uot; once, and it worked fine. Not for your
average contra crowd though!
Colin Hume
do with homosexuality. But I can see that
we have radically different attitudes, and I don't want to get into a
long argument about it! Since you probably won't be calling contras
in England it's not that relevant.
Colin Hume
searching for new excitement rather than sticking with their husband
or wife? I could then explain that I have no problem with causing
promiscuous people some minor stress when it's their own awful views
that lead to their stress!
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left. Circle right.
A2: "London Bridge": Outside two (not partners) under the tunnel, the
others move out and follow them, all the way back to place.
B1: Balance and swing partner.
B2: Face partner: Reel of four in own line.
C: Lines forward and back. Anti-clockwis
Similarly if the move is Allemande left your neighbour
one and a half, the ends do the move with their partner.
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On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 07:53:54 -0800, Greg McKenzie wrote:
> Greg McKenzie (who, having a degree in speech communication
> sometimes gets a bit wonkish about it.)
Ah, now I see what your problem is!
Colin Hume
people found the final "Face your partner and circle left
three-quarters" disorientating for some reason.
I will certainly call it again.
Colin Hume
I'd written this I read Bob Isaacs' message saying the same
thing, but I'll still go ahead and send this as I think it's
important.
Colin Hume
On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:25:35 -0800, Aahz Maruch wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013, Colin Hume wrote:
>
>> I used to use a black ball-point pen, but once I put my dance
>> instructions on the computer I printed out the cards and they're
>> easier to read and amend. Now
On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 06:58:07 -0800, Greg McKenzie wrote:
> "Never speak to an individual or small group while on mike." All
> such comments should be off-mike or you risk looking unprofessional.
I certainly don't follow this rule. It may be different in the
States.
Colin Hume
to read and amend. Now my eyes have got worse I call from a
lap-top using my Dance Organiser program and don't often get the cards
out.
So why pencil?
Colin Hume
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ones I remember tend to be the very
complicated ones that I've had to struggle with!
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?
In the original (Scottish) dance it was a "set" rather than a
"balance", and that would be to the right and left.
Colin Hume
On 10/04/2012 15:25, Richard Mckeever wrote:
If the tempo isn't to fast this is fine - but could be a problem if the dancers
can't keep up with the tempo during the hey.
Would that be because they're doing all sorts of extraneous twirls?!
Colin Hume
after the Rory O'More stuff. And Lisa
says that in effect it does - I would think of it as right pull-by with
partner as the first change of the hey. That gives 8 changes in 8 bars,
which sound fine to me - though I wouldn't want to argue with Lisa
Greenleaf!
Colin Hume
E-mail:
On 11/03/2012 09:04, Michael Fuerst wrote:
What do you mean by a buzz-step swing?
The same as you mean by a swing. See the description at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_dance_choreography
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fer to this, but you might
make more a point of it--we like to get into it to the point of not
having to think about it. "Appalachian Sufi dancing."
I've added a sentence to that effect. Thanks for your comments.
Colin Hume
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ng
work for the list administrator(s).
Jim -
Thanks for the warning, but I don't see why anyone would use "Reply
All". Surely the essence of both these lists is that a straight "Reply"
goes to all list members.
Colin Hume
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On 28/02/2012 19:43, Bill Baritompa wrote:
I'm not trying to upset anyone.
It's OK Bill, we're not upset. Maybe we both felt the discussion was
getting a bit esoteric, but that's all.
Colin Hume
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e called it 11 times that way, and
didn't actually notice that after the first time it started from an
unusual formation, and no-one has ever queried it!
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On 17/02/2012 05:03, jean francis wrote:
If you do not teach figures at open public contra dances, what do you teach?
Most callers don't teach anything; they just call dances.
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is the one who taught
them this great dance. I hate it!
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while or forever).
It might be in a book the composer wanted to sell.
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Don -
Sounds as if you did a great job - congratulations!
On 26/12/2011 07:33, Don Veino wrote:
I now have better card notes for both.
That's so important - there are callers who always cause confusion at
some point in some dance but never change their card!
Colin Hume
E-mai
The States) is that you don't get to
swing your original partner every time through the dance. In most
mixers you wouldn't swing the same shadow every time - if you did I'd
change the starting format so that the person you swing is actually the
one you asked to dance.
Colin
ng it.
Again let me mention my Dance Organiser program - I use it all the time
for program planning, but maybe I have different requirements. It also
uses an Access database.
Colin Hume
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of a combination database using Callers Companion?
I also have a Dance Organiser program (PC only) - download a trial copy from
http://www.colinhume.com/download.htm
You can switch between databases, though only one is active at any time.
Colin Hume
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again. I've got quite good at transferring the mike from one hand to
the other when I'm dancing, and most people can cope with holding my
elbow rather than my hand if necessary.
Colin Hume
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xt session starts, or how many minutes before the
current session finishes, which I find really useful. And it will
play recorded music. Also the lap-top is much lighter than my case of
cards, and if I'm calling abroad I would normally take my lap-top with
me anyway.
Colin Hume
On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:06:39 +0100, John Sweeney wrote:
> Please could you let me know how to find the ECD list mentioned
> earlier.
http://www.bacds.org/mailman/listinfo/ecd
Colin Hume
o couples and the gent cuts
> through after two, but it's otherwise the same figure, done with
> skip-change step in eight bars instead.
And exactly the same figure (duple minor) is the core of the English
Dance "Corn Rigs" (not to be confused with the Scottish dance of the
same n
d it makes sense for
him to take charge of the transfer of hands - he's passing her left
hand across (behind his back) from his left hand to his right hand.
> It's easier done than said.
Yes it is!
Colin Hume
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I'll be touring in North America October next year. If your group
might be interested in booking me to run dances or workshops, please
see http://www.colinhume.com/tour.htm
Colin Hume
On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:56:43 -0500, Jeff Kaufman wrote:
> Where do people do it rotating around the twos? I think of that as
> an english dance thing.
Not to my knowledge. I certainly teach a "gate" movement in English
with the pivot point being the joined hands.
Colin Hume
ut please give things a chance to sort themselves out first!
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some squares there.
Colin Hume
this is just a double progression Becket dance - as the
original Becket Reel was.
Colin Hume
cated after the break and warn
the kids that they've got to be good if they want to stay for the
second half: challenge them, don't ban them. And you can even say
quietly to specific kids, "You really aren't up to this yet", so long
as you do it with the right attitude.
Colin Hume
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res because they aren't confident about fitting them to the music,
but the great thing about a square is that you're in charge - you can
add a filler, which you just can't do in a contra. So actually you
have more control when people are having problems, not less. And as
with most things, you get better by doing it. It's great that your
dancers would like to try some squares - go for it!
Colin Hume
g the willow
I do it giving 2 hands and a galop down (possibly Americans would say
sashay) and I think it's only four galops (2 bars) - you need the rest
of the 16 bars to strip the willow.
> arch over men's lie down and over women's line up the set.
You'll find there's not time to lie down!
Colin Hume
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