Another option is to start the dance right after the partner swing. But then
not all of the balances would be in the same section.
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Barbara Groh wrote:
> It's been my experience that dancers have a lot of difficulty ending a
> swing mid-phrase. It just doesn't fe
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How much trouble do folks have ending a swing in the middle of the
phrase? I hadn't registered that it did that until I started
transcribing it.
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Barbara
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How much trouble do folks have ending a swing in the middle of the
phrase? I hadn'
How much trouble do folks have ending a swing in the middle of the
phrase? I hadn't registered that it did that until I started
transcribing it. Seems like it would really need particular tunes for
the dancers to be able to hear that. What kinds of tunes have you done
it to?
Jack
On 2/7/2
We danced Du Quoin Races last evening and it went really well. They want it
again next week! Thanks for you help.
John Tuck
2010/2/16 Susan Moffett
> After the second circle left halfway/rollaway with a half sashay in the B2
> part, slide left with partner to a new couple.
> It works!
>
> On Feb
After the second circle left halfway/rollaway with a half sashay in
the B2 part, slide left with partner to a new couple.
It works!
On Feb 16, 2010, at 2:25 AM, John Tuck wrote:
Susan, you seem to know the dance well, how does the progression go?
I get
the couples crossing sides but then com
The dance is Becket formation and couples progress in the more common direction,
i.e., clockwise.
DuQuoin Races is a superb piece of choreography, I think, but it's not a simple
dance, either for the folks on the floor or for the caller at the mic. It has
many pieces that are unfamiliar for dancer
Susan, you seem to know the dance well, how does the progression go? I get
the couples crossing sides but then coming back again
JoT
2010/2/7 Susan Moffett
> This dance has been one of my favorites for a long time. The first half for
> its precision and the second half for its flow. With the tig
Thankyou for your help.
2010/2/7 John Tuck
> I have been trying to work out how Orace Johnson's becket contra works.
> I have the dance from the year 2000 syllabus of the New England Dance
> Legacy Weekend, in other years also called the Ralph Page Legacy Weekend.
>
> *Du Quoin Races *by Orace J
This dance has been one of my favorites for a long time. The first
half for its precision and the second half for its flow. With the
tight tune, it can be magical!
On Feb 7, 2010, at 1:40 PM, Martha Edwards wrote:
I would second that.
In "Midwest Folklore" a fine book of Midwestern Dances (
I would second that.
In "Midwest Folklore" a fine book of Midwestern Dances (plug, plug), edited
by the dance's author, Orace Johnson, it says of DuQuoin Races:
A2 Balance (4) (Women step forward across the set to take neighbor's place,
while men loop right to take partner's place, thus forming l
The mistake is the notation in the A2. After the pass through to a wave
and the allemande, people have their partners in their right hand. It
should read "women cross set to where neighbor is standing and men turn
into their partner's place". Then the rest of it works.
Chris Weiler
Goffstown,
I have been trying to work out how Orace Johnson's becket contra works.
I have the dance from the year 2000 syllabus of the New England Dance Legacy
Weekend, in other years also called the Ralph Page Legacy Weekend.
*Du Quoin Races *by Orace Johnson (1991)
As called by: Laura Johannes
Formation:
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