someone specifically wants a reply from me, I will no longer
post on the subject to save my health.
Ja et
On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 9:20 PM, Janet Bertog via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Prelude: This post is tangential to the gypsy discussion and likely
> contro
Prelude: This post is tangential to the gypsy discussion and likely
controversial. If you are not interested, delete now. Moderators, if you
feel it is not an appropriate topic for this list tell me and I will cease
any future posts on the matter.
So, let's pretend for a moment that gypsy has b
> Under what circumstances do we have the moral and/or legal right to:
> 1) Call a dance written by someone else?
This is part of the folk process and the best way to get dances in
circulation. If people only called their own dances or had to pay royalties
to call other people's dances, a lot of d
m in the context of someone with that as their name. (Note the
>>> use of the plural for the generic singular pronoun, which I’ve done for
>>> years, unhappy with he/him for that term and that just sort of started
>>> happening). If our word actually came down from Wels
tner, gyre and swing”? Or actually “gyrate”?
> Or…?
>
> I tried using gyre at a dance in December, saying that it was a great new
> name for my personal favorite dance move, gypsy. There were groans on the
> floor, but… whatever!
>
>
> On Jan 21, 2016, at 7:35 PM
e:
> Alan Winston asked (replying to Janet Bertog):
>
> > Where did you find a dance description for Flowers of Edinburgh in the
> 1500s?
>
> I, too, am curious. I suspect that Alan is asking this question,
> as I am, more from an interest in the history of dancing and dance
For those interested, Cary Ravitz has a dance with the same key figure
except that the men are in the middle instead of the women called Four on
the Floor (1999). I am copying it here, in case people are interested in
some variety.
Four on the Floor Cary Ravitz 1-1999
Becket, counter-
Cary Ravitz has a few
Butterflies Cary Ravitz 4-2001
Improper contra
A1- Neighbors balance and swing (16).
A2- Men allemande left 1/2 (2).
- Men keep left hands, pick up your partner, star promenade across, and
butterfly whirl 1/2 to put the ladies in the middle (6).
- Ladies alleman
Look at Janet's Gypsy on Cary Ravitz website Ravitz.us/dance. Also check
out Songbird - not quite what you describe but close.
Janet
-Original Message-
From: callers-boun...@sharedweight.net
[mailto:callers-boun...@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of tavi merrill
Sent: Wednesday, August 07,
One of the problems with same-gender swings in the ballroom position is the
awkward moment of who does what role. Especially when this is being done
with someone who was not selected as a partner, this can be awkward and make
people uncomfortable, irregardless of homophobia or not. Anyone who kno
Message-
From: callers-boun...@sharedweight.net
[mailto:callers-boun...@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Aahz Maruch
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 11:43 AM
To: Caller's discussion list
Subject: Re: [Callers] Suggestions for particularly flirty contra dances?
On Wed, Apr 03, 2013, Janet Bertog
In my experience these dances increase the stress level, I would recommend
against calling them.
-Original Message-
From: callers-boun...@sharedweight.net
[mailto:callers-boun...@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Rickey Holt
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 10:57 AM
To: 'Caller's discussion l
Ramsey Chase would be an awesome dance if it didn't end with the neighbor
swing. You spend the entire dance flirting with your partner then at the
end you swing your neighbor :/. I would like to shift the dance to start
with the neighbor swing.
A couple others
Silver Anniversary Reel, Jim K
Cary Ravitz and I have a dance called Janet's Gypsy that is quite flirting
and a bit different. The half mad robins are not difficult, you just trade
places with your neighbor.
Janet's Gypsy Cary Ravitz, Janet Bertog 6-2011
Becket
A1 -Circle l
Cary Ravitz has his dances indexed (which is fortunate since he has a lot of
them) at http://www.ravitz.us/dance/#x. I would look at the dances he lists
as easy, no walk through, and last dance of the evening as good starting
points.
-Original Message-
From: callers-boun...@sharedweight.
> the folks to turn out aren't necessarily of the 'contra mindset' and so
it's
> important to hold their interest and make them think that what they're
> doing is exciting and worth their time--they're not necessarily going to
stick
> with it for the evening, o
I was wondering if there would be some way that a website could be set up
where new dances could be posted that people could go to. That could keep
the traffic on the list down. The problem that I see with that is that
people wouldn't be able to discuss the dances as easily, or if they did the
da
Last weekend Susan Moffett called this dance at the Lexington dance. I
loved the first part. Cary Ravitz and I worked on another alternate version
of it that he has up on his page now:
http://ravitz.us/miscdances/#rr. He just called it Raeden Reel alternate,
but it is actually very very close
I have just recently joined this list and I am very new to calling. I took
a caller's workshop at Contradancer's Delight Holiday and have called one
half night and one full night at my local dance. But, I would like to point
out that Cary Ravitz has a tremendous resource on his webpage
(http://ra
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