Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[Chris Page via Callers]

Pat Shaw's "The American Husband" -- and all of the rest of his dances
-- can be found at this wonderful, fairly recent website:

http://www.patshaw.info/dances/

--Chris Page
San Diego

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[Don Veino via Callers]

I'm guessing it has to do with average wing spans. Much as we may like to
divorce role from physical characteristics, there are times in choreography
where predominant dancer properties can affect the "feel" of a dance.

BTW, folks: please remember to trim your posts to just the applicable bits.
Risking swiping thumb fatigue on my phone today... 

On Jun 10, 2017 3:06 PM, "jandnbloom via Callers" <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

I'm curious - what is it about having the ladies in the center that makes
it work better?
Jacob


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 Original message 
From: Mac Mckeever via Callers
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Date:06/10/2017 1:48 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Frederick Park ,Callers@lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

Since you mentioned circle mixers - one of my current favorites is a very
easy one that has been around for a while - but I only discovered it a
couple years ago.  I messed with it a little to make it work for all
experience levels.

The Wheel by Gene Huber - random circle mixer

Start in a circle with Ladies facing partner with their backs to center -
holding 2 hands with partner (I think the original had the gents in the
center - but I found it works better this way)

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[Mac Mckeever via Callers]

Generally their arms are shorter - so it works better if they make the smaller 
circle. 

I tried it with the gents in the center and found that awkward
By the way, our web site - www.chldgrove.org has a photo of us doing this dance 
in the home page banner at the wonderful Missouri Botanical Garden with me 
standing in the center calling.  The fountain is usually on when we danced 
there - but they had it turned off that evening.

Mac McKeever


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 To: Mac Mckeever <mac...@ymail.com>; Frederick Park <freder...@apalache.com>; 
"Callers@lists.sharedweight.net" <Callers@lists.sharedweight.net> 
 Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2017 2:06 PM
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I'm curious - what is it about having the ladies in the center that makes it 
work better?Jacob

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 Original message From: Mac Mckeever via Callers 
Date:06/10/2017 1:48 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Frederick Park 
,Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share 
Since you mentioned circle mixers - one of my current favorites is a very easy 
one that has been around for a while - but I only discovered it a couple years 
ago.  I messed with it a little to make it work for all experience levels.

The Wheel by Gene Huber - random circle mixer

Start in a circle with Ladies facing partner with their backs to center - 
holding 2 hands with partner (I think the original had the gents in the center 
- but I found it works better this way)

A1 - Into the center - all drop hands with partner take hands with the persons 
on both sides of you - so you have a circle of gents facing in and a circle of 
ladies facing out
walk back out so both circles are near their full size - there is lots of time 
to get everything done in this part.

A2 - everyone circle left (this makes the circles turn in opposite directions
B1 - everyone balance and swing (or do-si-do and swing depending on the 
experience level) who ever is in front of them at the time - lost and found is 
in the center.
B2 Prominade with current partner - ladies on outside - roll ladies to the 
inside to get ready for A1
Mac McKeever


  From: Frederick Park via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
 To: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net 
 Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2017 10:54 AM
 Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share
  
