the next neighbor that starts the dance. They
have trouble
finding that next neighbor, even after several times through,
and with
translating the momentum of crossing the set to that of up and
down the line
of the first part of the dance. I tried substituting an
allemande right 1
1/2 for the do-si-do 1 1/2 of the original with little effect.
What about a
ladies allemande right about 1 1/2 to a next neighbor allemande
left and
then starting the dance again with a balance by the right with
that
neighbor? Other solutions? Have you or your dancers noticed
the problem
that I have seen. As always, thanks for your thoughts.
Rickey Holt
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