Re: [Callers] name of dance

2008-09-30 Thread Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing
Deb 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!!! "mad robin" or "sliding doors" is derived from the en

Re: [Callers] name of dance

2008-09-30 Thread Chris Page
On 9/30/08, 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!!! > This is one of the adaptation

Re: [Callers] name of dance

2008-09-30 Thread Martha Edwards
Drat! I only saw the first post. Sorry for being late to the dance and jumping in. It's still got strange timing, not that it matters, since the dance is so flowy. In a poussette, someone "pushes" (french: poussez) and someone pulls (not-french: poulet :-). In Joyride, the woman pushes, or the ma

Re: [Callers] name of dance

2008-09-30 Thread Martha Edwards
Hi All! It's Joy Ride, by Eric Weberg. Great dance, very strange if you analyze it closely. M E On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Tom Hinds wrote: > I just learned a great contra that has great flow. I'd like to know if > anyone knows the title or composer: > > A1 gypsy neighbor, mad r

Re: [Callers] name of dance

2008-09-30 Thread Delia Clark
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!!! On Sep 30, 2008, at 12:32 PM, Deborah Comly wrote: That's "J

Re: [Callers] name of dance

2008-09-30 Thread Deborah Comly
oops, actually it's Erik (with a K) Weberg Deb On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Deborah Comly wrote: > That's "Joyride" by Eric Weberg a very fine dance! > > Deb > > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Tom Hinds wrote: > >> I just learned a great contra that has great flow. I'd like to kno

Re: [Callers] name of dance

2008-09-30 Thread Michael Barraclough
: [Callers] name of dance I just learned a great contra that has great flow. I'd like to know if anyone knows the title or composer: A1 gypsy neighbor, mad robin. A2 one half pousett, hey (about 3/4 hey) men pass left. B1 swing partner B2 ladies chain, star left. t

Re: [Callers] name of dance

2008-09-30 Thread Deborah Comly
That's "Joyride" by Eric Weberg a very fine dance! Deb On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Tom Hinds wrote: > I just learned a great contra that has great flow. I'd like to know if > anyone knows the title or composer: > > A1 gypsy neighbor, mad robin. > > A2 one half pousett, hey

[Callers] name of dance

2008-09-30 Thread Tom Hinds
I just learned a great contra that has great flow. I'd like to know if anyone knows the title or composer: A1 gypsy neighbor, mad robin. A2 one half pousett, hey (about 3/4 hey) men pass left. B1 swing partner B2 ladies chain, star left. thanks. On Sep 29, 2008, at 1

Re: [Callers] name of dance

2007-03-26 Thread John C. McIntire
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[Callers] name of dance

2007-03-25 Thread Tom Hinds
I'd like to know if anyone knows the name and author of the following dance. A1Do si do neighbor Actives swing. A2Actives down the hall and turn alone Return and cast off with neighbor. B1? B2Long lines forward and back Inactives swing The inactives mak