Dear Folks,
This little opening for discussion of unusual dances that are not contra or 
square is delightful. Thank you all.
"Le Brandy" and the “Weevil" are both new to me and have great potential I 
think. 
Erik, I don’t have your “double becket" dance - will you send it my way?
The other dances are well known to me and I wish to offer a teaching element 
I’ve used successfully in the Pat Shaw dance, K + E.
Once sets are established, 1s on the outside facing in, 2s standing back to 
back in the center facing outside couples, the primary dance move that makes it 
all work out is the partner relationship.I ask all to practice once or twice 
“Change Hands” with Partners. Obviously, those in the center, the 1s, when 
changing the direction they face at any time places their own Partner on one 
side and then the other.Simply suggesting that the call is “Change Hands” when 
practicing the move makes it unique and clear and simple, all at once!Having 
the sense of “double beckett” is not so very intuitive for dancers simply 
because this dance is a one-of-a-kind dance. I can “see” it but I wouldn’t 
mention it to dancers.The 1s need to “bond”. As well those far across on the 
opposite side of the set, the 2s, need to “bond” or recognize they are a 
unit…which is all the more useful once any couples reach the end of the set.To 
that end I ask the dancers to change places with couple they are initially 
facing (each 1 changes places with their original 2) and the “Change Hands” 
introduces them to their other half for any who are in the center four.
The only thing that pushes this dance into the realm of “intermediate to 
advanced” is the final 8 bars of the dance, the progression.Those on the 
outside are swinging their Partners and could and should “move up the hall” 
every so slightly.Meanwhile the center four have just met again (the “magic” 
includes meeting their Partners!) and are with their “other half”, the 2s! The 
1s then “Circle Down - three quarters ‘round - and Change Hands”. This call 
indicates the movement of Circle Left 3/4 WHILE moving down the hall ever so 
slightly (to end with “Trade Hands in the Center”, face out and meet a new 
Couple 2 to begin again . . .
I’ve found that the movement of Circle and move is akin the square dance chorus 
figure of four dancers moving in a circle Left while dancing in Promenade 
direction around the “other couple”.So introducing such a chorus in a square 
dance one or two dances earlier allows the whole dance hall to be a bit 
familiar with the s

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[jandnbloom via Callers]

I'm curious - what is it about having the ladies in the center that makes it 
work better?
Jacob


Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device

 Original message From: Mac Mckeever via 
Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> Date:06/10/2017  1:48 PM  
(GMT-05:00) To: Frederick Park 
<freder...@apalache.com>,Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Subject: Re: 
[Callers] New Dance to Share 
Since you mentioned circle mixers - one of my current favorites is a very 
easy one that has been around for a while - but I only discovered it a couple 
years ago.  I messed with it a little to make it work for all experience levels.

The Wheel by Gene Huber - random circle mixer

Start in a circle with Ladies facing partner with their backs to center - 
holding 2 hands with partner (I think the original had the gents in the center 
- but I found it works better this way)

A1 - Into the center - all drop hands with partner take hands with the persons 
on both sides of you - so you have a circle of gents facing in and a circle of 
ladies facing out

walk back out so both circles are near their full size - there is lots of time 
to get everything done in this part.

A2 - everyone circle left (this makes the circles turn in opposite directions

B1 - everyone balance and swing (or do-si-do and swing depending on the 
experience level) who ever is in front of them at the time - lost and found is 
in the center.

B2 Prominade with current partner - ladies on outside - roll ladies to the 
inside to get ready for A1

Mac McKeever


From: Frederick Park via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
To: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net 
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2017 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

Dear Folks,

This little opening for discussion of unusual dances that are not contra or 
square is delightful. Thank you all.

"Le Brandy" and the “Weevil" are both new to me and have great potential I 
think. 

Erik, I don’t have your “double becket" dance - will you send it my way?

The other dances are well known to me and I wish to offer a teaching element 
I’ve used successfully in the Pat Shaw dance, K + E.

Once sets are established, 1s on the outside facing in, 2s standing back to 
back in the center facing outside couples, the primary dance move that makes it 
all work out is the partner relationship.
I ask all to practice once or twice “Change Hands” with Partners. Obviously, 
those in the center, the 1s, when changing the direction they face at any time 
places their own Partner on one side and then the other.
Simply suggesting that the call is “Change Hands” when practicing the move 
makes it unique and clear and simple, all at once!
Having the sense of “double beckett” is not so very intuitive for dancers 
simply because this dance is a one-of-a-kind dance. I can “see” it but I 
wouldn’t mention it to dancers.
The 1s need to “bond”. As well those far across on the opposite side of the 
set, the 2s, need to “bond” or recognize they are a unit…which is all the more 
useful once any couples reach the end of the set.
To that end I ask the dancers to change places with couple they are initially 
facing (each 1 changes places with their original 2) and the “Change Hands” 
introduces them to their other half for any who are in the center four.

