In a similar vein, here are three of mine: Gene’s Genius (1989) A.1 N B&S A.2 M AL 1.5, P swing B.2 RLT, Circle L 3/4, pass thru B.1 w/new Ns, RH star x1 B.2 w/orig Ns, LH star x1
Heritage Reel (1988) A.1 N B&S A.2 LLF&B, M AL 1.5 B.1 P B&S B.2 Half prom across, W chain Solstice Special (1991) A.1 N dosido & swing A.2 LLF&B, M AL 1.5 B.1 P R shoulder round & swing B.2 Half prom across, circle L 3/4, pass thru And for those who were wondering, here’s the original version of Ashokan Hello (1992): A.1 N RH bal, box gnat, swing A.2 LLF&B, W AL 1.5 B.1 P RH bal, box gnat, swing B.2 Circle L 3/4, bal, #2 arch, #1 duck to next All these are in my book Son of Shadrack, available at hands4.com (Advt.) Tony Parkes Billerica, Mass. www.hands4.com<http://www.hands4.com/> New book! Square Dance Calling: An Old Art for a New Century (available now) From: Julian Blechner via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2022 11:53 AM Cc: Shared Weight Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> Subject: [Callers] Re: dance name? - Big Easy variation 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<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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<http://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<mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>> Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2022 8:31 AM To: contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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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