Hi,
Does anyone have experience/advice using a creative commons license
with dance descriptions?
(asking for someone else)
-Chris Page
California
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There's a couple of versions of Spring Break:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150909222325/http://www.nilsfredland.com/files/2014/04/Dance-Compositions1.pdf
-Chris Page
San Diego
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Michael Dyck and my contra dance database project, the Caller's Box,
http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/
now includes links for about 1,900 dances to about 8,000 youtube videos.
They're currently unsorted, but hopefully after a few random clicks on
the currently 115 identified vide
On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 3:38 PM Isaac Banner via Callers
wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> I've felt like most box circulate dances use the circulate as a buildup into
> a swing with someone. Looking at http://www.contra.dance/thecallersbox, there
> are only 12 results for dances with a circulate that isn'
Like many others, I recommend a triplet or 3-face-3. You're not going
out of your minor set, and not everyone's active all the time.
I recommend:
Corner Triplet (Linda Leslie)
Melanie's Triplet (Melanie Axel-Lute)
Microchasmic Triplet (Ann Fallon)
or
Down by the Riverside (3-face-3 by Melanie Ax
I've written a few triple minors. The best are probably TLC Tempest and
Whirlpool.
http://chrispagecontra.awardspace.us/dances/index.htm#whirlpool
http://chrispagecontra.awardspace.us/dances/dlist2.htm#tlc-tempest
Both have very low piece count, and can be done in a regular evening.
Beyond that,
In contra, I find 2 beats per pull-by and 1 beat per quarter turn
works out nicely.
When it's done with balances, and quick pull-bys, people can cheat by
trimming the balance times.
When it gets done as 8 beats for a square through four without
balances, the floor becomes rather choppy, to say th
Try reading here, starting at page 60:
https://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2005.pdf
Also, Tom HInds wrote a book about them:
https://www.cdss.org/vm-store/store-home/books/give-me-a-break-a-collection-of-64-new-england-style-square-dance-breaks-115-detail
Cheers,
-Chris Page
Michael Dyck and I have done a thing:
http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/
This (mostly) contra dance database 12,000 dances:
5,000 dances with viewable instructions
4,000 more dances with links to instructions
Current search options include author, title, formation, and figures.
Yo
If it can be done with four people, it's likely been put in a contra
by _someone_.
Some other moves that I don't think anyone's mentioned yet:
Cloverleaf
Grand right and left
Lady around two/gent cut through
Orbit (many dances) (derived from Spin the Top via Fenterlarick)
And some more obscure o
On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 9:00 AM, John Sweeney via Callers
wrote:
> Hi Lorraine,
As a clarification, this is not my version of Ellen's Green Jig.
It was developed by another San Diego caller, Graham Hempel, by taking
the A1/A2 of Broken Sixpence
and putting it in Ellen's Green Jig.
Cheers,
-Chri
Just a heads-up.
There's a number of ECD dances, especially 4-couple set dances, that have a
sequence of progressive 1/2 stars.
When teaching them, I find them to be the hardest part of the dance for dancers,
and where it's most likely to break down.
So the difficulty level may be more than you
Searching
https://squaredancehistory.org/items/search/
for "allemande alphabet"
gives the appropriate links.
-Chris Page
San Diego
On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 8:08 PM, Mac Mckeever via Callers
wrote:
> I am trying to collect the series of square breaks based on various letters
> of the alphabet -
Having tested something like this a decade ago, I can report from
painful experience
that the half hey takes about 12 beats, not 8.
"Harvest Hey" by Erik Hoffman gets the timing right.
-Chris Page
San Diego
On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 6:04 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers
wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I was
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From: Chris Page
Date: Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Callers] More substitute terms for the g-word
To: Michael Barraclough
And could we please do this under a separate thread so it doesn’t drown out
the original question?
-Chris Page
San Dieg
Ninepins?
-Chris Page
San Diego, CA
On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 10:23 AM, Sue via Callers
wrote:
> Sure they're all fun (we hope). I'm looking for a few dances that are
> particularly playful, quirky, sillysomething that typically gets the
> dancers laughing.
>
> You get the idea. What are your
With a balance and swing in the A2, this is Composition 100 by Greg Frock.
-Chris Page
San Diego
On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 6:55 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers
wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm on the road for vacation instead of calling, which means that I don't
> have easy access to dancers to try thin
Time to flog one of mine:
Christmas Stars
Improper
A1 Ones star left 1 with woman two (M1 behind partner)
Ones star right 3/4 with man two (W1 behind partner)
Man one cross set to original place
A2 Neighbor gypsy
Neighbor swing
B1 Circle left 3/4
Partner swing
B2 Ladies chain
Long
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
Songbird by Cary Ravitz
Rough Ride by Tom Hinds
-Chris Page
San Diego
On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 11:16 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers
wrote:
> Choreography question:
>
> Anyone encounter any dances with a mad robin, half pousette, into a mad
> Robin with new neighbors?