The only thing that pushes this dance into the realm of “intermediate to 
advanced” is the final 8 bars of the dance, the progression.
Those on the outside are swinging their Partners and could and should “move up 
the hall” every so slightly.
Meanwhile the center four have just met again (the “magic” includes meeting 
their Partners!) and are with their “other half”, the 2s! 
The 1s then “Circle Down - three quarters ‘round - and Change Hands”. 
This call indicates the movement of Circle Left 3/4 WHILE moving down the hall 
ever so slightly (to end with “Trade Hands in the Center”, face out and meet a 
new Couple 2 to begin again . . .

I’ve found that the movement of Circle and move is akin the square dance chorus 
figure of four dancers moving in a circle Left while dancing in Promenade 
direction around the “other couple”.
So introducing such a chorus in a square dance one or two dances earlier allows 
the whole dance hall to be a bit familiar with the similar pattern used in K+E!

Lastly, may I recommend that any of you may also find interest in Pat Shaw’s 
“The American Husband”! It’s a sicillian circle for groups of three, very 
unusual progression and includes a Shetland Hey (for three) with each couple 
dancing as a single unit in a hey for three pattern! Let me know if you can’t 
find it and I’ll post it here.

More dances? Yes, please! (especially circle mixers and sicillian circles)  : )


Frederick Park
3377 Halls Chapel Road
Burnsville, NC 28714
828.335.5630
freder...@apalache.com




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[Frederick Park via Callers]

ERROR Correction in the first, long paragraph below: 1s are back-to-back in the 
center. 2s are on the outside (moving up the hall, eventually)!!!

On Jun 10, 2017, at 11:54 AM, Frederick Park  wrote:

. . . I wish to offer a teaching element I’ve used successfully in the Pat Shaw 
dance, K + E.

Once sets are established, 1s on the outside facing in, 2s standing back to 
back in the center facing outside couples, the primary dance move that makes it 
all work out is the partner relationship.
I ask all to practice once or twice “Change Hands” with Partners. Obviously, 
those in the center, the 1s, when changing the direction they face at any time 
places their own Partner on one side and then the other.
Simply suggesting that the call is “Change Hands” when practicing the move 
makes it unique and clear and simple, all at once!
Having the sense of “double beckett” is not so very intuitive for dancers 
simply because this dance is a one-of-a-kind dance. I can “see” it but I 
wouldn’t mention it to dancers.
The 1s need to “bond”. As well those far across on the opposite side of the 
set, the 2s, need to “bond” or recognize they are a unit…which is all the more 
useful once any couples reach the end of the set.
To that end I ask the dancers to change places with couple they are initially 
facing (each 1 changes places with their original 2) and the “Change Hands” 
introduces them to their other half for any who are in the center four.

The only thing that pushes this dance into the realm of “intermediate to 
advanced” is the final 8 bars of the dance, the progression.
Those on the outside are swinging their Partners and could and should “move up 
the hall” every so slightly.
Meanwhile the center four have just met again (the “magic” includes meeting 
their Partners!) and are with their “other half”, the 2s! 
The 1s then “Circle Down - three quarters ‘round - and Change Hands”. 
This call indicates the movement of Circle Left 3/4 WHILE moving down the hall 
ever so slightly (to end with “Trade Hands in the Center”, face out and meet a 
new Couple 2 to begin again . . .

I’ve found that the movement of Circle and move is akin the square dance chorus 
figure of four dancers moving in a circle Left while dancing in Promenade 
direction around the “other couple”.
So introducing such a chorus in a square dance one or two dances earlier allows 
the whole dance hall to be a bit familiar with the similar pattern used in K+E!

