[Callers] Re: Short contra lines

[David Harding via Contra Callers]

I remember a night when attendance was thin toward the end of the 
evening and we did a series of contras in Beckett formation with double 
progression.  That worked well.  Every once in a while the dancers took 
it upon themselves to swap roles or do a non-standard progression to mix 
it up a little.


Dave Harding

On 10/22/2022 6:05 PM, Laur via Contra Callers wrote:

Thanks Tony, can’t believe I missed that. Excellent point.


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On Saturday, October 22, 2022, 6:57 PM, Tony Parkes via Contra Callers 
 wrote:


Remember that double progression dances work better with an odd
number of couples (assuming the end effects are not overwhelming).
With an even number, the dancers will always be doing the same
part of the routine with the same neighbors. This will be even
more frustrating in short lines.

Tony Parkes

Billerica, Mass.

www.hands4.com 

New book! Square Dance Calling: An Old Art for a New Century

(available now)

*From:* Victor Gascon via Contra Callers

*Sent:* Saturday, October 22, 2022 9:30 AM
*To:* Mary Collins 
*Cc:* Contra Callers 
*Subject:* [Callers] Re: Short contra lines

Is there a list of easy double-progression dances that the group
can recommend?

On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 07:42 Mary Collins via Contra Callers
 wrote:

I always carry an assortment of 3 face 3 and 4 face 4 since my
home dance may range from 6 - 30 dancers.

Sometimes a move such as right hand high, left hand low
presents a challenge for some of my dancers so I adjust on the
fly. And may do a double progression so no one  is ever out.

Mary

On Sat, Oct 22, 2022, 1:25 AM Laur via Contra Callers
 wrote:

There is such a lack of attendance now post Covid in our
area and I’m planning dances and then 20 people show. Do
you have best selections or considerations for 20 to 16
peoples for  intermediate experience dancers or
secondarily less experienced dancers

My immediate question is for more experienced dancers,
because this is more of a complex preparation for me.

Laurie Pietravalle

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[Callers] Re: Short contra lines

[Laur via Contra Callers]

Thanks Tony, can’t believe I missed that. Excellent point. 


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On Saturday, October 22, 2022, 6:57 PM, Tony Parkes via Contra Callers 
 wrote:


Remember that double progression dances work better with an odd number of 
couples (assuming the end effects are not overwhelming). With an even number, 
the dancers will always be doing the same part of the routine with the same 
neighbors. This will be even more frustrating in short lines.
 
  
 
Tony Parkes
 
Billerica, Mass.
 
www.hands4.com
 
New book! Square Dance Calling: An Old Art for a New Century
 
(available now)
 
  
 
From: Victor Gascon via Contra Callers 
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2022 9:30 AM
To: Mary Collins 
Cc: Contra Callers 
Subject: [Callers] Re: Short contra lines
 
  
 
Is there a list of easy double-progression dances that the group can recommend?
 
  
 
On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 07:42 Mary Collins via Contra Callers 
 wrote:
 

I always carry an assortment of 3 face 3 and 4 face 4 since my home dance may 
range from 6 - 30 dancers.
 
  
 
Sometimes a move such as right hand high, left hand low presents a challenge 
for some of my dancers so I adjust on the fly. And may do a double progression 
so no one  is ever out.
 
  
 
Mary
 
  
 
On Sat, Oct 22, 2022, 1:25 AM Laur via Contra Callers 
 wrote:
 

There is such a lack of attendance now post Covid in our area and I’m planning 
dances and then 20 people show. Do you have best selections or considerations 
for 20 to 16 peoples for  intermediate experience dancers or secondarily less 
experienced dancers

My immediate question is for more experienced dancers, because this is more of 
a complex preparation for me. 
 
  
 
Laurie Pietravalle 

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[Callers] Re: [External] Re: Short contra lines

[Laur via Contra Callers]

Yes!  I use that as well. I closed todays session with it in fact. 

