Hello all,
2016 is done, which for me means I can total up my calling for taxes and
such.
It doesn't come up here very often; but payment and mileage and whatnot is
the unglamorous logistics side of calling. I figure it's worth sharing that
type of information as well, so folks can be informed as
BTW, here's the referenced Boston Cream Pie.
-Don
*Boston Cream Pie - 4F4 - Don Veino* (B2 riff off Lynne Ackerson's Coconut
Creme Pie)
A1
LLFB
Center 4 Star Right 1x
A2
Partner Allemande Left 1+1/2x
(new) Center 4 Start Right 1x
B1
Partner Balance & Swing
B2
Current Ring/8 Balance, California T
We probably need someone with more knowledge to weigh in on this,
but my understanding is that the dance known as Dublin Bay was published
in Playford in the early 1700's and the Gay Gordon's dance is more
likely from the late 1800's. So if these dances are related at all it
would be the Sc
It's a Scottish figure called 'Gay Gorden'. I know it's in other dances but not
sure about Contras outside of Handsome Young Maids'. One of my favorites.
On January 16, 2017 5:20:15 PM EST, Tavi Merrill via Callers
wrote:
>Dance genealogy question: The figure first appearing in "Dublin Bay"
>(a
Note that the Scottish “Gay Gordons” dance, which has been a standard there for
I don’t know how long, features a promenade where couples walk forward then
turn and continue backward, then come back forward and turn and continue
backing up again. Doing four instead of two in line would seem a li
One I call frequently is
Jim's Reel by Steve Snurr
A1 Do Si Di N 1 1/4 ti WL - ladies in center, Rt hand to N Remember this WL
- we will come back to it
Bal Line - Trun N by R 1/2 - Gents pull by LA2 B&SW PB1 Down hall 4 steps
- turn alone - back up 4 steps For 4 steps - turn alo
Al Olson used the move in his dance “Leaving Home”. It was published in Give &
Take by Larry Jennings in 2004. Larry spent a number of years putting this book
together, so the dance was written well before this. I did not find the dance
in Zesty Contras, Larry’s fist book, published in 1988; but
Dance genealogy question: The figure first appearing in "Dublin Bay" (aka
"We'll Wed and We'll Bed," its title in Playford) morphed in contra into a
modified "lines of four down the hall."
I know a version of it from Sue Rosen's dance "Handsome Young Maids," where
dancers facing down take four ste
I know this isn't the exact best forum, but ...
I'm looking for leads on contra bands and sound people who might be
available for a dance in Palm Springs California on Saturday, July 1, 2017
as part of the IAGSDC annual MWSD square dance convention.
( http://palmsprings2017.org/main/index.php )
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