I have a couple of Tony's books, but I just checked, and not the one containing Ashoken Hello. I'd be curious the choreo for that.
I've heard a few callers call The Big Easy, and most recently it was Liz Nelson, locally, early in an evening with a gaggle of new dancers, and she prompted it with the allemande Right. The one on The Caller's Box has it as a Left. I guess the other issue, which, now that I'm thinking about L vs R in details, is that from Robins role, an alle R puts it at 38-40 beats of clockwise rotation, which 26-28 beats is consecutively. Hm. Changing the alle to a DoSiDo solves that, keeps the timing and keeps it as glossary moves, and flows well from a promade.(alts: pass thru across + twirl, or R+L Thru) A1: N B+S A2: N Prom, Robins DSD 1.5x B1: P B+S B2: Circle L 3/4, Bal, Cali Twirl This dance searched brings up Yoyo Zhou's "Larks in the Afternoon" A1: same A2: Larks Alle L 1.5x, Robins DSD 1x B1: same B2: same And also is similar to Linda Leslie's Berlin Contra: A1: same A2: LLFB, Robins DSD 1.5 B1: same B2: Bal Ring, 2s Arch, 1s Dive (Essentially, the Big Easy but Robins DSD. Now I'm curious which dance came first?) And of course, Diane Silver's Easy Peasy: A1: same A2: LLFB, Larks Alle L 1.5 B1: same B2: Circle, bal, cali. Adding in a chain and/or a star and dropping the promenade and I have at least a dozen other dances in my box. (Appetizer, Push the Button, Too Hot To Trot, Simplicity Swing, Spend Some Time Together, Harmony Supper Line, Dick & Mary's Departure, Baby Rose, et al) ... but this niche of "simple dance with a courtesy turn, one role doesn't stay mostly in one spot, no star, no chain" is something I know I've looked for programming gigs and left wanting. I'll leave this thread going as more callers see it and have dances to think of. I may temprarily dub the DSD version "The Big Hello". -Julian On Sat, Oct 22, 2022, 9:16 AM Tony Parkes via Contra Callers < contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > When I wrote Ashokan Hello, I realized that the left-hand turn was > counterintuitive after a neighbor swing. But I needed it to be left because > the next moves are a right-hand balance and box the gnat. I decided that > the forward and back (between the swing and the turn) canceled the > handedness. Obviously if it leads into a two-hand balance (the norm these > days), the turn can be with either hand. > > > > Tony Parkes > > Billerica, Mass. > > www.hands4.com > > New book! Square Dance Calling: An Old Art for a New Century > > (available now) > > > > > > > > *From:* Bob via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> > *Sent:* Saturday, October 22, 2022 8:31 AM > *To:* contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net > *Subject:* [Callers] Re: dance name? - Big Easy variation > > > > Per my card on The Big Easy, it’s an allemande left after the long lines > and before the partner swing. But I’m away from my books for a while and > can’t go back to the source. I bet I got it from The Rosen Hill Collection. > > > > Her note on the dance says ‘This is a very easy version of “Ashokan Hello” > by Tony Parkes, for use as a first contra dance of the evening where > newcomers are plentiful.‘ > > > > \Bob > > > > On Oct 21, 2022, at 21:53, Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers < > contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > > > I wonder if Julian's notation assumes Robins right allemande unless > otherwise specified. I'm only guessing. Julian? > > > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 1:15 PM Lisa Greenleaf via Contra Callers < > contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > The only change I’d suggest is Robins Allem R since that is the free hand > after a swing. > > Lisa > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 21, 2022, at 11:47 AM, Julian Blechner via Contra Callers < > contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have a question about a variation on Becky Hill's Big Easy, which I > see as: > > Big Easy Becky Hill > > > > A1: Bal Ring, Neighbor Swing (often changed to N B+S) > > A2: LLFB, Robins Alle 1.5 > > B1: P B+S > > B2: Circle L 3/4, Bal ring, pass thru > > > > An easy variation I like, say, to introduce the courtesy turn early in > the evening and to have the Larks not have to be relegated to keeping > basically in one spot for 7/8ths of the dance, has: > > A2. N Prom, robins alle 1.5 > > B2. Circle L 3/4, bal, cali twirl > > > > It's enough of a change - especially for one of these easy glossary > dances - that I figure someone may have claimed it as a new dance, and was > looking for author and title. I didn't see this variation listed in The > Caller's Box website. > > > > Thanks, > > Julian Blechner > > he/him > > > > p.s. Folks may know me as "Ron". I've been using a new first name. > Pronouns are the same. 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