Luke Donforth wrote:
> I didn't know it came via Scottish, but that makes sense. It's called tandem
> or alternating tandem reels there?
> It's not clear to me how it ended up being called a dolphin hey instead of a
> falcon hey; but I'm not going to try to change that vernacular.
You've got sev
When I teach a Dolphin hey with lots of people who don't know the concept I
get the active couple to link together (leader lets hands trail behind
back, trailer hooks on) and dance a hey for three without the active couple
trading places (this is also known as a Shetland Reel). Once they
understa
When teaching a Dolphin Hey to people who are not familiar with the concept
I get the leading person to put their hands behind them and the trailing
person to hold those hands, then I get them to dance the hey for three
without the active couple trading places with each other. Once they
understand
Thanks. I searched for Martha Wild and Nils's Maggot, but only came up with
and ibiblio.org page. It's odd to me that Google didn't return a
sites.google.com result, but I'll bookmark it.
On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Yoyo Zhou wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 8:42 AM, Luke Donforth via Calle
On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 8:42 AM, Luke Donforth via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Looks like I'm late to the party. Glad to hear other folks are having fun
> with it :-)
>
> I didn't know it came via Scottish, but that makes sense. It's called
> tandem or alternating tandem ree
Looks like I'm late to the party. Glad to hear other folks are having fun
with it :-)
I didn't know it came via Scottish, but that makes sense. It's called
tandem or alternating tandem reels there?
It's not clear to me how it ended up being called a dolphin hey instead of
a falcon hey; but I'm not
Here is another video of Movement Afoot with a more uptempo version of the tune
and the different style of advance and retreat:
http://youtu.be/MDGKUT9Zj9k
>
> NOTE: Alan is agreeable to couple-dance style variations in the
> half-poussette,
> and in general hopes for a spirit of flirtatious pl
On 6/12/16 10:42 PM, Liz and Bill via Callers wrote:
Hi Luke,
There is a New Zealand connection. Do you know the origin of the move?
I suspect it comes from the Scottish country dance which was in honour of a
dolphin named Pelorus Jack.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelorus_Jack
http://www.
Hi Luke,
I also love dolphin heys!
Earlier this year I made a substitution of a dolphin hey for an ordinary
hey for 3 (with the 1s acting as a unit). That appears as a figure in
several contra dances (e.g. Kittyhawk Hornpipe by Don Armstrong or Nils's
Maggot by Martha Wild, where you end up back
Hi Luke,
There is a New Zealand connection. Do you know the origin of the move?
I suspect it comes from the Scottish country dance which was in honour of a
dolphin named Pelorus Jack.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelorus_Jack
http://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/video/pelorus-ja
Nice! I love Dolphin heys!
As an aside, I was thinking how great it would be if contra dancers had hey
for 3s in their rep so they could more easily adapt a dance if one of their
hands-four dropped out for some reason. Then the other couple wouldn't
have to go to the bottom. Kind of like when a
Hello all,
I'm sharing a link to a pod of dances I recently wrote:
http://www.madrobincallers.org/2016/06/13/dolphinheys/
rather than putting all 5 and the descriptions up here. I'll put one at the
bottom.
I was at the English Country Dance in Brattleboro before the Dawn Dance,
and Nikki Herbst c
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