Laurie

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On Saturday, October 22, 2022, 5:33 PM, Tepfer, Seth via Contra Callers 
 wrote:

#yiv7442289276 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}Victor and Mary
One of my favorite double progression dances is ADPD by Donna Calhoun. I used 
it to close out last nights CCD ATL 
contra!http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/hosted/Donna_Calhoun.html#adpd


ADPD (Awesome Double Progression Dance)

by Donna Calhoun

duple, improper

A1)
   
   - 4-in-Line Down the hall (Actives in center); turn single
   - Return; Bend the Line

A2)
   
   - Circle Left
   - Left Hand Star

B1)
   
   - Balance and Swing NEXT neighbor

B2
   
   - Lines Forward and Back
   - Actives Swing




This is one of the easiest double-progression dances I know. I often do this as 
a no-walkthrough dance.

This dance was written in desperation one night when I was calling our local 
dance and I left my cards on the kitchen table. It Worked!! I intended to call 
it The Panic Button in honor of its origin but events conspired against that 
name. Robert Cromartie picked it up from me at Feet Retreat then called it at 
his local dance. Afterwards Gene Hubert asked him "What was the name of that 
awesome double progression dance?" Robert wrote that as the title on his card 
and later submitted it to Larry Jennings under the name ADPD for inclusion in 
the next incarnation of Zesty Contras. (GIVE and Take) Since the new name was 
about to appear in print, it won.



Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his)
Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate CenterFrom: Victor Gascon via Contra Callers 

Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2022 9:30 AM
To: Mary Collins 
Cc: Contra Callers 
Subject: [External] [Callers] Re: Short contra lines Is there a list of easy 
double-progression dances that the group can recommend?
On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 07:42 Mary Collins via Contra Callers 
 wrote:

I always carry an assortment of 3 face 3 and 4 face 4 since my home dance may 
range from 6 - 30 dancers.
Sometimes a move such as right hand high, left hand low presents a challenge 
for some of my dancers so I adjust on the fly. And may do a double progression 
so no one  is ever out.
Mary
On Sat, Oct 22, 2022, 1:25 AM Laur via Contra Callers 
 wrote:

There is such a lack of attendance now post Covid in our area and I’m planning 
dances and then 20 people show. Do you have best selections or considerations 
for 20 to 16 peoples for  intermediate experience dancers or secondarily less 
experienced dancers

My immediate question is for more experienced dancers, because this is more of 
a complex preparation for me. 
Laurie Pietravalle 

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[Callers] Re: Short contra lines

[steve Pike via Contra Callers]

Shorter lines provides the opportunity to pull out some of those “old but 
modern” great active/inactive dances, and both couples will have a chance to 
dance the 1s and 2s roles the whole length of the set without the dance lasting 
an unbearably long time. Some of my favorites are Scouthouse Reel and 
Flirtation Reel early on, and Fiddleheads, Brimmer and May Reel and Dulcimer 
Lady later.

And then you have the chance to dance all those non-alternating contra corners 
dances like The Tease, Rory O’More, For Those Who Cared (or the alternating 
dances dances as actives/1s dance all the way down).

Steve Pike
Wisconsin

PS Hi, Laura!!

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[Callers] Re: dance name? - Big Easy variation

[Julian Blechner via Contra Callers]

... and I was on my old gmail. I'll fix that sometime, promise.

