Maybe several persons composed this at various times On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM Jim Thaxter via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote:
> “Dance A While” from about 1968 says Oslo Waltz is a Scottish-English > Family Waltz. This type of family waltz folk dance is found in almost every > European country. > > In other words, it’s a folk dance. > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM Sue C. Hulsether via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hmmm, now I'm curious. I was thinking Family Waltz was something similar >> but different. Probably the reality is that they are all pretty blurred, >> with lots of names for lots of variations. >> >> Sch >> >> Sue Hulsether >> [email protected] >> [email protected] >> www.suehulsether.com >> 608-632-1267 >> This email sent via mobile device >> >> On Jan 15, 2025, at 10:47 PM, Jacob or Nancy Bloom via Contra Callers < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> My understanding has been that this is a traditional Danish dance, called >> a Familiavalz (which means Family Waltz). Is that incorrect? >> Jacob Bloom >> >> On Wed, Jan 15, 2025, 10:22 PM Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Wow, ask and you shall receive! Thanks for all the references and tips! >>> I actually own several of those sources, books I've skimmed once or twice >>> but not lately. >>> >>> I'm calling as the last dance of the evening at a regular series event, >>> but this particular event also honors a long-time dancer from the >>> Louisville community who died last summer. Several of us think she would >>> appreciate the waltz mixer. >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2025, 9:31 PM Winston, Alan P. via Contra Callers < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Posts and Spinners! Nice, Sue. That's better than my "Travelers" and >>>> "Stayers", which I guess could have been "Visitors and Hosts". >>>> >>>> (I have to say I've found this inevitably fragile if you have drunk >>>> people or a lot of kids or just people who don't want to leave the partner >>>> they lined up with, and you can end up with a bunch of Posts who have no >>>> Spinners and a flood of spinners stuck behind someone who isn't traveling.) >>>> >>>> -- Alan >>>> >>>> ________________________________________ >>>> From: Sue C. Hulsether via Contra Callers < >>>> [email protected]> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2025 6:14 PM >>>> To: Don Veino; [email protected] >>>> Subject: [Callers] Re: Searching for Title & Author >>>> >>>> BEWARE: This email originated outside of our organization. DO NOT CLICK >>>> links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content >>>> is safe. >>>> >>>> I think I heard Peter Amidon say once something like this: “this dance >>>> doesn’t really have a name, it’s kind of the ubiquitous circle waltz >>>> mixer.” So I call it Ubi Waltz. >>>> However, i have had a few people emphatically tell me it’s called the >>>> Oslo Waltz. It’s possible that some people believe that the Oslo Waltz >>>> has a couples’ waltz for the entire B2. >>>> >>>> Author? no clue. >>>> >>>> Also, I tend to call this dance a lot with private party gigs and >>>> One-Shot-Deal gigs and even with kids, and I label the two roles: Posts >>>> and Spinners. >>>> >>>> Love.This.Dance. >>>> >>>> >>>> sue >>>> >>>> >>>> Sue Hulsether >>>> New Day Hoedown LLC >>>> www.suehulsether.com<http://www.suehulsether.com> >>>> [email protected] >>>> [email protected] >>>> 608-632-1267 Cell >>>> P.O. Box 363, Viroqua, WI 54665 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jan 15, 2025, at 4:24 PM, Don Veino via Contra Callers < >>>> [email protected]<mailto: >>>> [email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> It's in the NEDM Sashay the Donut book, pg 26 as "Circle Waltz Mixer". >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers < >>>> [email protected]<mailto: >>>> [email protected]>> wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I've got a circle mixer that I collected 15-20 years ago. The caller >>>> may have been Becky Hill, maybe not. It's for a 32-bar waltz. I'm searching >>>> for the title and author. >>>> >>>> Starts with a ring of couples all facing the center: >>>> A1 Balance forward & back, roll away (ladies/robins moving in front >>>> from Left to Right), Repeat >>>> A2 Repeat twice more >>>> B1 As couples, face center connected by usual hands (gents/larks right, >>>> ladies/robins left). Balance while turning away back (together), then >>>> (letting go) turn symmetrically away to face out and take other hands. >>>> Balance away and together, turn symmetrically away to face each other >>>> B2 Take the ballroom position, take two waltz steps (step, close, step, >>>> close) into circle, then two steps out, then free waltz four waltz steps, >>>> ending by unfolding to reform a circle. >>>> >>>> Thanks for whatever help you can provide! >>>> >>>> Jerome Grisanti >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Jerome Grisanti >>>> 660-528-0858 >>>> http://www.jeromegrisanti.com<http://www.jeromegrisanti.com/> >>>> >>>> "Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and >>>> power and magic in it." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>>> [email protected]<mailto: >>>> [email protected]> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>>> [email protected]<mailto: >>>> [email protected]> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>> [email protected] >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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