This is Lloyd Shaw's index of dances. http://www.lloydshaw.org/dance-figures.html
This is also a very good resource for many of these Western Squares dances: Rocky Mountain Caller: Bill Litchman's Calling Book https://www.amazon.com/Rocky-Mountain-Caller-Litchmans-Calling/dp/1890034207 Erik -- Prof. Erik B. Erhardt, UNM Statistics, (505)750-4424 stat.unm.edu/~erike On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 11:23 AM, Jonathan Sivier via Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > Is there an index of dances on the Lloyd Shaw Foundation web site? I > see to recall that there used to be one, but the link I had bookmarked no > longer works with the new web site. > > I'm assuming that the Docey Doe in this dance isn't just a dos-a-do, > but is a more complex set of movements. I know I've done some similar > figures in the past, but is there an explanation for this somewhere on the > web site? > > Here is a version of the Basket Quadrille. I think I got it from a > Ralph Page book and modified it a bit. > > Basket Quadrille > square (HS Keeper) > > Head couples forward and back > Forward again and circle left > Change that ring to a basket swing > Right hand star (break that swing and star by the right) > Left hand star > Gents turn and swing the one behind > Everyone home and swing their own > Everyone promenade around the square > > Do for the heads, then the sides > > Final Figure: > > Head 2 couples to the center and back > Side 2 couples to the center and back > All 8 circle left > All 8 basket swing > Break that swing and circle left > Swing your corner > Circle left > Swing your next corner > Circle left > Swing your next corner > Circle left > Swing your partner > Promenade home > > One bit of patter I have heard used for basket swings is something like. > > Gents take hands, > Ladies duck under, > Ladies take hands, > Now swing like thunder. > > Jonathan > > > On 6/14/2017 11:50 AM, DAVID HARDING via Callers wrote: > >> Also known as "California Fruit Basket," or "Ladies Bow, Gents Bow Under" >> The signature move is the basket swing. Couple 1 visits first Couple 2, >> then couple 3, then couple 4. Et cetera. >> http://www.lloydshaw.org/swing-like-thunder.html >> >> On June 14, 2017 at 8:21 AM dje h via Callers < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I'm way out in the boonies teaching square dance to a group of campers, >>> and they asked for a dance called Roll Like Thunder. I did figure out that >>> it's probably a square called Swing Like Thunder, but I'm not having much >>> luck tracking down the actual moves. WiFi is really spotty out here, so I >>> can't watch a video or listen to a recording. Does anyone have this dance >>> in your collection? Thanks for any help. >>> >>> Deborah Hyland >>> St Louis >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net >