-Julian


On Sat, Oct 22, 2022, 12:20 PM Ron Blechner via Contra Callers <
contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> I have a couple of Tony's books, but I just checked, and not the one
> containing Ashoken Hello. I'd be curious the choreo for that.
>
> I've heard a few callers call The Big Easy, and most recently it was Liz
> Nelson, locally, early in an evening with a gaggle of new dancers, and she
> prompted it with the allemande Right.
>
> The one on The Caller's Box has it as a Left.
>
> I guess the other issue, which, now that I'm thinking about L vs R in
> details, is that from Robins role, an alle R puts it at 38-40 beats of
> clockwise rotation, which 26-28 beats is consecutively.
>
> Hm.
>
> Changing the alle to a DoSiDo solves that, keeps the timing and keeps it
> as glossary moves, and flows well from a promade.(alts: pass thru across +
> twirl, or R+L Thru)
>
> A1: N B+S
> A2: N Prom, Robins DSD 1.5x
> B1: P B+S
> B2: Circle L 3/4, Bal, Cali Twirl
>
> This dance searched brings up Yoyo Zhou's "Larks in the Afternoon"
>
> A1: same
> A2: Larks Alle L 1.5x, Robins DSD 1x
> B1: same
> B2: same
>
> And also is similar to Linda Leslie's Berlin Contra:
>
> A1: same
> A2: LLFB, Robins DSD 1.5
> B1: same
> B2: Bal Ring, 2s Arch, 1s Dive
>
> (Essentially, the Big Easy but Robins DSD. Now I'm curious which dance
> came first?)
>
> And of course, Diane Silver's Easy Peasy:
>
> A1: same
> A2: LLFB, Larks Alle L 1.5
> B1: same
> B2: Circle, bal, cali.
>
> Adding in a chain and/or a star and dropping the promenade and I have at
> least a dozen other dances in my box. (Appetizer, Push the Button, Too Hot
> To Trot, Simplicity Swing, Spend Some Time Together, Harmony Supper Line,
> Dick & Mary's Departure, Baby Rose, et al)
>
> ... but this niche of "simple dance with a courtesy turn, one role doesn't
> stay mostly in one spot, no star, no chain" is something I know I've looked
> for programming gigs and left wanting.
>
> I'll leave this thread going as more callers see it and have dances to
> think of. I may temprarily dub the DSD version "The Big Hello".
>
> -Julian
>
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2022, 9:16 AM Tony Parkes via Contra Callers <
> contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> When I wrote Ashokan Hello, I realized that the left-hand turn was
>> counterintuitive after a neighbor swing. But I needed it to be left because
>> the next moves are a right-hand balance and box the gnat. I decided that
>> the forward and back (between the swing and the turn) canceled the
>> handedness. Obviously if it leads into a two-hand balance (the norm these
>> days), the turn can be with either hand.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tony Parkes
>>
>> Billerica, Mass.
>>
>> www.hands4.com
>>
>> New book! Square Dance Calling: An Old Art for a New Century
>>
>> (available now)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Bob via Contra Callers 
>> *Sent:* Saturday, October 22, 2022 8:31 AM
>> *To:* contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net
>> *Subject:* [Callers] Re: dance name? - Big Easy variation
>>
>>
>>
>> Per my card on The Big Easy, it’s an allemande left after the long lines
>> and before the partner swing. But I’m away from my books for a while and
>> can’t go back to the source. I bet I got it from The Rosen Hill Collection.
>>
>>
>>
>> Her note on the dance says ‘This is a very easy version of “Ashokan
>> Hello” by Tony Parkes, for use as a first contra dance of the evening where
>> newcomers are plentiful.‘
>>
>>
>>
>> \Bob
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 21, 2022, at 21:53, Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers <
>> contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>> I wonder if Julian's notation assumes Robins right allemande unless
>> otherwise specified. I'm only guessing. Julian?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 1:15 PM Lisa Greenleaf via Contra Callers <
>> contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>
>> The only change I’d suggest is Robins Allem R since that is the free hand
>> after a swing.
>>
>> Lisa
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Oct 21, 2022, at 11:47 AM, Julian Blechner via Contra Callers <
>> contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > 
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I have a question about a variation on Becky Hill's Big Easy, which I
>> see as:
>> > Big Easy Becky Hill
>> >
>> > A1: Bal Ring, Neighbor Swing (often changed to N B+S)
>> > A2: LLFB, Robins Alle 1.5
>> > B1: P B+S
>> > B2: Circle L 3/4, Bal ring, pass thru
>> >
>> > An easy variation I like, say, to introduce the courtesy turn early in
>> the evening and to have the Larks not have to be relegated to keeping
>> basically in one spot for 7/8ths of the dance, has:
>> > A2. N Prom, robins alle 1.5
>> > B2. Circle L 3/4, bal, cali twirl
>> >
>> > It's enough of a change - especially for one of these easy glossary
>> dances - that I figure someone may have claimed it as a new dance, and was
>> looking for author and title. I didn't see this variation listed in The
>> Caller's Box website.
>> >
>> > Th

[Callers] Re: dance name? - Big Easy variation

[Ron Blechner via Contra Callers]

I have a couple of Tony's books, but I just checked, and not the one
containing Ashoken Hello. I'd be curious the choreo for that.

