Not on The Caller's Box, but, I realized this morning: A1 Reel, by Chris Weiller: Becket: A1: Circle Left 3/4, Balance, Partner Cal Twirl A2: New Neighbour Balance & Swing B1: R&L Thru, Ladies RHT 3/2 B2: Partner Balance & Swing
Another similar dance, which I had forgotten I had written and hadn't published a variation Turtle Twirl, which I had written down as a variation on A1 Reel: A1: N B+S A2: Pass Thru Across, N Cali Twirl, Robins Alle R 1.5x B1: P B+S B2: Circle L 3/4, Bal Ring, P Cali Twirl is the one I originally shared "new"? Likely, I'll keep the version in my box because it serves a different purpose. I suppose every caller has to make decisions on what's a variation and what's in their box! -Julian On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 12:21 PM Julian Blechner < juliancallsdan...@gmail.com> wrote: > ... 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. 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