Here's a link for Balance The Star: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu17uSab8gI
On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 5:02 PM Jack Mitchell via Contra Callers < contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > I frequently will choose a “silly“ dance to go with a rag set. I have > frequently used happy as a cold pig in warm mud in that slot and encouraged > significant silliness in forming the stars that are theoretically with > shadows but can also be five pointed stars or six pointed stars. As long > as they play the tune Square it should work. But really any > straightforward dance with eight or 16 count phrases that isn’t especially > Flowey will probably still work. If you can get a recording of them playing > it for another dance and confirm the phrasing, Amy’s approach to pairing > tunes and dances is still pretty much my ideal - both of what I hope is > going through the band’s head when they match tunes to dances and the way I > try to think about it when matching dances to tunes (ever since a post some > years ago on this very list). > > On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 4:28 PM Laur via Contra Callers < > contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > >> Thanks for detail and yes that’s the deal - its too stylized to know how >> they will choose to play it and callers that haven’t danced to the band >> aren’t prepared for the tune and the disconnection the dancers feel on the >> floor. >> >> The musicians are not inexperienced, they are good musicians so it >> confuses me a bit how they cant see or feel how the dancers on the floor >> with the dance. >> >> I will be respectful when I make the request not to choose to play during >> the evening. And be prepared to offer a response if they ask. >> >> L >> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS> >> >> On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 4:08 PM, Amy Cann <ac...@putneyschool.org> >> wrote: >> >> Ragtime tunes actually often go *slower* than flat-out reels. >> >> Their grove isn't a fast >> >> deedlediddledeedlediddledeedlediddledeedlediddledeedlediddledeedlediddle >> >> like note-y Irish, or >> >> diggachukkadiggachukkadiggachukkadiggachukka >> >> like hot southern. >> >> They go more like: >> >> >> DAda, da, d'da Da - UH! >> DAda, da, d'da Da - UH! >> DAda, DAAdada, DAda, DAAdada, >> dadada DA d'da DA - UH! >> >> SO -- do NOT do dances that are sinuous and connected and snake-y >> spaghetti-y. >> >> They will feel weird and pointless. >> >> Instead, try dances that have that 1 - 2 - 3 - UH! >> built right in. >> >> Long lines forward and back. >> Allemande 1/2 way to form a line and balance the line. >> Petronella type turns. >> Balance and box the gnat. >> >> That kind of stuff, where your body makes shapes on the floor that are >> sharp four-beat lines that reverse and turn around and stop/start on a >> dime. >> >> Steve Zakon's ZigZag has the right idea, but the zigzag thing happens >> in the B, I think, and Beaumont needs it in the A. The B is where the >> more connected-y stuff is, where you want the swings. >> >> >> On 4/27/22, Laur via Contra Callers >> <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: >> > A local band here plays Beaumont Rag As a part of their routine dance >> set. >> > It’s a popular band. >> > I’ve never experienced a contra dance The band has chosen to play >> for a >> > dance work. It doesn’t work for the dancers and it’s agonizing for the >> > caller. >> > Can anyone suggest a dance that could fit? At this point I’m planning to >> > request they don’t include the tune. >> > I know there’s an English dance written to match but not interested in >> that >> > for this set. >> > Laurie >> > >> > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net >> > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net > -- jandnbl...@gmail.com http://jacobbloom.net/
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