I've heard a few callers call The Big Easy, and most recently it was Liz
Nelson, locally, early in an evening with a gaggle of new dancers, and she
prompted it with the allemande Right.

The one on The Caller's Box has it as a Left.

I guess the other issue, which, now that I'm thinking about L vs R in
details, is that from Robins role, an alle R puts it at 38-40 beats of
clockwise rotation, which 26-28 beats is consecutively.

Hm.

Changing the alle to a DoSiDo solves that, keeps the timing and keeps it as
glossary moves, and flows well from a promade.(alts: pass thru across +
twirl, or R+L Thru)

A1: N B+S
A2: N Prom, Robins DSD 1.5x
B1: P B+S
B2: Circle L 3/4, Bal, Cali Twirl

This dance searched brings up Yoyo Zhou's "Larks in the Afternoon"

A1: same
A2: Larks Alle L 1.5x, Robins DSD 1x
B1: same
B2: same

And also is similar to Linda Leslie's Berlin Contra:

A1: same
A2: LLFB, Robins DSD 1.5
B1: same
B2: Bal Ring, 2s Arch, 1s Dive

(Essentially, the Big Easy but Robins DSD. Now I'm curious which dance came
first?)

And of course, Diane Silver's Easy Peasy:

A1: same
A2: LLFB, Larks Alle L 1.5
B1: same
B2: Circle, bal, cali.

Adding in a chain and/or a star and dropping the promenade and I have at
least a dozen other dances in my box. (Appetizer, Push the Button, Too Hot
To Trot, Simplicity Swing, Spend Some Time Together, Harmony Supper Line,
Dick & Mary's Departure, Baby Rose, et al)

... but this niche of "simple dance with a courtesy turn, one role doesn't
stay mostly in one spot, no star, no chain" is something I know I've looked
for programming gigs and left wanting.

I'll leave this thread going as more callers see it and have dances to
think of. I may temprarily dub the DSD version "The Big Hello".

-Julian

On Sat, Oct 22, 2022, 9:16 AM Tony Parkes via Contra Callers <
contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> When I wrote Ashokan Hello, I realized that the left-hand turn was
> counterintuitive after a neighbor swing. But I needed it to be left because
> the next moves are a right-hand balance and box the gnat. I decided that
> the forward and back (between the swing and the turn) canceled the
> handedness. Obviously if it leads into a two-hand balance (the norm these
> days), the turn can be with either hand.
>
>
>
> Tony Parkes
>
> Billerica, Mass.
>
> www.hands4.com
>
> New book! Square Dance Calling: An Old Art for a New Century
>
> (available now)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Bob via Contra Callers 
> *Sent:* Saturday, October 22, 2022 8:31 AM
> *To:* contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net
> *Subject:* [Callers] Re: dance name? - Big Easy variation
>
>
>
> Per my card on The Big Easy, it’s an allemande left after the long lines
> and before the partner swing. But I’m away from my books for a while and
> can’t go back to the source. I bet I got it from The Rosen Hill Collection.
>
>
>
> Her note on the dance says ‘This is a very easy version of “Ashokan Hello”
> by Tony Parkes, for use as a first contra dance of the evening where
> newcomers are plentiful.‘
>
>
>
> \Bob
>
>
>
> On Oct 21, 2022, at 21:53, Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers <
> contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> 
>
> I wonder if Julian's notation assumes Robins right allemande unless
> otherwise specified. I'm only guessing. Julian?
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 1:15 PM Lisa Greenleaf via Contra Callers <
> contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> The only change I’d suggest is Robins Allem R since that is the free hand
> after a swing.
>
> Lisa
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Oct 21, 2022, at 11:47 AM, Julian Blechner via Contra Callers <
> contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a question about a variation on Becky Hill's Big Easy, which I
> see as:
> > Big Easy Becky Hill
> >
> > A1: Bal Ring, Neighbor Swing (often changed to N B+S)
> > A2: LLFB, Robins Alle 1.5
> > B1: P B+S
> > B2: Circle L 3/4, Bal ring, pass thru
> >
> > An easy variation I like, say, to introduce the courtesy turn early in
> the evening and to have the Larks not have to be relegated to keeping
> basically in one spot for 7/8ths of the dance, has:
> > A2. N Prom, robins alle 1.5
> > B2. Circle L 3/4, bal, cali twirl
> >
> > It's enough of a change - especially for one of these easy glossary
> dances - that I figure someone may have claimed it as a new dance, and was
> looking for author and title. I didn't see this variation listed in The
> Caller's Box website.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Julian Blechner
> > he/him
> >
> > p.s. Folks may know me as "Ron". I've been using a new first name.
> Pronouns are the same. I'm slowly trying to change my online presence, get
> a new website, etc.
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[Callers] Re: Short contra lines

[Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers]

On 10/22/2022 8:30 AM, Victor Gascon via Contra Callers wrote:

Is there a list of easy double-progression dances that the group can recommend?



   Here's a great one that I use often.

Awesome Double Progression Dance
Donna Calhoun-McAllister
duple improper, double progression; beginner

1 - down the hall 4 in line (actives in the center),
turn alone
2 - return, bend the line to a cirle
3 - circle left
4 - star left
5-6 with new neighbor, balance and swing
7 - long lines forward and back
8 - actives swing in the center

   A variation I often use is the have the line of 4 come back cozy and duck 
into a cloverleaf star.

Jonathan
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[Callers] Re: Short contra lines

[Tony Parkes via Contra Callers]

Remember that double progression dances work better with an odd number of 
couples (assuming the end effects are not overwhelming). With an even number, 
the dancers will always be doing the same part of the routine with the same 
neighbors. This will be even more frustrating in short lines.

Tony Parkes
Billerica, Mass.
www.hands4.com
New book! Square Dance Calling: An Old Art for a New Century
(available now)

From: Victor Gascon via Contra Callers 
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2022 9:30 AM
To: Mary Collins 
Cc: Contra Callers 
Subject: [Callers] Re: Short contra lines

Is there a list of easy double-progression dances that the group can recommend?

On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 07:42 Mary Collins via Contra Callers 
mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>>
 wrote:
I always carry an assortment of 3 face 3 and 4 face 4 since my home dance may 
range from 6 - 30 dancers.

Sometimes a move such as right hand high, left hand low presents a challenge 
for some of my dancers so I adjust on the fly. And may do a double progression 
so no one  is ever out.

Mary

On Sat, Oct 22, 2022, 1:25 AM Laur via Contra Callers 
mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>>
 wrote:
There is such a lack of attendance now post Covid in our area and I’m planning 
dances and then 20 people show. Do you have best selections or considerations 
for 20 to 16 peoples for  intermediate experience dancers or secondarily less 
experienced dancers

My immediate question is for more experienced dancers, because this is more of 
a complex preparation for me.

Laurie Pietravalle

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[Callers] Re: [External] Re: Short contra lines

[Tepfer, Seth via Contra Callers]

Victor and Mary

One of my favorite double progression dances is ADPD by Donna Calhoun. I used 
it to close out last nights CCD ATL contra!
http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/hosted/Donna_Calhoun.html#adpd



ADPD (Awesome Double Progression Dance)

by Donna Calhoun

duple, improper

A1)

  *   4-in-Line Down the hall (Actives in center); turn single
  *   Return; Bend the Line

A2)

  *   Circle Left
  *   Left Hand Star

B1)

  *   Balance and Swing NEXT neighbor

B2

  *   Lines Forward and Back
  *   Actives Swing


This is one of the easiest double-progression dances I know. I often do this as 
a no-walkthrough dance.

