On 2019.06.26 1402, tom hinds via Callers wrote:
John,
Thanks so much for your hard work and sharing a tremendous amount of
information with us.
There’s one allemande I’d like to know more about. It’s the one used in the
the dance, Away to the Camp which can be seen on the Lambertville ECD s
Hullo Jeremy,
1. Hit up the Contra Sound Forum for advice. Callers are nicely
tolerated, actually welcomed. A great place to ask about such things as
monitors, wireless mics, etc. from sound engineers whether pro or super
experienced amateurs.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/contrasf/inf
at http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
It's a Mailman listserver, so one may set a subscribed account to what
we once knew as NOMAIL.
A subscriber may log in and do it themselves. It's reasonably
straightforward.
Use the "change your subscription options"
On 2017-12-16 1139, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote:
Hi all,
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To what extent has that earlier etiquette norm either survived or been
replaced, and what has it been replaced with? In your dance community,
do you have a written statement of the etiquette around this? Our
community's statem
On 2017-07-19 0717, Greenleaf via Callers wrote:
Hi Judy-
Here’s a helpful article written by Clark Baker, a MWSD caller and a contra
dancer, and it explains contras and trad squares to MWSDers:
http://www.tiac.net/~mabaker/how-contra-dances-work.html
also in the wild is this, which may speak
On 2017-04-07 1820, Cheryl Joyal via Callers wrote:
I am at the point that I want to reorganize my dance box to be able to
better program an evening. I plan to go to “categories of dance
features”, and have listed what I am thinking for possible categories
below.
I am wondering how others orga
On 2017-03-07 0627, Martha Wild via Callers wrote:
I’d like to add another point to Neal’s reasoning:
As a 5 foot 1 inch woman dancer (and a caller), I can also add that the
female of the human species is known to generally be smaller than the
male.
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In general, then, it’s a lot
ea
On 2017-03-03 1052, JD Erskine via Callers wrote:
On 2017-03-03 1016, Bill Olson via Callers wrote:
Dugan, Here are Dan's own notes regarding the dance.. not sure what the
Steve Schnur dance is titled, someone on here certainly knows..:
"I always loved this zig-zag gimmick when I da
On 2017-03-03 1016, Bill Olson via Callers wrote:
Dugan, Here are Dan's own notes regarding the dance.. not sure what the
Steve Schnur dance is titled, someone on here certainly knows..:
"I always loved this zig-zag gimmick when I danced it in Cor Hogendijk's
"Pat's Tradition", done by English
Home from calling, and post dance stuff.
It was a good first-Contra-dance-of-the-new-year with all that entails.
I was sitting here, kindly thinking, "Okay, all/most acronyms may be
worked out in the context of their use." So, it finally came to me.
"Up here" NWT is North West Territories, so
On 2016-11-02 1602, Winston, Alan P. via Callers wrote:
My mail client isn't showing the fraction in A1 that shows how far the
men turn.
Thinking it through, I guess it's either
1.25 (gents are closest to partner with their backs to partner, so
have to turn around)
or
1.75 (gents are close
On 2016-11-02 1027, Richard Hart via Callers wrote:
Any recommendations for a dance on Monday, Nov. 14, a day when the moon
will be the closest it's been in 70 years? We'll want to celebrate then,
I'm sure, at the Nelson dance! For a syzygy, if for no other reason!!
A day we'll want to celebrate
On 2016-11-04 1925, Martha Wild via Callers wrote:
Wednesday’s at Amherst Ron Blechner
Saturday Night LineJoseph Pimentel
Saturday Night ReelHerbie Gaudreau
On Nov 4, 2016, at 10:26 AM, Karin Neils via Callers
mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
MondayJim Hemphill
ERIC ON MONDAYS
On 2016-10-21 1709, Galen Armstrong via Callers wrote:
Hi all!
I'm looking for a dance called Colorful Contra. I don't know the author.
Anyone know it?