Lastly, may I recommend that any of you may also find interest in Pat Shaw’s 
“The American Husband”! It’s a sicillian circle for groups of three, very 
unusual progression and includes a Shetland Hey (for three) with each couple 
dancing as a single unit in a hey for three pattern! Let me know if you can’t 
find it and I’ll post it here.

More dances? Yes, please! (especially circle mixers and sicillian circles)  : )


And here’s one from me ~

 "Michael and Angie”
Originally written as a wedding dance for old friends in the early days of the 
Old Farmers Ball, it also works as a stand-alone Becket Formation dance.

Formation:
Sicilian Circle, Becket Formation (large circle round the hall, with hands four 
established as in Becket. Each couple either faces out of the large big circle 
or into the large big circle).

Notes: 
ID each dancers’ “Corner” thusly: join hands in two single circles just after 
hands-four have been established. Corners are as in the original Becket’s Reel, 
next to you in the large circle but NOT in your “hands four”. Moderate to slow 
speed. Accomplished dance leaders may choose to speed up the dance tempo just a 
bit after seeing the room has “got it”!

A1  Corners Alle. L, Partners Swing (end facing original Opposite Couple) . 
. .

A2  Circular Hey (see description below -  alternatively, simply dance a 
straight Hey for Four but note the ending!!!) 

B1  See Saw Partner once Round (ending with the Gent on the R. Lady on the 
L. facing Original Opposite Couple in original Hands-Four), 
Star Left three-quarters round (progression - to face new dancers)

B2  Swing New Opposites, Half Ladies Chain (to Partner)

Additional Notes for teaching:  Timing is an essential part of a satisfactory 
dance here. There are two points that may be useful.

First - - - - - - -
The beginning of the dance flows out of a Ladies Chain to their Partners and 
into Allemande Left with Corners all. To ease this transition, a modified 
“courtesy turn” enabling the person dancing the “Gent’s” roll to use his Right 
Arm around their Partner’s waist to receive and send their Partner toward their 
Corner…freeing both dancers’ Left Hand for the Allemande Left with Corners All.

Second - - - - -
The Hey begins (one may assume) with the Gent on the Left as the two couples 
face one another. Yet the end of the Hey - in this dance - requires the Gent to 
transition from the Hey into a “See Saw” (or reverse Gypsy) and then into a 
Star 

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[Mac Mckeever via Callers]

Since you mentioned circle mixers - one of my current favorites is a very easy 
one that has been around for a while - but I only discovered it a couple years 
ago.  I messed with it a little to make it work for all experience levels.

The Wheel by Gene Huber - random circle mixer

Start in a circle with Ladies facing partner with their backs to center - 
holding 2 hands with partner (I think the original had the gents in the center 
- but I found it works better this way)

A1 - Into the center - all drop hands with partner take hands with the persons 
on both sides of you - so you have a circle of gents facing in and a circle of 
ladies facing out
walk back out so both circles are near their full size - there is lots of time 
to get everything done in this part.

A2 - everyone circle left (this makes the circles turn in opposite directions
B1 - everyone balance and swing (or do-si-do and swing depending on the 
experience level) who ever is in front of them at the time - lost and found is 
in the center.
B2 Prominade with current partner - ladies on outside - roll ladies to the 
inside to get ready for A1
Mac McKeever


  From: Frederick Park via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
 To: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net 
 Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2017 10:54 AM
 Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share
   
