I wish callers would get away from birds. I understand the need to not use gender terms in calling. But using positional calling does that without people needing to translate. This works well for contras. Squares are a different story. We need to figure out how to do those. The dance below has a good flow and there is no need to specify a gender for the allemande. Only one person has a left hand free in each couple. Birds are for the birds.
> On Oct 23, 2022, at 04:17, Drew Delaware via Contra Callers > <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > I have been meaning to post this new dance I wrote last month, but hadn't > gotten around to it yet. Seems appropriate to contribute it to this > discussion as we explore early evening dances and their variations. > > Had a fun chat a few weeks ago with Chris Page about how there aren't a lot > of easy dances being written, as those of us who enjoy writing dances > naturally tend to get more excited by the innovative and elaborate > choreography more typically found in the middle of the program. But it's > great to have new options emerge for that easy, first dance, when you know > you have new dancers on the floor - especially since those dances get a lot > of use. > > I wanted a first dance of the evening that sent the Larks to the Robin's home > side for the partner swing, and I was set on having "balance the ring and > pass through" as the progression - all so that it flowed with the rest of my > program. Couldn't find a match, so I wrote my own. > > ‘Git Goin’ - Drew Delaware > A1 - Neighbour Balance & Swing > A2 - Larks Allemande Left 1.5x; Partner Swing > B1 - Long Lines Forward and Back; Right & Left Through > B2 - Circle Left 3 places; Balance the Ring; Pass through to new neighbours > > It tested well on the dance floor, so I offer it here in case you're looking > for new options for a first dance of the evening. The dance will be added to > Caller's Box online in the next update. > > Cheers! > Drew > > From: Ron Blechner <contra...@gmail.com <mailto:contra...@gmail.com>> >> Date: October 22, 2022 at 6:20:04 AM HST >> To: Tony Parkes <t...@hands4.com <mailto:t...@hands4.com>> >> Cc: Shared Weight Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net >> <mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>> >> Subject: [Callers] Re: dance name? - Big Easy variation >> >> >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net
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