Thanks,
Galen
Hullo Galen,
I'm glad Jim has material for a good guess at it. No part of the name
turned up at the usual places (including
On 2016-10-21 1733, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote:
Hi all
I haven't yet called Beneficial Tradition, but think it might be a good
fit for an upcoming dance. Does it get weird at the ends or does it
flow reasonably well? I danced it years ago and don't remember. If you
pull by RH to go out on
On 2016-10-04 2158, Michael Barraclough via Callers wrote:
I am sure that Kalia will kill me for this (as I know she knows) but
the dance is really Pride of the Pingle by the late Ken Alexander (UK).
Someone from the USA saw it in the UK, misheard the name, assumed it
was Irish and called it Prid
On 2016-09-05 2012, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote:
I sent this last week but got a message from Dave Casserly telling me
the message had been marked as spam, so I'm guessing it mostly
disappeared into everyone's lint filter. I've read the previous threads
on headsets going back to 2014 and ther
On 2016-05-18 1909, Darwin Gregory via Callers wrote:
I am a new caller, and I have called two dances. The first, I
completely blew the microphone part. Since then, I practiced holding the
mic close to my mouth like was suggested to me.
The second dnce, I was told that my voice was too deep for
The local series is good that way, with their confirmations. Those are
pretty close to the date, so I tend to follow the Check Their
Sites/Pages thing.
Others in the region are pretty good with a run of communication to set
up and one to later confirm. Again with something closer to the date.
On 2016-03-27 1713, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote:
Hmm, this is interesting. I picked it up from JoLaine Jones-Pokorney's
site, where it's written as allemande R. I haven't been able to find
the notes anywhere else, when I was looking to see whether I just had an
odd version. Anybody else ha
On 2016-03-27 1324, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote:
I called Young Adult Rose last night and experienced a near-complete
dancer revolt about the shadow allemande. The dance is written with a
circle left 3/4, pass P by R along the line then allemande shadow R 1x,
before coming back to P for a bal
On 2016-02-18 2252, Claire Takemori via Callers wrote:
Hi Everyone,
In preparation for calling my first family dance on March 6, I’d like to find
some family-friendly dances that are for very small groups, like 3-9 people.
Ideally NOT proper triplets, or 3x3s (already have a few of those) and NO
On 2016-02-05 1030, Jonathan Sivier via Callers wrote:
I just had a thought for another possible substitute if we need to
replace the term "gypsy". This would be "vis-a-vis" (face to face). I
like this since it is in some sense similar to dos-a-dos (back to back)
and makes them complimentar
On 2016-01-27 2107, Don Veino via Callers wrote:
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ps: I've had a chance to meet with the sponsors and see some of the
all-out decorations they've got going for the hall - including hay
bales, old time milk cans, saddles on sawhorses, etc. - may need to pull
together some themed outfit for my
On 2015-10-30 1408, John Sweeney via Callers wrote:
Pleas could you clarify how you intend to pronounce "gyre"?
I have been saying "gyre" with a hard "g" as in "give" or "gimble".
But if it is related to "gyrate" then maybe people are using a soft "g" and
making it sound like "jire".
Which do
On 2015-10-25 1556, Michael Fuerst via Callers wrote:
The use of gypsy as a contra dance term is almost as offensive as a
contra dance containing a shadow swing. (JUST KIDDING)
I would suggest a response of the following nature:
Hello ___
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I'd almost stop there.
The most signi
On 2015-10-18 1652, Rich Dempsey via Callers wrote:
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I love the use of shorter sets to bring asymmetric dances out for a
spin. Chestnuts and triplets and triple minors come to mind. In the
circumstance that started this thread, a hearty Chorus Jig sounds like
a win.
Rich
It's nice to ha
On 2015-10-17 2002, Leslie Gotfrit via Callers wrote:
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In any case, I’d be grateful for advice
Leslie Gotfrit
Try it. Maybe.
I worked a Contra series dance with my first (advertised as such) old
time band tonight. The No Jigs thing initially felt a bit unsettling,
however the musicians
On 2015-10-02 0853, Maia McCormick via Callers wrote:
I think that rolling starts (seamless transition from walkthrough into
the dance, as the band just starts playing music during the walkthrough)
are super neat if done properly! But I'm still not quite sure how to do
them properly. So I ask you
On 2015-10-02 1300, Aahz Maruch via Callers wrote:
On Fri, Oct 02, 2015, Lindsey Dono wrote:
Does this help?
