Larks (left/gents) Robins (right/ladies)

I notate my cards (ppl ask why in pencil..this is why) L/g  R/l to assist
my brain change, as I pull dances to practice and set programs.

It has not been a difficult change for my aging brain.

On Sun, Oct 23, 2022, 10:32 AM Paula McFarling via Contra Callers <
contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

>
> 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.
>
> Becky
>
> On 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 & 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>
>>
>> *Date:* October 22, 2022 at 6:20:04 AM HST
>> *To:* Tony Parkes <t...@hands4.com>
>> *Cc:* Shared Weight Contra Callers <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
>>
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