>
> Thanks,
> Ron Blechner
>
>
Here's a useful starting source:
http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/ecd/ecd-modern
If you want a broader range (though you'll have to google/check books
for instructions and such), try:
http://lambertvillecountrydancers.org/videolist3.html
-Chris Page
San Diego, CA
On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 10:49
I've only answered the ones I know.
On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Erik Hoffman via Callers
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> In my book of collected dances I have a bunch of “Don’t knows.” Some have
> more info, like “from Kathy Anderson.” In an attempt to get names and
> choreographers in one fell swoop,
If you start from the common man-on-the-left, woman-on-the-right, and
circle left 3/4, the women have swapped sides.
Easiest fix is to have the women swap sides again somewhere else.
-Chris Page
San Diego, CA
On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Don Veino via Callers
wrote:
>
> On Sun, Sep 18, 20
St. Louis Cruise, by Roger Diggle. (Midwest Folklore)
(though the original has no ring balance in the B2)
-Chris Page
San Diego, CA
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Amy Wimmer via Callers
wrote:
> I've had this dance for years and don't know who wrote it or what it's
> called. Anyone know?
>
>
As a general comment, I actively dislike dances that try and squeeze
circle left 1 & 1/4 into eight beats.
One dance I was in (Dancing and the Road to Hell) led to arguments on
the dance floor.
-Chris Page
San Diego, CA
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 1:54 PM, via Callers
wrote:
> Not sure if this has
One subtle thing that's different is progression instincts -- typically men's
role progress on the left, women's on the right. (Like with a final B2
of circle left 3/4, pass through).
The few times I've had everyone do a gender swap, I've gone with the
dance "Bicoastal Contra" by Pete Campbell.
The popular four-face-four is "Grand Square Contra"
There's also
"McQuillen Fancy" by Tony Saletan
"Bloom One" by Al Olson
"To Hans T" by Birgit Rasmussen
"To Torsten" by Birgit Rasmussen
There's a grid square by Bob Isaacs called "Grand Square Grid".
There's some contras that try and give the f
For a), there's a couple of gender-swapped right and left throughs:.
"Convolution 2" by Merri Rudd
"House Husband's Reel" by Eric Conrad
"Jackson's Hornpipe" (traditional)
"Just Elegance" by Chris Page
"Pleasantly Surprised" by David Smukler
"Tuesday Child" by Brian Jones
"Women in Charge" by Mela
On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 7:55 AM, Michael Fuerst via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> You owe everyone on this list an apology
>
>
>
And that's the problem right there. Demanding apologies or insisting people
will change their mind if you just reword things slightly is how the ve
Keeping things fairly simple, here's some that I use:
Promenade the set:
Mesach's March (Tony Parkes)
Moody Street (Sue Rosen)
Jack's Gay Gordons Promenade (Jan Larsen)
Walk the Walk (Bob Isaacs)
Entire set circling:
CDS Reel (Ted Sannella)
To Turn a Phrase (Bob Isaacs)
Dublin Bay Down-the-hall
Rick Mohr has "The Joy of Six", also AABBCC.
Then there's a number that are AABB
Mark Richardson has written several: "Hardiman the Fiddler", "Here's to 40
More", "Another Jig Will Do", "The Peacock Follows the Hen."
Yoyo Zhou has written at least two: "Green Dreams" and "Waxmyrtle."
Martha Wil
I'd really recommend talking to the organizers. And possibly watching one
of their normal events.
Here's some of my thoughts on potential biggies:
-You and the band will likely need to supply and run your own sound system.
-Many people will likely keep the same partner throughout the evening.
-
Bristol Turns, by John Nance.
You could turn the balance and swing to do-si-do and swing.
-Chris Page
San Diego, CA
On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 6:53 PM, Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> I've had a request for a dance for a flash mob that has petronellas, Lo
"Rings and Things" by Tom Lehmann.
-Chris Page
San Diego, CA
On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 7:21 AM, jwcontrahands4 via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> hi,
> I'm new to the list. Is there an archive of old discussions? Also, does
> anybody recognize this dance sequence?
