I’ve also written a dance with this down the hall figure in it. I like to call it early in the evening since it’s very connected and has “rest” time for each couple. I haven’t run it through the Shared Weight gauntlet to see if anyone else has written it. Please let me know if it’s already out there.
Pivot the Line by Jacqui Grennan, 5/1/2016 Contra/Improper/Easy A1 ----------- Four steps down the hall, turn alone, rejoin hands in lines of 4 Four more steps down the hall, walking backwards Four steps up the hall, turn alone, rejoin hands in lines of 4 Four more steps up the hall, walking backwards. Bend the line A2 ----------- (16) 2’s gypsy RIGHT/swing, face up to same N’s B1 ----------- (16) Same N B&Sw B2 ----------- (8) 1’s DSD across set (8) 1’s P Sw (2’s get ready for DTH, 1’s end the swing facing down between new neighbors). > On Jan 17, 2017, at 3:48 PM, Tavi Merrill via Callers > <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > Thanks to Linda, Mac, and Jonathan for their responses. So far for dances > featuring "Dublin Bay" variants, i have: > > contra variants of the figure, in best-guess chronological order: > Leaving Home - Al Olson > Jim's Reel - Steve Schnur > Handsome Young Maids - Sue Rosen > Please Don't Call Me Surely - Lynn Ackerson (Lynn says this is very similar > to Olson's dance) > Crossing the Streams - Nicholas Rockstroh > > figure exactly as it appears in Dublin Bay: > Doublin' Back - Erna-Lynne Bogue > > The reason for my question around the move's history is that i've written a > new dance featuring it, and was curious who first imported it from ECD to > contra. So far i've gotten works-on-paper nods from a couple fellow > choreographers, and a previous version of this dance was successfully tested. > Might as well put it out there, as i'm pretty sure it hasn't been written > before. > > Here 'tis: > > Belfast Bay (becket R) > > from improper: circle left three and swing partner to end facing UP the hall: > > A1. in lines of four, reverse "Dublin Bay" variant: > > > take four steps backwards, turn toward partner to face down, take four > steps forward; > > repeat, returning up the hall, and bend the line to a ring > > A2. Ring balance, ladies draw gents over to > > N1 neighbor swing > > B1. Long lines forward & back > > N2 neighbor swing > > B2. Ring balance, ladies draw gents over to > > Partner swing > > Here, the "Dublin Bay" figure (as it’s more commonly seen in contra, a > modified “down the hall”) has been inverted to make the starting formation a > line of four facing up - intended for those times a caller wants all dancers > facing the stage. The sequence’s overall design was driven by the intention > to facilitate band introductions before a break or goodbyes before a final > waltz, with dancers beside their partner. As a last dance before the break, > the A1 figure can be walked without “bend to a ring,” and voila! Dancers are > in lines of four facing up ready for announcements; the rest is simple enough > to run no-walk-through. > > Compact variation! Start instead with dancers facing DOWN the hall and make > A1 the original “Dublin Bay” figure: lines of four facing down take four > steps backwards (toward the stage), four steps forwards; turn alone to face > up, and repeat. Voila! Lines of four facing up. > > Dancers waiting out at the ends should join in the long lines. > > In honor of Chrissy Fowler and the Belfast Flying Shoes dance in Belfast, > Maine. > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 3:46 PM, Linda Leslie <laleslie...@comcast.net > <mailto:laleslie...@comcast.net>> wrote: > Al Olson used the move in his dance “Leaving Home”. It was published in Give > & Take by Larry Jennings in 2004. Larry spent a number of years putting this > book together, so the dance was written well before this. I did not find the > dance in Zesty Contras, Larry’s fist book, published in 1988; but this might > mean that Larry did not have space to include it, rather than it had not been > written yet. If I were of a betting nature…..I would bet that the dance was > from the 1980’s, maybe 1990’s. > Linda > > On Jan 16, 2017, at 5:20 PM, Tavi Merrill via Callers > <callers@lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>> > wrote: > >> >> Dance genealogy question: The figure first appearing in "Dublin Bay" (aka >> "We'll Wed and We'll Bed," its title in Playford) morphed in contra into a >> modified "lines of four down the hall." >> >> I know a version of it from Sue Rosen's dance "Handsome Young Maids," where >> dancers facing down take four steps forwards, turn alone, and continue down >> the hall with four backward steps, then repeat the figure to return up the >> hall. >> >> I'm curious how many other contras this figure, or a version of it, appears >> in. Does anyone know of other dances? And any astute dance historians out >> there know what the first contra to use this figure is? >> >> Tavi >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> Callers@lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net> >> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net >> <http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net> > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
