On Oct 18, 2015, at 4:01 PM, via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 16:32:15 -0400
From: "Louie.cromartie via Callers" <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
To: Martha Wild <maw...@sbcglobal.net>
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Just curious. Robert doesn't recall writing (or calling) a dance called Saint
Louis Cruise. Perhaps it was created by someone else.
-Louie (not a saint)
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Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 16:32:15 -0400
From: "Louie.cromartie via Callers" <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
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Just curious. Robert doesn't recall writing (or calling) a dance called Saint
Louis Cruise. Perhaps it was created by someone else.
-Louie (not a saint)
On Oct 16, 2015, at 12:56 AM, Martha Wild via Callers
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It's a good time to call dances that might need extra space along the line -
for example, there are some dances with a ladies chain up and down as opposed
to across the set such as Saint Louis Cruise by Robert Cromartie.
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Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 17:12:51 -0400
From: Linda Leslie via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
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I believe it was written by Roger Diggle?.
Linda
On Oct 17, 2015, at 4:32 PM, Louie.cromartie via Callers
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Just curious. Robert doesn't recall writing (or calling) a dance called Saint
Louis Cruise. Perhaps it was created by someone else.
-Louie (not a saint)
On Oct 16, 2015, at 12:56 AM, Martha Wild via Callers
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It's a good time to call dances that might need extra space along the line -
for example, there are some dances with a ladies chain up and down as opposed
to across the set such as Saint Louis Cruise by Robert Cromartie.
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Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 21:02:33 -0600
From: Leslie Gotfrit via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
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Subject: [Callers] Musical styles for a Barn Dance question
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I?ve been asked to call a one hour set in a rural heritage hall for a party for
about 130 folks. There will be two sets at the end of the evening with a Blues
Band. Yep, its a bit odd, but the organizer wants to bring all his various
friends together and thought, rightly, that having someone organize some
dancing would help that along. Has anyone ever called a community dance (circle
mixers, scatter sets, longways, maybe a square) to a blues band? The band seems
willing to work with me. Any suggestions about what to say to them so that I
could call La Bastringue or Galopede, for example, and it would work?
Any suggestions for youtube links for a caller calling to something other than
the usual trad tune? I could bring in a fiddler and ask the band to back the
fiddler up. Any advice on doing it that way?
Is this so ridiculous that you?re all doubled over laughing? People will be
there not because they are blues lovers so much as their buddy is throwing a
party.
In any case, I?d be grateful for advice
Leslie Gotfrit
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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 00:24:52 -0700
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With the right cooperation from the band it could work out just fine. I've
called contras to all sorts of music, including Romanian folksongs. But, you
do need to talk with them about the fact that every tune needs to be 32 bars
and of uniform tempo. (And the tempo should be an appropriate one.) The AABB
structure that we are used to is nice, but you can probably cope with ABCD if
that is what they will play. It will help if you can get a recording of them
playing, so you can get used to timing your calls.
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On Oct 17, 2015, at 8:02 PM, Leslie Gotfrit via Callers
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I?ve been asked to call a one hour set in a rural heritage hall for a party for
about 130 folks. There will be two sets at the end of the evening with a Blues
Band. Yep, its a bit odd, but the organizer wants to bring all his various
friends together and thought, rightly, that having someone organize some
dancing would help that along. Has anyone ever called a community dance (circle
mixers, scatter sets, longways, maybe a square) to a blues band? The band seems
willing to work with me. Any suggestions about what to say to them so that I
could call La Bastringue or Galopede, for example, and it would work?
Any suggestions for youtube links for a caller calling to something other than
the usual trad tune? I could bring in a fiddler and ask the band to back the
fiddler up. Any advice on doing it that way?
Is this so ridiculous that you?re all doubled over laughing? People will be
there not because they are blues lovers so much as their buddy is throwing a
party.
In any case, I?d be grateful for advice
Leslie Gotfrit
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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 01:12:55 -0700
From: JD Erskine iDance via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
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On 2015-10-17 2002, Leslie Gotfrit via Callers wrote:
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In any case, I?d be grateful for advice
Leslie Gotfrit
Try it. Maybe. <grin>
I worked a Contra series dance with my first (advertised as such) old
time band tonight. The No Jigs thing initially felt a bit unsettling,
however the musicianship and music was great. No medleys, which I'm fine
with, and a bit of joint effort looking for variety had it work out
well. I'd mentioned all the basic parameters and communications points
prior to the event and tonight we went over them before the intro
session this series hosts.
This past summer I worked with my first Bluegrass band. I'd been
concerned a bit with that as well. A "Contra", really a barn dance/ONS
on "grass" (beaten down by the sheep for a few years), worked out well.
I covered off the points John Rogers made about tempo, length with both
of them. Also starts and endings, who to talk to about what, how to
speed up/slow down (if possible.) All the usual things.
A few weeks ago I attended a free, intro night of MWSD. The point I took
away from that was that someone could really use any music if it met the
basic criteria. There were Beatles tunes/songs, pop "standards" and
such. Not much in the way of tune as many of us might generally expect
or appreciate.
A number of callers I've experienced have offered the old saw that a
dancers need for rhythm might just as easily be met by a drum stick
attached to a car wiper as a band.
If the band is not an established one, or don't have a recording, some
practises/time with several of them playing prior to the event might
prove useful. It might also be a chance to introduce some of the key points.
A friend was working with a "Celtic" band a winter ago and had to work
mostly on -- endurance, even tempo, how to start and end. Doing so
seemed to suck up quite a bit of energy and take several sessions.
So, it appears it is also good to know when to bail on an idea in some
fashion if it appears bleak. For any of these one may require more lead
time/contact time that might be expected.
Cheers, John
--
J.D. Erskine
Victoria, BC
Island Dance - Folk & Country
Vancouver Island & BC islands
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