This dance was written in desperation one night when I was calling our local 
dance and I left my cards on the kitchen table. It Worked!! I intended to call 
it The Panic Button in honor of its origin but events conspired against that 
name. Robert Cromartie picked it up from me at Feet 
Retreat then called it at 
his local dance. Afterwards Gene Hubert asked him "What was the name of that 
awesome double progression dance?" Robert wrote that as the title on his card 
and later submitted it to Larry Jennings 
under the name ADPD for inclusion in the next incarnation of Zesty Contras. 
(GIVE and Take) Since the new name was about to appear in print, it won.



Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his)

Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate Center

From: Victor Gascon via Contra Callers 
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2022 9:30 AM
To: Mary Collins 
Cc: Contra Callers 
Subject: [External] [Callers] Re: Short contra lines

Is there a list of easy double-progression dances that the group can recommend?

On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 07:42 Mary Collins via Contra Callers 
mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>>
 wrote:
I always carry an assortment of 3 face 3 and 4 face 4 since my home dance may 
range from 6 - 30 dancers.

Sometimes a move such as right hand high, left hand low presents a challenge 
for some of my dancers so I adjust on the fly. And may do a double progression 
so no one  is ever out.

Mary

On Sat, Oct 22, 2022, 1:25 AM Laur via Contra Callers 
mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>>
 wrote:
There is such a lack of attendance now post Covid in our area and I’m planning 
dances and then 20 people show. Do you have best selections or considerations 
for 20 to 16 peoples for  intermediate experience dancers or secondarily less 
experienced dancers

My immediate question is for more experienced dancers, because this is more of 
a complex preparation for me.

Laurie Pietravalle

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[Callers] Re: Short contra lines

[Victor Gascon via Contra Callers]

Is there a list of easy double-progression dances that the group can
recommend?

On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 07:42 Mary Collins via Contra Callers <
contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> I always carry an assortment of 3 face 3 and 4 face 4 since my home dance
> may range from 6 - 30 dancers.
>
> Sometimes a move such as right hand high, left hand low presents a
> challenge for some of my dancers so I adjust on the fly. And may do a
> double progression so no one  is ever out.
>
> Mary
>
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2022, 1:25 AM Laur via Contra Callers <
> contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> There is such a lack of attendance now post Covid in our area and I’m
>> planning dances and then 20 people show. Do you have best selections or
>> considerations for 20 to 16 peoples for  intermediate experience dancers or
>> secondarily less experienced dancers
>>
>> My immediate question is for more experienced dancers, because this is
>> more of a complex preparation for me.
>>
>> Laurie Pietravalle
>>
>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
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[Callers] Re: dance name? - Big Easy variation

[Tony Parkes via Contra Callers]

When I wrote Ashokan Hello, I realized that the left-hand turn was 
counterintuitive after a neighbor swing. But I needed it to be left because the 
next moves are a right-hand balance and box the gnat. I decided that the 
forward and back (between the swing and the turn) canceled the handedness. 
Obviously if it leads into a two-hand balance (the norm these days), the turn 
can be with either hand.

Tony Parkes
Billerica, Mass.
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New book! Square Dance Calling: An Old Art for a New Century
(available now)



From: Bob via Contra Callers 
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2022 8:31 AM
To: contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: [Callers] Re: dance name? - Big Easy variation

Per my card on The Big Easy, it’s an allemande left after the long lines and 
before the partner swing. But I’m away from my books for a while and can’t go 
back to the source. I bet I got it from The Rosen Hill Collection.


Her note on the dance says ‘This is a very easy version of “Ashokan Hello” by 
Tony Parkes, for use as a first contra dance of the evening where newcomers are 
plentiful.‘

\Bob


On Oct 21, 2022, at 21:53, Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers 
mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>>
 wrote:

I wonder if Julian's notation assumes Robins right allemande unless otherwise 
specified. I'm only guessing. Julian?

On Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 1:15 PM Lisa Greenleaf via Contra Callers 
mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>>
 wrote:
The only change I’d suggest is Robins Allem R since that is the free hand after 
a swing.

