Ragtime Sammy fun. And Works to the tempo That band plays too however when I walk it through it seems like it could be rather dizzying ?
Laurie Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Friday, April 29, 2022, 12:25 AM, Amy Cann via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: HOW HAVE I NOT KNOWN THIS DANCE BEFORE THIS MOMENT?? On 4/28/22, Ridge Kennedy via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Balance the Star qualifies as a chestnut and works well. The stars > encourage a little hand jive action that is a lot of fun. > > Here's my go-to dance for raggy tune sets which stole a good bit from > Balance the Star -- and Beaumont would work just fine with it. > > (And per what I think others said, tembo matters. It's no fun -- not even > very raggy at -- warp speed.) > > Ragtime Sammy > > > Contra, Duple, Improper > > Ridge Kennedy > > 20 > > A-1 Right Hands Across Star (8) Left Hands Across > Star (8) > > A-2 Gents Turn Back over right shoulder (peel off) make eye contact > and and swing Neighbor > (a short gypsy) (4-6) Long Swing > (12-10) > > B-1 Circle Left Three Quarters (8) Partner > Swing (8) > > B-2 Ladies Allemande Right 1 1/2 (8) Neighbor Allemande Left > 1 1/2 (8) > > Notes: The first version of this dance was made up in about 2013 for a > dance with Big Phat American K-Lee Band in Glen Echo. Early in the program > – maybe first dance, the band was going to do a set of rags. So we wanted > a dance that would work well with rags and that was pretty easy – a starter > upper. The only tricky bit here is moving from the allemande left with > neighbors to the next star. Just keep dancers mindful of which way they > will be going to progress, and it will work out fine. > > The idea behind using the hands across stars was to encourage dancers to > use their free hands to do a little hand jive if the music so inspired > them. And so it did. The final ending sequence for the dance was finally > locked in place during 2015, I think. For all the time the dance was > evolving it was my “raggy, starry hand jive dance.” Recently though, > noting that bands frequently included Ragtime Annie in their raggy sets and > since (little known secret here) my first name is Samuel – well Ragtime > Sammy seems like a fitting title. Yeah, it’s a silly little dance, but when > the music is right, dancers really do feel encouraged to get into the hand > jive and more. > Ridge Kennedy [Exit 145] > > Hey -- I wrote a book! *Murder & Miss Austen's Ball. * > It's a novel with musical accompaniment. Now that's different. > > Read all about it here! <https://www.hedgehoghousebooks.com> > > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 3:17 AM Colin Hume via Contra Callers < > contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > >> On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 16:46:36 -0400, Jacob or Nancy Bloom via Contra >> Callers wrote: >> > Balance The Star was written to go to Beaumont Rag. It's a simple >> dance, usually done as a Sicilian Circle, so it >> > may not be what you want for your crowd. >> >> That's the one I was going to suggest. Here's how I explain it: >> https://barndances.org.uk/detail.php?Title=Balance_the_Star >> and the vital phrase is "turn your back on your partner" - if callers >> can't get that across there is general confusion. >> >> Also a contra by Susan Kevra where she actually specified "Beaumont Rag >> and similar": >> >> Country of Marriage >> >> Longways Becket, single prog. 32 bar rags >> >> A1: Circle left 3/4. Do-si-do neighbour to a wave. >> >> A2: Balance right and left; ladies allemande left all the way >> (rapidly). Swing neighbour, finish facing across. >> >> B1: Right & left through. Men allemande right 3/4 to meet next man; >> allemande left with him 3/4 while ladies move to >> left. >> >> B2: Balance and swing partner. >> >> Dance: Susan Kevra -- English Dance & Song, Winter 1992. >> >> Colin Hume >> >> Email co...@colinhume.com Web site http://colinhume.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
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