Dear Folks,
This little opening for discussion of unusual dances that are not contra or 
square is delightful. Thank you all.
"Le Brandy" and the “Weevil" are both new to me and have great potential I 
think. 
Erik, I don’t have your “double becket" dance - will you send it my way?
The other dances are well known to me and I wish to offer a teaching element 
I’ve used successfully in the Pat Shaw dance, K + E.
Once sets are established, 1s on the outside facing in, 2s standing back to 
back in the center facing outside couples, the primary dance move that makes it 
all work out is the partner relationship.I ask all to practice once or twice 
“Change Hands” with Partners. Obviously, those in the center, the 1s, when 
changing the direction they face at any time places their own Partner on one 
side and then the other.Simply suggesting that the call is “Change Hands” when 
practicing the move makes it unique and clear and simple, all at once!Having 
the sense of “double beckett” is not so very intuitive for dancers simply 
because this dance is a one-of-a-kind dance. I can “see” it but I wouldn’t 
mention it to dancers.The 1s need to “bond”. As well those far across on the 
opposite side of the set, the 2s, need to “bond” or recognize they are a 
unit…which is all the more useful once any couples reach the end of the set.To 
that end I ask the dancers to change places with couple they are initially 
facing (each 1 changes places with their original 2) and the “Change Hands” 
introduces them to their other half for any who are in the center four.
The only thing that pushes this dance into the realm of “intermediate to 
advanced” is the final 8 bars of the dance, the progression.Those on the 
outside are swinging their Partners and could and should “move up the hall” 
every so slightly.Meanwhile the center four have just met again (the “magic” 
includes meeting their Partners!) and are with their “other half”, the 2s! The 
1s then “Circle Down - three quarters ‘round - and Change Hands”. This call 
indicates the movement of Circle Left 3/4 WHILE moving down the hall ever so 
slightly (to end with “Trade Hands in the Center”, face out and meet a new 
Couple 2 to begin again . . .
I’ve found that the movement of Circle and move is akin the square dance chorus 
figure of four dancers moving in a circle Left while dancing in Promenade 
direction around the “other couple”.So introducing such a chorus in a square 
dance one or two dances earlier allows the whole dance hall to be a bit 
familiar with the similar pattern used in K+E!
Lastly, may I recommend that any of you may also find interest in Pat Shaw’s 
“The American Husband”! It’s a sicillian circle for groups of three, very 
unusual progression and includes a Shetland Hey (for three) with each couple 
dancing as a single unit in a hey for three pattern! Let me know if you can’t 
find it and I’ll post it here.
More dances? Yes, please! (especially circle mixers and sicillian circles)  : )


Frederick Park3377 Halls Chapel Road
Burnsville, NC 28714
828.335.5630
freder...@apalache.com



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Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[Frederick Park via Callers]

Dear Folks,

This little opening for discussion of unusual dances that are not contra or 
square is delightful. Thank you all.

"Le Brandy" and the “Weevil" are both new to me and have great potential I 
think. 

Erik, I don’t have your “double becket" dance - will you send it my way?

The other dances are well known to me and I wish to offer a teaching element 
I’ve used successfully in the Pat Shaw dance, K + E.

Once sets are established, 1s on the outside facing in, 2s standing back to 
back in the center facing outside couples, the primary dance move that makes it 
all work out is the partner relationship.
I ask all to practice once or twice “Change Hands” with Partners. Obviously, 
those in the center, the 1s, when changing the direction they face at any time 
places their own Partner on one side and then the other.
Simply suggesting that the call is “Change Hands” when practicing the move 
makes it unique and clear and simple, all at once!
Having the sense of “double beckett” is not so very intuitive for dancers 
simply because this dance is a one-of-a-kind dance. I can “see” it but I 
wouldn’t mention it to dancers.
The 1s need to “bond”. As well those far across on the opposite side of the 
set, the 2s, need to “bond” or recognize they are a unit…which is all the more 
useful once any couples reach the end of the set.
To that end I ask the dancers to change places with couple they are initially 
facing (each 1 changes places with their original 2) and the “Change Hands” 
introduces them to their other half for any who are in the center four.

The only thing that pushes this dance into the realm of “intermediate to 
advanced” is the final 8 bars of the dance, the progression.
Those on the outside are swinging their Partners and could and should “move up 
the hall” every so slightly.
Meanwhile the center four have just met again (the “magic” includes meeting 
their Partners!) and are with their “other half”, the 2s! 
The 1s then “Circle Down - three quarters ‘round - and Change Hands”. 
This call indicates the movement of Circle Left 3/4 WHILE moving down the hall 
ever so slightly (to end with “Trade Hands in the Center”, face out and meet a 
new Couple 2 to begin again . . .

