Sorry. Been off the list awhile. Remind me, are Larks dancers in the
traditional ladies position?Paula - Sent from my Galaxy
-------- Original message --------From: Becky Liddle via Contra Callers
<contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> Date: 10/23/22 8:51 AM (GMT-06:00) To:
"Stein, Robert" <ste...@msu.edu> Cc: Drew Delaware <drew.delaw...@gmail.com>,
contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net Subject: [Callers] Re: 'Git Goin' (Was:
Big Easy Variation) Oh, please, Robert, let’s not get into a flame war around
gender-free calling.Callers call using the terms chosen by the communities they
call for. If you want to argue about birds please do it elsewhere.BeckyOn Oct
23, 2022, at 9:07 AM, Stein, Robert via Contra Callers
<contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: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 &
SwingA2 - Larks Allemande Left 1.5x; Partner SwingB1 - Long Lines Forward and
Back; Right & Left ThroughB2 - Circle Left 3 places; Balance the Ring; Pass
through to new neighboursIt 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!DrewFrom:
Ron Blechner <contra...@gmail.com>Date: October 22, 2022 at 6:20:04 AM HSTTo:
Tony Parkes <t...@hands4.com>Cc: Shared Weight Contra Callers
<contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>Subject: [Callers] Re: dance name? - Big
Easy variationI 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+SA2: N Prom,
Robins DSD 1.5xB1: P B+SB2: Circle L 3/4, Bal, Cali TwirlThis dance searched
brings up Yoyo Zhou's "Larks in the Afternoon"A1: sameA2: Larks Alle L 1.5x,
Robins DSD 1xB1: sameB2: sameAnd also is similar to Linda Leslie's Berlin
Contra:A1: sameA2: LLFB, Robins DSD 1.5B1: sameB2: 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: sameA2: LLFB, Larks Alle L
1.5B1: sameB2: 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
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