Re: [Callers] Colonial Dances Adapted for ONS?
Jefferson & Liberty - just replace the. 4 changes with “1s Swing”... l call it Jefferson’s Remorse” ( He must have regretted his Dance didn’t have a partner swing, right?). Sent from my iPad > On Feb 10, 2018, at 1:29 PM, Dorcas Hand via Callers >wrote: > > Lady of the Lake? Not sure dates and not near my cards, but definitely easy. > Dorcas Hand > Houston > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 10, 2018, at 12:26 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers >> wrote: >> >> Hello Folks, >> >> Does anyone have dances that they are willing to share of Colonial period >> dances that are adapted to a Party Dance environment for non dances? I >> instantly think of Rakes of Mallow (longways) and Haste to the Wedding (as a >> Duple Minor). >> >> I have a few others, but would like to add to my repertoire. Easy is what I >> am looking for. Alcohol involved in reenactment party dance. >> >> Thanks, >> From one of the colonies! >> Rich Sbardella >> Stafford, CT >> ___ >> List Name: Callers mailing list >> List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net >> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ > ___ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ ___ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/
Re: [Callers] Looking for "fun" dances
Here is a photo of The Wheel from the original Dizzy Dances Sent from my iPad > On Feb 1, 2018, at 9:27 AM, Bill Olson via Callers >wrote: > > Rick and Mac and all, I also tried various "fixes" like promenading clockwise > but like a lot of times I have tried to "fix" a dance, it gets clunky and I > end up going back to the original. Since the "Wheel" is the most fun with a > hall packed with dancers, I have settled on calling it only for large crowds > when the original "circle up" has the dancers pretty much pushed up against > the walls. Then when they get in promenade position, that all loosens up but > during the circle lefts the women's arms are saved. > > bill > > > From: Callers on behalf of Rick Mohr > via Callers > Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2018 1:11 PM > To: callers@lists.sharedweight.net > Subject: Re: [Callers] Looking for "fun" dances > > "The Wheel" has been a favorite of mine since 1994. Around here some call it > "Wheel of Misfortune" -- hilarious! (i.e. who will the fates deliver unto you > for a swing?) > > I could never find it in my Gene Hubert books -- apparently because it was > published in his first collection "Dizzy Dances" > (https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/index/DD1.txt) which I don't have. I > never thought that was a problem, since "Dizzy Dances II" is subtitled > "Featuring the best of Volume 1 plus...". But now I wonder how many other > great dances that Gene didn't consider "the best" are hiding in that book! > > I've also long struggled with the "women's arms pulled out of their sockets" > problem, and tried a couple fixes that failed spectacularly. Mac, your > solution looks brilliant and I'm excited to try it! > > Rick > > ___ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ ___ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/
Re: [Callers] New Dance?
I put it in an English country dance to "Lisa, Lisa"' , a Tango vals by Larry Unger. The dance is A Lean Tango. Easy enough to teach as " Hands across star, Ladies ( or gents) backing up.) Sent from my iPad > On Oct 2, 2017, at 2:17 PM, Dugan Murphy via Callers >wrote: > > Hi, Bill, > > I'm pretty sure Cary Ravitz first developed the figure we call "gypsy star.." > I know three of his dances which use the figure. "Woven Waves" and "Gypsy > Star" were both written in May 1999. "Gypsy Waves" was written in 2013. > > I haven't seen it in many other dances. Ryan Smith and I helped Stacey Lang > write a dance with the figure called "The Fault in Our Stars." See > http://www.twirlyshirts.com/dances/by-ryan/the-fault-in-our-stars/ > > Dugan Murphy > Portland, Maine > dugan at duganmurphy.com > www.DuganMurphy.com > www.PortlandIntownContraDance.com > www.NufSed.consulting > >> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 4:29 PM, Bill Olson wrote: >> Dugan and all, I don't know if Cary Ravitz actually "invented" the Gypsy >> Star but he wrote a dance entitled that and a lot of others that include it. >> Dugan, you're sort of Cary's protégé, right?, so you must know the dance. >> This is the same figure, correct?? >> >> >> bill >> > > ___ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ ___ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/
Re: [Callers] Callers Digest, Vol 40, Issue 10
Amen Louise Sent from my iPad > On Aug 16, 2017, at 4:31 PM, Gretchen Caldwell via Callers >wrote: > > Tulsa Tribute is a simple, lovely "contra waltz" that works well as a > cool-down on a hot night. I sometimes use it as the next-to-last dance of > the evening. The band needs to choose a waltz in AABB, rather than ABAB as > many are usually played. If I teach it in tempo, they usually figure it out. > > Tulsa Tribute - Keith ?Juxhorn? (can't read my own writing) > **Becket** > A1: Circle left 1/2, balance the ring > Circle left 1/2, balance the ring > A2: Ladies chain over and back (it really helps to call this in tempo - the > ladies tend to pick up the loveliness of the waltz tempo with the chain) > B1: Full hey for four (ladies start by passing right shoulders) > B2: With your partner, waltz in place, end by sliding left to a new couple. > > Gretchen Caldwell, Charlotte NC > gretchenda...@yahoo.com > > ___ > 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