Hi, Jacqui, I looked through some of my collection, and found that your dance “Starlet” is the same as a dance by Melanie Axel-Lute, which she calls Show of Hands I. I am not sure when she wrote it, but I first called it in 2012. Line Up the Square is very similar to a dance by Bill Baritompa called Snow in July. The only small difference is that Bill’s dance has a Give & Take (no ring balance) for the A2. I first called this dance in 2012.
I don’t find any dances that are the same as A Stroll in the Hey or Zag It Back. They look like a lot of fun! Thanks for sharing… Linda On May 24, 2017, at 2:51 AM, QuiAnn2 via Callers <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I’ve recently written two dances. Both have been tested and called at > regular contra dances (one in England, one in California!) to positive > feedback from the dancers. I’m running it by the caller’s gauntlet to see if > anyone knows if these dances have already been written. Please let me know if > you’ve seen them before. Thanks! I’m also adding a couple of other simple > dances that I wrote specifically to introduce a some figures in an easy way > when I have many beginners. They aren’t fancy dances and I don’t usually > announce the names of these dances but since I include my programs in my > website, I thought I should probably give correct attribution if the dance > has already been written. Thanks for any help! > > Jacqui Grennan > > > A Stroll in the Hey > by Jacqui Grennan > Contra/Becket-CW > > A1 ----------- > (8) Gents allemande Left 1-1/2 > (8) N Sw > A2 ----------- > (8) LL F&B to P > (8) Ladies Chain to P, extra courtesy turn > B1 ----------- > (8) w/P, Promenade the set clockwise, ladies in the middle, turn as couples > (8) Return promenade, go PAST current Ns <=PROGRESSION > B2 ----------- > (8) 1/2 hey (NEW gents start passing left, NR, ladies L) > (8) P Sw > > > Zag It Back > by Jacqui Grennan > Contra/Becket-CW > > A1 ----------- > (8) w/P, slice on left diagonal, fall straight back <=PROGRESSION > (8) Ladies allemande Right 1-1/2 > A2 ----------- > (16) N B&Sw > B1 ----------- > (Note: loose timing in the B1) > (8) Circle Left 3/4 > (3,3) w/N, zig left, zag right to your shadows > (2) Shadow L allem. 1x > B2 ----------- > (16) P B&Sw > > > Starlet > by Jacqui Grennan > Contra/Improper > > A1 ----------- > (8) N Allem. RIGHT 1x > (8) Ladies allemande LEFT 1-1/2 > A2 ----------- > (16) P gypsy R/Sw > B1 ----------- > (6) Circle Left 3/4 > (10) N Sw > B2 ----------- > (8) LL F&B to P > (8) Star Left 1x <=PROGRESSION > > > Line Up the Square > by Jacqui Grennan > Contra/Improper/Easy > > A1 ----------- > (8)N DSD 1x > (8) N Sw > A2 ----------- > (4) Balance ring > (12) Give and Take to gents side, P Sw > B1 ----------- > (8) Promenade across the Set > (8) Ladies Chain to N > B2 ----------- > (8) LL F&B to P > “INTERRUPTED SQUARE THROUGH” > (4) P RH balance across set > (2) Pull by P RH > (2) Pull by N LH > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
