That's how I remember it too, Becky Hill.
Laurie P
West MI
--- On Thu, 8/23/12, Chris Page wrote:
> From: Chris Page
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Yearn / Slice?
> To: "Caller's discussion list"
> Date: Thursday, August 23, 2012, 9:54 PM
> On Thursday, August 23, 2012, Lisa
> In the 1997 book "Tw
On Thursday, August 23, 2012, Lisa Greenleaf wrote:
>
>
> Thankfully yearn was changed to slice--Bob Isaacs was that you who came up
> with slice?--because the former sounded too much like urine. Really. I
> had dancers coming up and telling me that. When you call a yearn in Denmark
> they all
IMHO - it would be a mixture.
Laurie P
--- On Thu, 8/23/12, Kalia Kliban wrote:
> From: Kalia Kliban
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Yearn / Slice?
> To: "Caller's discussion list"
> Date: Thursday, August 23, 2012, 2:05 PM
> On 8/23/2012 10:57 AM, Lisa Greenleaf
> wrote:
> > While I may have slic
David and All:
Thanks for sharing A Quarter More, as I was not aware it was the dance that
introduced the yearn. I thought both slice and yearn referred to the same
single progression move, and it was a matter of regional taste as to which was
used. I did not invent the term slice, and do n
On 8/23/2012 10:57 AM, Lisa Greenleaf wrote:
While I may have slice written in my dance notes, I usually cue it as "On the left
diagonal..", etc.
The next anthropological question is, would dancers be able to execute a slice
in a no-walk through medley; do they know the term?
It's a new one
On Aug 23, 2012, at 1:27 PM, richg...@comcast.net wrote:
> As David Millstone pointed out, the original "Yearn" figure was from George
> Walker. It had the couples double progressing in long lines.
Thankfully yearn was changed to slice--Bob Isaacs was that you who came up with
slice?--because
As David Millstone pointed out, the original "Yearn" figure was from George
Walker. It had the couples double progressing in long lines.
George's explanation was that you move toward the first couple and you yearn to
dance with them, but you don't as you move on to the next couple.
Generally w
My understanding is that the move used to be called only "slice" then
some callers started explaining what is what by telling people that they
should yearn to dance with the people on their left (normally) diagonal
- that was just to emphasise what a slice is all about.
The term became popular and
I have generally (at least down here in NC) seen yearn as being used to
go one couple to the left. Generally, it's done *as a couple* where a
slice is done in long lines (and a double slice would do the same thing
as you said you had heard a yearn used for. In George Walker's dance,
it's defi
I've only ever heard the term once, and it was as described in Fruit
punch. No authority here, but one sample anyway.
On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:04 AM, David Millstone
wrote:
> I'd appreciate some clarification about several relatively new terms in the
> contra dance world.
>
> In her descripti
I'd appreciate some clarification about several relatively new terms in the contra
dance world.
In her description of Fruit Punch, Joy wrote:
A1 With couple on L diagonal, Yearn to new Neighbors and fall straight back (8)
My understanding was that "yearn" means moving on the left diagonal tow
Thanks to Linda and Bob for confirming my assumption about Redbeard Reel; I
also appreciate Bob's historical note! Great dance, Bob.
Joy, I got Fruit Bunch from Diane a couple of years ago. Yes, it is a
Becket. The A part is correct. Here's the B:
B1 Take hands in a ring
Balance the ri
Hi Joy:
I don't know this one either, but another try is:
B1 Take hands in a ring.
Balance the ring (4)
Pass through to an ocean wave (4)
Balance the wave (4)
N Allemande R 1/2 (4)
B2 Gents Allemande L 1+1/2 to partner (8)
Partner swing (8)
Bob
> From: joy2...@mindspring.com
> To: call...@
Hi Joy,
I'm not familiar with this dance, but if A1b is changed to Gents Allem L 1
1/2,
it will be a Becket dance that progresses CW (and will give both the men and
women a go at an Allem 1 1/2).
Cheers, Bill
Speaking of dances with missing details, I have a great dance called
Fruit Punch. Diane Silver called it at Bogue Banks Boogie a few years
ago. Not sure who wrote it (maybe Diane?).
I evidently wrote it down wrong since it doesn't progress but instead
keeps sending the dancers back and fo
Hi Bree:
Sorry I missed you on FB, and there is a balance after the wave. You have the
rest of the dance correct. This dance was written as a birthday present from
Robin Humes for her partner John Wasser, who just happens to have a red beard -
Bob
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> To: cal
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