I’ve found that the movement of Circle and move is akin the square dance chorus 
figure of four dancers moving in a circle Left while dancing in Promenade 
direction around the “other couple”.
So introducing such a chorus in a square dance one or two dances earlier allows 
the whole dance hall to be a bit familiar with the similar pattern used in K+E!

Lastly, may I recommend that any of you may also find interest in Pat Shaw’s 
“The American Husband”! It’s a sicillian circle for groups of three, very 
unusual progression and includes a Shetland Hey (for three) with each couple 
dancing as a single unit in a hey for three pattern! Let me know if you can’t 
find it and I’ll post it here.

More dances? Yes, please! (especially circle mixers and sicillian circles)  : )


Frederick Park
3377 Halls Chapel Road
Burnsville, NC 28714
828.335.5630
freder...@apalache.com

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[jandnbloom via Callers]

When teaching the Weevil, I've found it essential to make it clear that the 
dancers are NOT standing across from each other.   The three dancers are 
standing across from the gaps between the four dancers.  If the dancers stand 
across from each other,  then finding the next diagonal dancer becomes very 
confusing. 
Jacob


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 Original message From: DAVID HARDING via 
Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> Date:06/09/2017  5:06 PM  
(GMT-05:00) To: John Sweeney <j...@modernjive.com>,John Sweeney via 
Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> Subject: Re: [Callers] New 
Dance to Share 
In observing the teaching of The Weevil, I found it helpful for some 
contra dancers to have the progression explained.  Every time through the dance 
you should be moving two places to the right, wrapping around the aT the ends.
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I call Le Brandy or 1 2 3 Poussez as well, but I time it so we count 1, 2, 3, at the end of A2 and say POUSSEZ  and  push off at the top of B1.  I think I end up using a half dosido to make it fit.My other favorite is called May Day Sashay.  It's done in contra formation, but groups of 3 facing each other I got it from Sherry Nevins, but I don't know that she wrote it. Anyone know a source?Gender is not a thing in this one.each person has a number, 1, 2 or 3.  1 on caller L, 2s in middle, 3s on callers RA1 Sashay 4 steps L and 4 Rtake hands 6 and circle R 1 xA2 Sashay 4 steps R and 4 Ltake hands 6 and circle L 1xB1 1s swing each other, 2s swing each other3s swing each other ALL END THE SWINGS HAVING TRADED PLACESB2 take hands in lines of 3 and 4 steps Forward and back right high, left hand low and turn around to face the new(middle person, still holding hands with the other 2, raises R hand to make and arch, the L hand person, still holding on, crosses in front and goes under that arch, the R hand person crosses in front, the middle person turns under their own R arm and they face a new 3 some)Enjoy!Amy**Amy Carrolla...@calleramy.com206-330-7408http://www.calleramy.com/https://youtu.be/mTd_iyi3IcI
 

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[DAVID HARDING via Callers]

In observing the teaching of The Weevil, I found it helpful for some contra 
dancers to have the progression explained.  Every time through the dance you 
should be moving two places to the right, wrapping around the aT the ends.

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[John Sweeney via Callers]

Hi Frederick,
You'll find lots of dances at:
http://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances.html
http://contrafusion.co.uk/DancesEDS.html


If you call the Weevil, the most helpful things you can do are:
Make sure everyone knows that there are seven positions and the "threes"
must face the gaps between the "fours" - remind them every time the figure
eights and the tunnels end - "face a gap"
As they go through the tunnel call, "First go right, second go left" (Or
vice versa if you set the set up as it was originally written) - that REALLY
helps them to end up on the correct side
Tell the last two of the tunnel not to bother if the set is behind the music
- just get ready for the next time through.

