I was thinking of 3 facing 3 progressive dances when I saw this request.
These dances are fun and energetic but have limited applications, for when
there is a significant gender imbalance. Superbowl Monday was an idea to
deal with the odd phenomenon at the St. Louis contra dance on Superbowl
Sundays, there were always a lot more gents than ladies at the dance which
takes place in the Monday club.
Superbowl Monday 3 facing 3, 2 gents, 1 lady in the middle
A1 Ladies allemande left 1 1/2
Ladies pick a neighbor to swing
A2 Swinging Gents Allemande left 1 1/2
Scoop partner, star promenade, butterfly whirl
B1 Idle gent balance and swing partner (end swing facing other partner)
B2 3 circle left
3 zig left, pass, zag right (gent that just swung his partner leads
out left to start zig)
3 facing 3, 2 ladies and a gent.
A1 Gents allemande left 1 1/2
Pick a neighbor to swing
A2 Swinging ladies allemande right 1 1/2
Scoop your guy star promenade, butterfly whirl
B1 Idle lady balance and swing partner
B2 3 circle left
Zig left, pass, zag right (gent leads out to the left)
On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 4:25 PM Tepfer, Seth via Contra Callers <
contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Louise
> This might be too hubristic, but I'm pretty happy with my triplet that
> makes use of Luke Donforth's 'starburst' figure (sort of a half-dolphin
> hey) called "Kimbi's a Star". Not a contra corners anywhere.
>
> *Title: *Kimbi’s A Star
>
> *Author:* Seth Tepfer, 2019
>
> *Formation:* 3 couple set, proper
>
> *Tune:* The New Bag, 2019
>
> *Tune Author:* Dave Marcus
>
> *Tempo:* 110
>
> A1: Up a double, and fall back; down a double, fall back
>
> A2: Set advancing toward partner, turn single back to place; pattern two
> hand turn
>
> B1: Top two couples (1s and 2s) Circle left 1x; bottom two couples (2s and
> 3s) Circle right 1x
>
> B2: Top two couples (1s and 2s) Right hand star 1x; 1s and 2s Starburst*
> down one place down the set, 3s pause 3 counts then surge to top place
>
>
> Notes:
>
> End 3-1-2
>
> Starburst: Top 2 lead out of set the direction they were facing for 4
> counts, turn and travel down the set for 1 count, turn and travel back into
> the set for three. Most time spent leaving set, Not traveling down. Feels
> like the end part of a dolphin hey
>
> Top 2 couples get out of the way! Couple 3 must wait 3 beats before
> moving forward. Move forward quickly at first then slow down.
>
> Video of dance:
> https://www.facebook.com/1009243795/videos/10217927828839884/
> Sheet Music: https://www.reelplayband.com/the-new-bag.html
>
> Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his)
> Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate Center
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Louise Siddons via Contra Callers <
> contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 8, 2022 3:18 AM
> *To:* Winston, Alan P. <wins...@slac.stanford.edu>
> *Cc:* call...@sharedweight.net <call...@sharedweight.net>
> *Subject:* [External] [Callers] Re: 3-facing-3 dances / triplets w/o
> contra corners
>
> Thanks to everyone who has replied so far; I’m compiling a list to share
> with workshop participants (some of whom aren’t on here), and can share it
> Aug the list as well if it’s of interest.
>
> Some quick replies to Alan’s points.
>
> > On Nov 7, 2022, at 11:51 PM, Winston, Alan P. <wins...@slac.stanford.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > Somewhat puzzled by parameters of the question. It's an arbitrary
> distinction but I've only encountered "Pleasure Vest" in ECD dances here so
> that's how I thought of it.
>
> If the puzzlement is about genre then yes, you caught me. I’ve already
> completely absorbed the UK’s lack of hard distinctions between contra and
> ECD and this didn’t even occur to me. Having said that, there are “contra”
> triplets (and other dances) without swings because Americans also used to
> have more diversity in their contra dancing, as has been rehearsed on this
> list and elsewhere many times. And I have no idea how Colin would feel
> about it, but I have taught/called the Pleasure-Vest to tunes other than
> the one he suggests because it’s a square contra tune and plenty of other
> tunes work beautifully. Which is also a bit of a British attitude!
>
> > Also are you asking for both unclear on whenther you're asking for both
> threesome Sicilians and three couple set dances.
>
> I thought I was clear by saying “and another question that came up,” but
> yes, we are looking for both. Although 3-f-3 could be longways as well as
> Sicilian.
>
> Louise.
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