Thanks! Not a term I'd seen before, and it looked like the kind of term
that could have multiple meanings (like "poly").
Also see:
Interview With a Vamper, by Peter Barnes
His sit
Hullo folks,
Of those using, or considering using, a tablet computer for dance
directions ("cards") and programs, what size do you use or contemplate
using?
I have a crappy 7" one that I haven't truly used for this and would
think I'd like something a tad larger (8, 8.4, 8.0/9, likely not a
On 2015-08-04 1310, Claire Takemori via Callers wrote:
Thank you for all the replies so far ! One other question,
What are the key elements/movements that you would emphasize teaching with kids?
giving weight, hearing the music beats, swing, star, do si do,
allemande.. ?
Having fun. Re
I do (mildly) state that it is a lean. However I don't associate bending
at the waist with it, myself or publicly in any demonstration of it. I
will say the two of us in a swing is a bit like a top, a pull string top
or toy, and I show my two hands, wrists near meeting, finger tips up and
apart
On 03/May/15 12:53, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote:
I just called a tiny dance last night, and went through several of my
triplets along with a big pile of English 3-couple dances
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Hullo Kalia,
I've called Mary Devlin's Triplet To Eugene a number of times. Looking
over Triplet for Joyride
On 02/May/15 17:47, Amy Wimmer via Callers wrote:
I collected a dance recommended by someone and do not quite understand
part of it. I need a description of what the gents are doing in B2
when they "loop over their left shoulder." Can you 'splain me?
Catch a Falling Star, by Melanie Axel-Lute
A
On 04/Apr/14 20:23, gretchenda...@yahoo.com wrote:
Tica Tica Timing was written by our own Dean Snipes here in Charlotte NC. Glad
to see it spreading across the country. It's a great dance.
It is a great dance. I had it from my caller friend in Seattle, who
encountered it "further South". Cam
On 29/Aug/13 13:58, JoLaine Jones-Pokorney wrote:
Hi Everyone - Many of our easier dances include down-the-halls, but there
are so many ways to come back up! There's turn alone, and turn as a couple
of course, but there's also sliding doors, right-hand-high-left-hand-low,
loop-de-loop, cloverlea
On 30/08/2012 12:17, Laur wrote:
I'm looking for interesting/ fun mixers to use at a regular dance series. I
haven't had the opportunity to collect any mixers while dancing around this
year (they are sometimes few and far between) and so - here I am!
Thanks in advance.
Laurie P
West MI
I ag
On 14/Jan/12 11:50, Chris Weiler (home) wrote:
I'm calling my first family dance tonight and I haven't been able to coordinate
with the band on music for specific dances.
What are your favorite family dances that do not have a specific tune to go
with them? I'll be looking through my books, bu
On 26/Dec/11 08:03, hol...@comcast.net wrote:
Hi all,
I am about to call a dance the character of which has changed from what I
expected and I need some easy dances. I had harder material planned and
while I do have some material that is probably easy enough, I am not sure
that it is. The dance
On 26/Oct/11 19:10, David Millstone wrote:
Dear Mary,
I'll just add that I don't think the poster is what will bring students
to an unfamiliar activity off campus. Ultimately, it's people who bring
other people to a dance, friends bringing friends.
When some dance organizers have surveyed newco
On 02/Oct/11 12:16, D Bar wrote:
Howdy,
I am going to be calling one of my first gigged contra dances in a week! I
have a half-hour to introduce newbies on what's what in the dance prior and
I am wondering what do other callers find has been the most effective use of
that half hour?
I imagine g
On 08/Sep/11 12:53, Donald Perley wrote:
A couple of people posted this cartoon to Mary Wesley's facebook page
(she went out for the contra)
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/ai.png
[snort]
Thanks.
JD
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On 15/Sep/11 12:30, Chris Weiler (SW) wrote:
OK, what do you guys want to call the list?
webdes...@sharedweight.net?