Happy dancing,
John

John Sweeney, Dancer, England j...@modernjive.com 01233 625 362
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Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[DAVID HARDING via Callers]

I've danced "The weevil" three times in very different settings: once at a guinea pig dance, once at a weekend workshop, and once at our regular  barn dance on a nasty weather night when the caller ran out of triplets after two+ hours.  The dance is sufficiently different from  contra or square that all three groups had trouble.  The ends are odd.  I have a firm grasp of how it is supposed to go,  but in the middle of it all things are very hectic and it is difficult to turn the correct direction consistently .  It is fun when it's working. It is probably not for a ONS, though perhaps without incorrect muscle memory things would go more smoothly.    The group needs a high tolerance for temporary chaos.  You do recover the formation quickly after it breaks down.  One time the walk through was great, then chaos.  Another the walk through was not promising, but once we started dancing it clicked.On June 8, 2017 at 8:35 PM Mac Mckeever via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:I have a dance called The Weevil by Richard MasonIt is a 7 person set (3 face 4) It looks like it would be fun - but I have never had the opportunity to try it out.  Anyone had any experience with this one? The Weevil  The WeevilA gender free dance written by by Richard Mason for 7 people in friends garden on a sunny summer day in New Zeal... Mac McKeeverFrom: Frederick Park via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> To: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net  Sent: Thursday, June 8, 2017 7:25 PM Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share Howdy Folks!Interested to know of dances you’ve found that are NOT contra or square dances.Catagorically fun dances, dances for irregular numbers of couples, circles of any sort, odd formations, etc.Matters not what tradition they may come from or if you think of the dance as strictly for beginners, intermediate or advanced dancers.Is this a dance you usually share? Is this a dance you save for “special occasions”?Should be a fun “read”!Best regards to all,Frederick Park___Callers mailing listCallers@lists.sharedweight.nethttp://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net ___Callers mailing listCallers@lists.sharedweight.nethttp://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
 

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[Kalia Kliban via Callers]

On 6/8/2017 6:35 PM, Mac Mckeever via Callers wrote:

I have a dance called The Weevil by Richard Mason

It is a 7 person set (3 face 4)

It looks like it would be fun - but I have never had the opportunity to 
try it out.  Anyone had any experience with this one?

The Weevil 


It's more challenging than you might think, especially getting the 
tunnel to form up correctly.  I wouldn't do this one with brand-new 
dancers.  On the other hand, Le Brandy is _great_ with new dancers.


Le Brandy
trad. French Canadian
Longways set of 6-10 couples
A1 All R elbow turn, then L elbow.
A2 All dosido partner, then dosido by the other shoulder, ending 
standing back to back in the middle of the set.
B1 Everyone yell "Un, deux, trois, poussez!" on the first 4 beats, doing 
a gentle bootie bump with partner on "poussez," then swing partner.
B2 Top couple boogie down the middle with style as the rest move up one 
place.


Kalia Kliban

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[Mac Mckeever via Callers]

I have a dance called The Weevil by Richard Mason
It is a 7 person set (3 face 4) 

It looks like it would be fun - but I have never had the opportunity to try it 
out.  Anyone had any experience with this one?
The Weevil

  
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Mac McKeever

  From: Frederick Park via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
 To: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net 
 Sent: Thursday, June 8, 2017 7:25 PM
 Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share
   
Howdy Folks!

Interested to know of dances you’ve found that are NOT contra or square dances.
Catagorically fun dances, dances for irregular numbers of couples, circles of 
any sort, odd formations, etc.
Matters not what tradition they may come from or if you think of the dance as 
strictly for beginners, intermediate or advanced dancers.

Is this a dance you usually share? Is this a dance you save for “special 
occasions”?

Should be a fun “read”!

