This looks like a very nice dance. I'm not sure I'm picturing correctly
what happens in B1 part - is anyone able & willing to describe this in
slightly more detail?
Nathaniel Puffer
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> I got this one from a local caller but there was no author known. Googling
> has failed to uncover them. Do you know?
>
> Tranquility ? Becket ? Unknown
>
> A1
>
> (8) LLFB
>
> (8) G Allem. Lt. 1+1/2 *to N*
>
> A2
>
> (4,12) N Bal. & Swing *end facing across*
>
> B1
>
> (4,4) Pass The Ocean to Wave/4, Bal. *Fwd/Bk*
>
> *Pass the Ocean: L take LH as cross, RH to N - G are back on home side, L
> away*
>
> (4,4) Pass Thru Up/Dn to new Wave/4, Bal. *Fwd./Bk.*
>
> B2
>
> (8) L Allem. Lt. 1+1/2 *to your P*
>
> (8) P Swing
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> The author would be me, Don! Except that for the B2, the original
> dance has the women do an allemande left just 1/2, then a long Partner
> swing. Certainly the allemande left 1 and 1/2 also works!
> warmly, Linda
>
>
I got this one from a local caller but there was no author known. Googling
has failed to uncover them. Do you know?
Tranquility – Becket – Unknown
A1
(8) LLFB
(8) G Allem. Lt. 1+1/2 *to N*
A2
(4,12) N Bal. & Swing *end facing across*
B1
(4,4) Pass The Ocean to Wave/4, Bal. *Fwd/Bk*
*Pass the Ocean: L take LH as cross, RH to N - G are back on home side, L
away*
(4,4) Pass Thru Up/Dn to new Wave/4, Bal. *Fwd./Bk.*
B2
(8) L Allem. Lt. 1+1/2 *to your P*
(8) P Swing
On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:24:29 +1300, Bill Baritompa wrote:
> Your version if danced with a five couple set, doesn't change
> partners.
Of course not: my description started "For 6 couples".
> At a barn dance, I didn't want to leave people out of the
> dance, and by getting odd couples to join 5 couple sets, there was
> a mix of 5 and 6 couple sets on the floor.
Then you have to make it clear that the 6 couple sets are doing the 6
couple version, with the "one man further" in the second chain each
time, and that the 6 couple set don't go back to place after the
walk-through. Then five times through the dance will get everyone
home.
Colin Hume
In my experience we usually dance Levi Jackson Rag a little more zestily
than was shown in the video referenced earlier.
Have a look at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l8OjD-1464
Though that is maybe a little bit fast :-)
But notice also how they do the balance before the swing. I was taught Levi
Jackson Rag in the 1960s and that's how we were taught then and how I have
always seen it danced over here:
Step, Kick, Step, Kick
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362
http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
Two other 5-couple set dances are
Brief Encounter by Marj Hendy (1996) (any AABB reel)
5 couple longway set -- PROPER
A1 On the right diagonal (if someome is there), pull by right. Face
straight across and pull by left. Same again (like Beneficial Traditions). This
leaves four ladies at the top, four men at the bottom, and a couple in the
middle who are NOT each other's partners.
A2 -- on the ENDS star right and then left -- MEANWHILE the couple in the
middle has a "brief encounter" -- gypsy and swing?.
B1 -- Original first woman (now in 2nd place on the men's side) and
original fifth man (now in 4th place on the women's side) "unwind" their star,
casting up and around the short end (for the women) and casting down and
around the short end (for the men), and leading their same sex star buddies back
into line -- the "brief encounter" couple split and tag on to their
respective unwinding stars. Everyone's original partner should magically appear
as the lines re-coalesce.
B2 -- The original TOP couple (now at the bottom) leads up the center to
the top, and casts back down (peel the banana) to invert the set.
And the dance begins again with A1 -- pull by on the right diagonal.
There is NO recovery time.
Winter Solstice Wendy Crouch 1988
Square set of four couples, with a 5th couple in the middle facing couple
1. There's a traditional tune, but any square AABB will do.
http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/ecd/ecd-modern/134-winter-solstice
Contra dancers sometimes have trouble grasping the hey for 3 instead of hey
for 4 -- remembering to tell them that their partner is NOT in the hey
with them seems to help. Also, you can change the meanwhile "set and turn
single" on the sides to a partner swing. Last December I called this one to
Jingle Bells at the Baltimore contra. The part that the more analytically
minded dancers really like is the last bit -- a grand square with a FIFTH
couple in the mix. And the progression is lovely and smooth.
April Blum
(Not necessarily for publication)
I just looked at Vol 110, Issue 21 and saw that the the link I resubmitted
was rendered as
http://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2006.pdf<
http://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2006.pd>. In my
Gmail the link functions correctly despite the weird "tag" containing the
truncated version immediately after it. There is no such appendage in the
message as it appears in my Sent mail. Any clues? I wonder if Bob Green's
submission got lopped off before or after he sent it.
Chip Hedler
I am researching dances outside of duple improper/becket formations for a small but experienced groups of dancers hungry for something a bit different. I am confident calling DI and becket, but haven't ventured much into other formations except circle mixers, so need to stick to things that will succeed for both me and the dancers. Other options would be DI or beckett but with something unusual happening.
Suggestions welcome.
And if anyone has instructions for Sackett's Harbor I'd be grateful to receive them.
"The piano - 88 little mistakes waiting to happen." Peter Barnes.
It has been mentioned in previous posts what a great weekend this
event is for callers. I hope to see many of you in attendance in
January!
A few years ago, Chrissy Fowler and I gathered some of our calling and
tune books into a collection that was used for a "silent auction"
held during the weekend. The funds collected were then donated as a
way to help defray costs. Callers at the weekend participated in a
significant way so that we were able to contribute over $200 to the
RPDLW! And we have decided to do it again. If you will be at the
weekend, and would like to donate some books, CDs, or other
interesting items, please let me know.
Please email your reply to me only.
Thanks! Linda
