AI is invading our lives, but can sometimes be useful — for example, ChatGPT is pretty good at reformatting contra dances!
In Philly we have mostly multi-caller evenings, where the coordinator gets dance submissions from many callers (in many formats), creates a program, and sends out the result. Sometimes the program looks like a fruit salad of formats, but (OCD?) I like everything to be concise and uniform. See example below, where ChatGPT unifies dances in 4 formats — Callers Box, one posted here, my website, and Bob Isaacs’ format. It took a few tries to refine the instructions (and I only tried this one output format), but in the end it’s a pretty amazing result from minimal instructions in plain English. Rick ========================= My Instructions to ChatGPT ========================= Please reformat the contra dances below as follows: Format dance headers as e.g. “Title (Author) Formation” If formation is omitted, use “Duple Improper” Format part names as e.g. “A1: ”. Eliminate beat counts for figures (like “8”). Put a part’s figures on one line, separated by commas, no period or spaces at the end. And this is important — format as plain text, do not format as markdown. Centrifugal Hey by Gene Hubert Permission: full License: CC-BY-NC FormationBase: Duple Minor <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#duple-minor> - Improper <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#improper> Progression: Single Figures: A1 (8) Neighbor allemande <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#allemande> right 1 & 3/4 (8) Men <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#men> allemande <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#allemande> left 1 & 1/2 A2 (16) Hey <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#hey> (PR;WL;NR;ML;PR;WL;NR;ML) B1 (16) Partner swing <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#swing> B2 (8) Right and left through <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#right-and-left-through> with partner (6) Circle left <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#circle-left-right> 3/4 (2) Pass through <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#pass-through> along <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#across-along> (NR) Stars are Aligned by Lisa Sieverts BECKET, CCW 1. LH Star 2. RH Star 3. P Do Si Do (on side) 4. P Swing 5. Whole Set Oval Left 6. Whole set Oval Right 7. F&B 8. LH Star, on to the next, partners moving along the line *Trip to Trillium* Bob Isaacs Becket-L A1. 8 Circle L ¾ 8 w/Partner weave the line past two (1) A2. 8 w/N3 square through three 8 N2 swing B1. 8 Robins chain to partner 8 ½ hey (RR, N2L, LR, -) B2. 4,12 Partner balance, swing Fluidity By Rick Mohr; September 2017 Contra, BecketCaller's Box <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=18477> Level: Easy/Intermediate A1: 3/4 Hey *(larks pass left shoulders to start)* (12) Robins allemande left (4) A2: Gypsy and swing neighbor (16) B1: Right and left through (8) Circle right (8) B2: *(With next couple)* Circle left 3/4 (6) Swing partner (10) ========================= Output from ChatGPT ========================= Centrifugal Hey (Gene Hubert) Duple Improper A1: Neighbor allemande right 1 & 3/4, men allemande left 1 & 1/2 A2: Hey (PR, WL, NR, ML, PR, WL, NR, ML) B1: Partner swing B2: Right and left through with partner, circle left 3/4, pass through along (NR) Stars are Aligned (Lisa Sieverts) Becket CCW A1: Left-hand star, right-hand star A2: Partner do-si-do, partner swing B1: Whole set oval left, whole set oval right B2: Forward and back, left-hand star on to the next, partners moving along the line Trip to Trillium (Bob Isaacs) Becket Left A1: Circle left 3/4, with partner weave the line past two A2: With N3 square through three, N2 swing B1: Robins chain to partner, half hey (RR, N2L, LR) B2: Partner balance, swing Fluidity (Rick Mohr; September 2017) Becket A1: Three-quarter hey (larks pass left shoulders to start), robins allemande left A2: Gypsy and swing neighbor B1: Right and left through, circle right B2: With next couple circle left 3/4, swing partner
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