Something else?
Chris
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Andy
Shorewrote:
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Respond to this thread and if there's enough interest, perhaps we can
convince the kind folks w
On 30/Mar/11 02:17, Liz and Bill wrote:
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B2: The requirement for 3 couples is only 'recommended', let circles
of any size form, and let the dancers sort out the fun when the
circles have an even number of couples.
Cheers, Bill
PS - At a folk festival barn dance someone called a mixer that us
On 26/Mar/11 15:55, Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing wrote:
It also occurs to me that a variation of the figure is the core of the Scottish
dance "Flowers of Edinburgh". (It's in a triple-minor set, so the lady casts
off past two couples and the gent cuts through after two, but it's otherwi
Lots of good thoughts in this thread. I've just read it all in one go
and found myself nodding to at least something from everyone's contribution.
I don't really see anyone offering formulae or algorithms for when to
stop calling, to change the amount/style or to drop out. The numbers
I've see
On 02/Dec/10 15:42, Ron Nelson wrote:
The bathrooms at the Saturn Cafe in Santa Cruz are gender-neutral and use
the terms "robots" and "aliens." How about it? :)
-Marianne
I was once in a yacht club where the men's room was labeled "buoys" and the ladies' room
was labeled "gulls".
Ron Nels
On 02/Dec/10 10:02, susie rudder wrote:
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asked me to use non gender specific terms when calling. I tried
'lead' and 'follow' because the syllable numbers worked, but I'm not
happy with that.
Haven't, yet.
These folks dance ECD & SCD, may find some of their terminology useful.
-
On 02/Jul/10 07:36, The Witful Turnip wrote:
Thanks everyone for the tempest formation suggestions! You folks are great!
And yes David, I was particularly interested in "Toronto Tempest" and am
going to go with that one!
Nice dances, thanks for posing the query and to the masses for the
respon
One hour. High school students. New, non-dancers.
Everything building, no long teaching at the beginning or elsewhere.
As you note set dances would be good, as would some circle.
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Maybe a two couple, "scatter" dance or couple mixer.
I've used Set a Crochet, a couple mixer, a couple of times
On 12/May/10 18:02, Meg Dedolph wrote:
Hi everyone,
I have a question about dance length - not the length of time you run a
particular dance, but the length of an evening of dancing. In Chicago, we
recently went from a three-hour Monday night dance to a two-and-a-half hour
Monday night dance.
On 13/May/10 11:03, Ron Nelson wrote:
Gee, I guess you would need 6 couples to get to everyone. Thanks, Luke, for
broadening my perspective.
I'd think you'd need an odd number of pairs. Adding this idea to my
small numbers (of dancers) grab bag.
Cheers, John
J.D. Erskine
Victoria, BC
No
Thank you for the feedback and corrections and interpretation as well.
Cheers, John
Martha Edwards wrote:
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I wish we had a way to test for economic hardship and could have a sliding
scale, the way CDSS has for membership. But I can't think of a dignified way
to put it. In the coming years we will probably have to figure this out.
M
E
We do. It might be called self identi
Hullo List,
Just ran across a Contra dance choreography entry on ye olde Wikipedia.
That handy, mildly suspect, group contribution or back-room handled
centre for information/ego/slander (pick one).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_dance_choreography
It looks fundamentally correct to my l
Delia Clark wrote:
Holy cow, I am feeling so out of it!! I have heard of a mad robin but
have no idea how to teach one and I haven't even heard of a half
pousett. Would one of you kind master callers fill me in when you get a
chance? Thanks!!!
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Delia Clark
Alan and others have cover
The Witful Turnip wrote about insurance:
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About caller insurance, I heard about it a couple of years ago, and it may
have even been on this list. My recollection is that it's offered by or
related to CallerLab, the modern western square dance folks in the US. I
also seem to remember that the
Chris Weiler wrote:
Hello everyone,
We've been having a lively discussion in the Boston area about several
topics ranging from men behaving badly to poor style to dancers who are
too rough.
The same has been blowing around on the Seattle Contra list/group.
My question is, what tips or infor
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