[Callers] California- looking for Lost Coast dances, Humboldt county?
Hi y'all, Does anyone know of ongoing contras on the North coast? Arcata/Eureka? The closest things I've found are 3 hours away in Oregon in and Ukiah, and I don't have a car pool. Anyone? Please contact me off-list if you are between NorHum and the Oregon or Ukiah dances, and are interested in trying to set up a car pool. I was active on this list at one time as a newbie caller in Memphis. After moving a few times and a couple more children born, I just don't have enough free time to continue that hobby, but sadly, there is no local contra dance here that I've been able to find. Gmail quit sorting my callers mail into a separate folder for some unknown reason, or I'd never have thought to bother this list with the question. The barn dances I've attended in Arcata are packed with non/newbie dancers, beer is sold, and there is no teaching, not even the names of standard moves taught in many cases, LONG walk-thrus repeated 2x but hardly any actual calling, often no room for a do si-do (much less spinning) because the lines are so full. Squares and traditional dances with long inactive periods. Our Folklife society is very active but I am just an outsider who is critical of the way things are and who doesn't have time to call- I can tell you if I came into some money I'd be trying to organize a contra weekend up here. I gave some contra cards to my favorite local caller but she hasn't done aught with them yet, and that doesn't address the problems of packed dance halls, tipsy college kids who don't know how to share weight, and no teaching. ~Alison Murphy crunchy.mama.mur...@gmail.com ___ Callers mailing list Callers@lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
[Callers] Folklore Frolic Uniqueness
Nice dance, Erik. No exact matches in my files. Here's my closest match. # Name: Saturn Returns # Author1: Unknown # Type: Contra # ContraForm: Becket # Progression: Double # Direction: CW # # A1: (8) Ladies Chain Across # (8) Ladies Chain Back # A2: (8) Left Diagonal Right & Left Through # (8) Straight Across Right & Left Through # B1: (16) Hey for Four (Ladies start right) # B2: (16) Partner Balance & Swing Erik Hoffman's dance: Becket A1 Women chain, over & back A2 Bucksaw (Diagonal Left Right & Left thru; Straight Across Right & Left thru) B1 Petronella Balance; Neighbor Swing B2 Petronella Balance; Partner Swing Made it up at the end of Mendocino Folklore Week, of things most had been doing throughout the week. Still created more of a mix-up than I would have liked. I'm calling it Folklore Frolic, unless I'm informed it's already in the lexicon... ___ Callers mailing list Callers@lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
Re: [Callers] does this dance already exist?
'Twere me, I'd simply flip the original A1. LH Star into Circle Left back then P Dosi flows and allows the P to assist into the Dosi for more "connectedness". I'm a little concerned about the bumping possibility from a simultaneous all P Dosi across the set but if there's enough space a "spread out" tip could handle that. -Don On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 2:26 AM, Chris Lahey via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > The right hand star also flows better into the do-si-do, n'est-ce pas? > > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Aahz Maruch via Callers < > callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014, Tepfer, Seth via Callers wrote: >> > >> > duple minor, improper: >> > A1: (8) Circle Left; (8) Left hand Star >> > A2: (8) Partner DSD; (8) Neighbor DSD >> > B1: (16) Neighbor balance and swing >> > B2: (8) Long lines; (8)1s swing >> >> Did you intend to reverse direction or should that be a right-hand star? >> -- >> Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 >> http://rule6.info/ >> <*> <*> <*> >> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html >> ___ >> Callers mailing list >> Callers@lists.sharedweight.net >> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net >> > > > ___ > Callers mailing list > Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > ___ Callers mailing list Callers@lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
Re: [Callers] does this dance already exist?
Two things in the email: 1) Comment on Seth's Possibly New Dance 2) A Possibly New Dance I made up == = 1) Seth's Dance == == > Aahz Maruch aked: >> A1: (8) Circle Left; (8) Left hand Star > > Did you intend to reverse direction or should that be a right-hand star? And Chris Lahey suggested a star right into Ptnr DSD may flow smoother about Seth's possibly new dance: > duple minor, improper: > A1: (8) Circle Left; (8) Left hand Star > A2: (8) Partner DSD; (8) Neighbor DSD > B1: (16) Neighbor balance and swing > B2: (8) Long lines; (8)1s swing A circle left followed by a left hand star, with a reverse of direction is, in my collection, far more common than a circle left, right hand star (or circle right, left hand star). The reversal of direction makes it more likely that the minor set will return to their current "home." And, it feels good! That reversal of direction. The star into a DSD with someone within that star means someone needs turn back to find someone. In Seth's dance, it's the woman who needs to turn back. This means (for some) the flow is a bit smoother for the men. It's good that it starts with the partner, as partners should be easy to identify. I like this dance as a beginner friendly dance, and know I'll use it. It could get a bit more challenging by: A1: With current Neighbors Circle Left (8); with Previous Neighbors Star Left (8) A2: With Current Neighbor DSD (8); with Partner DSD (8) B1: With Current Neighbor B & S (16) B2: Long Lines F & B (8); Ones Swing (8) This adds the challenge of going out and back into your minor set. I'm not sure what it's like to flow from a circle with one couple to a star with another couple, but my minds eye thinks it would feel good. In some ways the back & forth of Nbr DSD, Ptnr DSD, Nbr B feels better (again, mind's eye -- have to try it in real life...). But those things also change it's suitability from interesting beginner & intermediate dance to one that's more on the intermediate level. == = 2) My Maybe New Dance == == While on the topic I have a possibly new dance, as well. So, I'm asking the same question: has it been previously choreographed? Becket A1 Women chain, over & back A2 Bucksaw (Diagonal Left Right & Left thru; Straight Across Right & Left thru) B1 Petronella Balance; Neighbor Swing B2 Petronella Balance; Partner Swing Made it up at the end of Mendocino Folklore Week, of things most had been doing throughout the week. Still created more of a mix-up than I would have liked. I'm calling it Folklore Frolic, unless I'm informed it's already in the lexicon... ~erik hoffman oakland, ca ___ Callers mailing list Callers@lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
Re: [Callers] does this dance already exist?
The right hand star also flows better into the do-si-do, n'est-ce pas? On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Aahz Maruch via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 14, 2014, Tepfer, Seth via Callers wrote: > > > > duple minor, improper: > > A1: (8) Circle Left; (8) Left hand Star > > A2: (8) Partner DSD; (8) Neighbor DSD > > B1: (16) Neighbor balance and swing > > B2: (8) Long lines; (8)1s swing > > Did you intend to reverse direction or should that be a right-hand star? > -- > Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 > http://rule6.info/ > <*> <*> <*> > Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html > ___ > Callers mailing list > Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > ___ Callers mailing list Callers@lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
