Re: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers

2015-05-08 Thread Michael Fuerst via Callers
back at any point. Is your partner in the opposite line from you or in the same line? Sent from Outlook _ From: Michael Fuerst via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> Sent: Sunday, May 3, 2015 4:20 PM Subject: Re: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numb

Re: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers

2015-05-08 Thread Jack Mitchell via Callers
Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> Sent: Sunday, May 3, 2015 4:20 PM Subject: Re: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers To: Caller's discussion list <call...@sharedweight.net> A four  couple contra I call sometimes is "Vet's Revenge"  by Coli

Re: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers

2015-05-08 Thread Kalia Kliban via Callers
This is a wonderful addition to the files. Thanks, Jill, for pointing it out! Kalia On 5/8/2015 11:41 AM, jill allen wrote: Chris, Thank you so much for the correct author and title. Jill On May 8, 2015, at 12:23 PM, Chris Page wrote: Beneficial Triplet by Al Olson. A very nice one.

Re: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers

2015-05-08 Thread jill allen via Callers
Chris, Thank you so much for the correct author and title. Jill On May 8, 2015, at 12:23 PM, Chris Page wrote: > Beneficial Triplet by Al Olson. A very nice one. > > -Chris Page > San Diego > > > > A1all pass ptr by RH > all who can, pass person on L diag by LH > all pass

Re: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers

2015-05-08 Thread Jack Mitchell via Callers
But those "pass by" moves really need to be done with hands to a) keep things connected and b) keep the dancers oriented (if you hold on for just a second after each pull by, it turns you back in to face the center (exactly the same way beginners tend to try to do a R Thru) with the correct

Re: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers

2015-05-08 Thread Chris Page via Callers
Beneficial Triplet by Al Olson. A very nice one. -Chris Page San Diego On Friday, May 8, 2015, jill allen via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Kalia, > > Since no one has mentioned it and to honor Larry Jennings, I will share > this triplet I love with a zipper! That is, I

Re: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers

2015-05-08 Thread jill allen via Callers
Kalia, Since no one has mentioned it and to honor Larry Jennings, I will share this triplet I love with a zipper! That is, I am pretty sure it's written by Larry. Does anyone know the title? Jill Allen Triplet (by Larry Jennings?) proper A1 all pass ptr by RH all who can, pass

Re: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers

2015-05-04 Thread Kalia Kliban via Callers
On 5/4/2015 7:14 AM, Bill Olson via Callers wrote: Kalia, You said you already had a triplet with contra corners in it, BUT I figured I'd offer this anyway. I often call Chorus Jig as a triplet, (B2 being 1's (bal and) swing to bottom of set and others move up). I found that in a triplet dancers

Re: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers

2015-05-04 Thread Kalia Kliban via Callers
On 5/4/2015 6:57 AM, Martha Wild via Callers wrote: Though it may seem like heresy to do it without the associated tune, Levi Jackson Rag can be done to other thirty-two bar tunes if the band doesn't know the required tune, and is good for 5 couples. That was at the top of my mind for this

Re: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers

2015-05-04 Thread Kalia Kliban via Callers
On 5/3/2015 9:02 PM, Paul Wilde wrote: Kalia, I love David's Triplet # 5 (David Smuckler). It has a lovely hey for 6 w/ a P Gypsy Meltdown to finish. I just revisited David's site yesterday and looked through his set of triplets and that one looked really nice so I added it to my

Re: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers

2015-05-04 Thread Bill Olson via Callers
[Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers > From: callers@lists.sharedweight.net > > 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 that we did to > old-time tunes (that was a little weir

Re: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers

2015-05-04 Thread Martha Wild via Callers
Though it may seem like heresy to do it without the associated tune, Levi Jackson Rag can be done to other thirty-two bar tunes if the band doesn't know the required tune, and is good for 5 couples. On May 3, 2015, at 12:53 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote: > I just called a tiny dance last

Re: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers

2015-05-04 Thread JD Erskine via Callers
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 snip Hullo Kalia, I've called Mary Devlin's Triplet To Eugene a number of times. Looking over Triplet for

Re: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers

2015-05-03 Thread Paul Wilde via Callers
Kalia, I love David's Triplet # 5 (David Smuckler). It has a lovely hey for 6 w/ a P Gypsy Meltdown to finish. A-1 1s cast to bottom, ret up inside and cast around w/ same gender 2s All face P, dsd 1 1/4 to wavy line of 6, P in RH A-2 Bal wave, P Al R 1/2 reform (luv it) wave, Bal pull

Re: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers

2015-05-03 Thread Roger Hayes via Callers
Kalia-- Carol Ormond's "Thanks to the Pharmacist" is a fun triplet. - R On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > I just called a tiny dance last night, and went through several of my > triplets along with a big pile of English

Re: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers

2015-05-03 Thread Michael Fuerst via Callers
Also, Rick Mohr has two excellent triplets:    http://rickmohr.net/Contra/DancesByType.asp#Introduction   Michael Fuerst       802 N Broadway      Urbana IL 61801  217 239 5844 On Sunday, May 3, 2015 3:20 PM, Michael Fuerst via Callers wrote: A

Re: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers

2015-05-03 Thread Michael Fuerst via Callers
A four  couple contra I call sometimes is "Vet's Revenge"  by Colin Hume  Duple Improper A1  Neighbor couples (1's with 2's, 3's with 4's)  star left        Middle couples (2's with 3's) star rightA2   Neighbor couples allemande left 1 1/2         Women chain to partnerB1    All four couples

[Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers

2015-05-03 Thread Kalia Kliban via Callers
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 that we did to old-time tunes (that was a little weird for me but the dancers enjoyed them, so what the heck). I was grateful to have the few triplets I had, and I'd