Best regards to all,

Frederick Park
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Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[Isaac Banner via Callers]

You might have seen it already, but I'm a fan of Sherry Nevin's "Monkey in
the Middle." She technically calls it a square, but I think of it as a 9
person circle mixer.

Monkey in the Middle, by Sherry Nevins
 9-person set: circle of 8, plus 1 in the middle

 A1 Circle left (8)
Circle right (8)
 A2 Into the middle & back (8)
Into the middle & back (8)
 B1 One in the middle, swing [some]one [Ballroom,
elbow, or 2-hand swing.  Choose fast!] (8)
Those 2, swing 2 [The swinging pair let go of each other, and
each swing someone new.] (8)
 B2 Those 4, swing 4 [Each swings one of the remaining five.  The
left-over person becomes the ...] (16)
New monkey in the middle.  [The other eight] join hands and ...


It's a hit with young and old dancers alike.

- Isaac Banner

On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 5:25 PM Frederick Park via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Howdy Folks!
>
> Interested to know of dances you’ve found that are NOT contra or square
> dances.
> Catagorically fun dances, dances for irregular numbers of couples, circles
> of any sort, odd formations, etc.
> Matters not what tradition they may come from or if you think of the dance
> as strictly for beginners, intermediate or advanced dancers.
>
> Is this a dance you usually share? Is this a dance you save for “special
> occasions”?
>
> Should be a fun “read”!
>
> Best regards to all,
>
> Frederick Park
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Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[Richard Fischer via Callers]

I recently called Pat Shaw’s K & E for the first time. I think of it as a 
contra dance, in its own unusual formation, though I guess one is more likely 
to encounter it in an English dance setting. The dance has some challenges, and 
might be suitable for an advanced session, but I’m happy to say the dancers at 
our regular Princeton contra dance mastered it and enjoyed it. I think it’s a 
fabulous dance!  Instructions are here:

http://www.patshaw.info/dances/#kande

It has its own tune, which is in Barnes 1.

Richard Fischer
Princeton, NJ

> On Jun 8, 2017, at 8:24 PM, Frederick Park via Callers 
>  wrote:
> 
> Howdy Folks!
> 
> Interested to know of dances you’ve found that are NOT contra or square 
> dances.
> Catagorically fun dances, dances for irregular numbers of couples, circles of 
> any sort, odd formations, etc.
> Matters not what tradition they may come from or if you think of the dance as 
> strictly for beginners, intermediate or advanced dancers.
> 
> Is this a dance you usually share? Is this a dance you save for “special 
> occasions”?
> 
> Should be a fun “read”!
> 
> Best regards to all,
> 
> Frederick Park
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Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

[Frederick Park via Callers]

Howdy Folks!

Interested to know of dances you’ve found that are NOT contra or square dances.
Catagorically fun dances, dances for irregular numbers of couples, circles of 
any sort, odd formations, etc.
Matters not what tradition they may come from or if you think of the dance as 
strictly for beginners, intermediate or advanced dancers.

Is this a dance you usually share? Is this a dance you save for “special 
occasions”?

Should be a fun “read”!

Best regards to all,

Frederick Park

[Callers] New Dance to Share

[Rich Goss via Callers]

Thought I'd share this with the group.  I wrote this last April while touring 
with Tempest in the East.   

Back story.   We stayed with Laura Light in Asheville, NC.   The neighborhood 
were she lives has a resident who has a botanical garden.  Only the folks in 
the neighborhood are allowed in.  She gave us a tour.  

Laura’s Secret Garden – Rich Goss Improper

(Start take inside hands with Neighbor)

A1:  (with inside hands) Neighbor Balance, Star Thru, Gents alle left 1 1/2

A2:  Partner Bal and Swing

B1:  (Form ring) Ring Bal, twirl to right, Neighbor swing

B2:  Pass Thru (no hands, face out, NO CT),
Roll away to LL (gents roll ladies r/l, keep facing out) LLFB away (turn to 
face new neighbor, keep inside hands) 



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