>
> imprope
On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 6:10 PM, Aahz Maruch via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Sounds like you're policing what other people choose to spend their time
> on. Oddly enough, I've seen comments like yours countless times when the
> subject lands on sexism, racism, homophobia, an
One or more petronellas without chains, allemandes, gypsies, or
immediately followed by a swing:
A Cactus for Kacie (LeGrone)
Arrythmia (Flaherty)
Capulets Welcome (Donforth)
Don't Let Her Go (Nordson)
Dopeca (Sweeney)
Dryden Lake (Leslie)
Flurry (Flaherty)
Fun With Alex (Leslie)
Get Your Twirl O
A few more:
A Bevy of Butterflies (Bob Isaacs/Chris Page)
Brimmer and May Reel (Dan Pearl)
Gene's Genius (Tony Parkes)
Goosebumps (Bob Isaacs)
Graceful Reel (Jan Larsen)
Little Girl With the Curl (Bob Isaacs)
Love thy Neighbor (Bill Pope)
R&O VIII (Steve Zakon-Anderson)
Right Thought (Yoyo Zhou)
R
Probably one of:
Ted's Scatter Threesome (Ted Sannella, scatter threesomes facing threesomes)
Al Olson's variant of La Triolina (Steve Schnur, 1 face 2)
La Plongeuse (traditional longways whole set)
The American Husband (Pat Shaw, three-couple sicilian circle)
Are triple minors off the list?
-Ch
"Gypsy" comes from Cecil Sharp, when he was trying to name a figure that
appeared in the literature of two dancers going around each other.
My hearsay understanding is that he named it after some Romani dances he
knew of where partners didn't touch each other.
-Chris Page
San Diego, CA
On Sat, O
And yet, they're done. I know Carol Ormand writes and calls them. This
Saturday at the contra weekend I attended, a national caller called "Head
of the Bed."
Yes, we've heard your opinion. Avoiding shadow swings be perfect for you,
but it may not be for others. And I'd like to hear from the others
Sigh. See "Head of the Bed", written by Nils Fredland.
http://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2008.pdf#page=49b
-Chris Page
San Diego
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Michael Fuerst via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> David:Really, would you ever call a d
Here's a starter list of counterclockwise moves:
Circle right
Allemande left
Star left
Seesaw
Star promenade when the center person has left hands
Gypsy left
Counterclockwise roll away
Rory o' More spin to the left
Swat the flea
Also pretty much:
Ladies chain
Right and left through
Promenade
Hey
Ummm... the question was asked about ways to mitigate a shadow swing,
assuming you want to call a shadow swing dance. And the original poster
asked not to be derailed by whether or not a shadow swing is something you
wish to call in the first place.
Any chance that that could be made a separate to
The vast majority of roll aways in contra dance include the half sashay.
Looking at my database, only 1.9% of the contras with rollaway have one
person staying in place. (By way of comparison, 2,2% of the contras with
petronella turns have people going to the left, rather than the right.)
This ma
Herbie Gaudreau had a monthly column "Contra Corner" in the square dance
magazine, "The New England Caller" from 1955 to roughly 1967. That magazine
is now archived online:
http://www.sdfne.org/Default.aspx?TabId=373
http://www.squaredance.ws/
The down-the-hall version appears in the May 1955 iss
Beneficial Triplet by Al Olson. A very nice one.
-Chris Page
San Diego
On Friday, May 8, 2015, jill allen via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Kalia,
>
> Since no one has mentioned it and to honor Larry Jennings, I will share
> this triplet I love with a zipper! That is, I am
Another thing to consider is progressing on to the next. Chinese Fan
is fuzzy about where moves end, as the star turns. So you need to have
dancers promenade "to progressed places", rather than just circling
halfway or some such. I've found dancers have great trouble with this,
at least partly beca
This is very similar to "Random Acts of Kindness" by David Glick. (See
the 2003 RPDLW syllabus.)
"Random Acts" adds long lines before the chain, and cuts 8 beats off
the partner swing.
-Chris Page
San Diego
On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 5:25 PM, Perry Shafran via Callers
wrote:
> Since folks generall
Wind in the Grass by Tom Calwell.
-Chris Page
San Diego
On Monday, April 27, 2015, Tepfer, Seth via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Anyone know title/author of this dance?
> Formation: Becket
>
> A1 - Face old neighbors across set. Women walk forward to a wavy line,
> while me
There's a few weave-the-line to hey transitions.
Bob Isaacs (in "From Here to Infinity"?) has you follow the momentum
of the weave-the-line to interact with the person on the side, letting
go just a little early. If the weave the line was with your partner,
and it was a zig left, zag right progres
On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Aahz Maruch via Callers
wrote:
> You definitely need to be careful explaining this -- I think of Cross
> Trail as leaving dancers facing the same direction, although your variant
> is also common. (No idea which is more common, particularly given the
> collapse o
During the recent caller's survey, I think a database of dances was at
the top of the list of what online resource callers wanted.
There have been several attempts at creating a dance database over the
past decade-plus. They have all fizzled out, primarily for lack of
volunteers with sufficient dr
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