... and I was on my old gmail. I'll fix that sometime, promise. -Julian
On Sat, Oct 22, 2022, 12:20 PM Ron Blechner via Contra Callers < contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > 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. I'm slowly trying to change my online presence, get >> a new website, etc. >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > 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