Lisa

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> On Oct 21, 2022, at 11:47 AM, Julian Blechner via Contra Callers 
> mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>>
>  wrote:
>
> 
> Hi all,
>
> I have a question about a variation on Becky Hill's Big Easy, which I see as:
> Big Easy Becky Hill
>
> A1: Bal Ring, Neighbor Swing (often changed to N B+S)
> A2: LLFB, Robins Alle 1.5
> B1: P B+S
> B2: Circle L 3/4, Bal ring, pass thru
>
> An easy variation I like, say, to introduce the courtesy turn early in the 
> evening and to have the Larks not have to be relegated to keeping basically 
> in one spot for 7/8ths of the dance, has:
> A2. N Prom, robins alle 1.5
> B2. Circle L 3/4, bal, cali twirl
>
> It's enough of a change - especially for one of these easy glossary dances - 
> that I figure someone may have claimed it as a new dance, and was looking for 
> author and title. I didn't see this variation listed in The Caller's Box 
> website.
>
> Thanks,
> Julian Blechner
> he/him
>
> p.s. Folks may know me as "Ron". I've been using a new first name. Pronouns 
> are the same. I'm slowly trying to change my online presence, get a new 
> website, etc.
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[Callers] Re: dance name? - Big Easy variation

[Bob via Contra Callers]

Per my card on The Big Easy, it’s an allemande left after the long lines and before the partner swing. But I’m away from my books for a while and can’t go back to the source. I bet I got it from The Rosen Hill Collection. Her note on the dance says ‘This is a very easy version of “Ashokan Hello” by Tony Parkes, for use as a first contra dance of the evening where newcomers are plentiful.‘\BobOn Oct 21, 2022, at 21:53, Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers  wrote:I wonder if Julian's notation assumes Robins right allemande unless otherwise specified. I'm only guessing. Julian?On Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 1:15 PM Lisa Greenleaf via Contra Callers  wrote:The only change I’d suggest is Robins Allem R since that is the free hand after a swing. 

Lisa

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> On Oct 21, 2022, at 11:47 AM, Julian Blechner via Contra Callers  wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a question about a variation on Becky Hill's Big Easy, which I see as:
> Big Easy Becky Hill
> 
> A1: Bal Ring, Neighbor Swing (often changed to N B+S)
> A2: LLFB, Robins Alle 1.5
> B1: P B+S
> B2: Circle L 3/4, Bal ring, pass thru
> 
> An easy variation I like, say, to introduce the courtesy turn early in the evening and to have the Larks not have to be relegated to keeping basically in one spot for 7/8ths of the dance, has:
> A2. N Prom, robins alle 1.5
> B2. Circle L 3/4, bal, cali twirl
> 
> It's enough of a change - especially for one of these easy glossary dances - that I figure someone may have claimed it as a new dance, and was looking for author and title. I didn't see this variation listed in The Caller's Box website.
> 
> Thanks,
> Julian Blechner
> he/him
> 
> p.s. Folks may know me as "Ron". I've been using a new first name. Pronouns are the same. I'm slowly trying to change my online presence, get a new website, etc.
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[Callers] Re: Short contra lines

[Mary Collins via Contra Callers]

I always carry an assortment of 3 face 3 and 4 face 4 since my home dance
may range from 6 - 30 dancers.

Sometimes a move such as right hand high, left hand low presents a
challenge for some of my dancers so I adjust on the fly. And may do a
double progression so no one  is ever out.

Mary

On Sat, Oct 22, 2022, 1:25 AM Laur via Contra Callers <
contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> There is such a lack of attendance now post Covid in our area and I’m
> planning dances and then 20 people show. Do you have best selections or
> considerations for 20 to 16 peoples for  intermediate experience dancers or
> secondarily less experienced dancers
>
> My immediate question is for more experienced dancers, because this is
> more of a complex preparation for me.
>
> Laurie Pietravalle
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
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[Callers] Re: Short contra lines

[John Sweeney via Contra Callers]

Hi Laurie,

  Last time I had that challenge in America, as well as some 
contras, I called:

Ted's Triplet #3

Waltz Country Dance

Big Set (Birdie in the Cage, California Show Basket, Down the Coal Mine)

Square --- NOT!

Microchasmic

Hexitation

 

  Check out the 101 formations at 
http://contrafusion.co.uk/Formations.html for dancers for any number of 
dancers. 

 

Happy dancing,  

   John   



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