This looks like a really cool dance. How do you plan on explaining it to
people so they can understand it?
> Becket
> A1 Circle left three-quarters and swing neighbor.
>
> A2 Long lines forward and back. Half hey, women by right.
>
> B1 Women ricochet.*
> New men ricochet**
> Half hey, new women by the left.
>
> B2 Gypsy and swing partner
>
> *In the B1 the women move from right to left while they ricochet.
> They keep moving right to left behind a new man the then start the
> second hey.
>
> **While the women ricochet, the men move left to right behind their
> current neighbor. They keep moving to the right in order to ricochet
> with a new man (moving in front of a new neighbor).
>
>
>
>
>
Often I write a new dance and then discover that the idea or
combination has already been invented by someone else.
Here's a dance I just wrote that has what I think might be a new way
to progress. Please let me know if this has been done before. I
haven't tried it out yet.
Becket
A1 Circle left three-quarters and swing neighbor.
A2 Long lines forward and back. Half hey, women by right.
B1 Women ricochet.*
New men ricochet**
Half hey, new women by the left.
B2 Gypsy and swing partner
*In the B1 the women move from right to left while they ricochet.
They keep moving right to left behind a new man the then start the
second hey.
**While the women ricochet, the men move left to right behind their
current neighbor. They keep moving to the right in order to ricochet
with a new man (moving in front of a new neighbor).
Hi all-- Going through my "mystery dances" pile of cards, I discovered I
had copied this dance down three times! And I did try to call it once, but
there was no progression.
I think I've figured out how it works-- the dancers start "indecent", 1s
proper, 2s improper...
So, if anyone can name this dance...
A1 Star R 1 1/4; P swing
A2 Promenade across; pass thru to short wave, balance
B1 W allmnde L 1 1/2; N swing
B2 Long lines; balance across (w/P), CA twirl (to new Ns)
Thanks for the help!
Keith Tuxhorn,caller
Austin TX
thanks so much, Linda, Don, and Yoyo! - Nate
>
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:30:10 -0400
> > From: Linda Leslie <laleslierjg(a)comcast.net>
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> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Author of Tranquility?
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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
> >
> >
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 13:18:12 -0400
> From: Don Veino <sharedweight_net(a)veino.com>
> To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Tranquility
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> At the end of the A2 you are on the side of the set with your N in standard
> "Gents on the left, Ladies on the right" orientation. G is on the opposite
> side from where they started the dance, L are on their home side.
>
> B1 starts with a pass the ocean (where Gs essentially just walk across the
> set and then turn to their right 1/4. At the same time L Allem. Lt. 1/2 to
> cross set and give Rt. to their same N to form a short wave across with L
> still holding Lt. in the center). Wave balance. (So everyone is now facing
> direction of progression up/down at this point, opposite direction of their
> current Ns.)
>
> All walk forward to new short wave across in same orientation (so Ps travel
> together but join wave with new Ns in their Rt. hand, new Ls holding Lt.
> hands). Wave balance before starting the B2.
>
> I suggest fwd & back balances to use the momentum to help timing. Just my
> opinion.
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Nathaniel Puffer <
> nathanielpuffer(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 10:00 AM, <callers-request(a)sharedweight.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Message: 1
> > > Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 14:44:51 -0400
> > > From: Don Veino <sharedweight_net(a)veino.com>
> > > To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> > > Subject: [Callers] Author of Tranquility?
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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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> > > Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:30:10 -0400
> > > From: Linda Leslie <laleslierjg(a)comcast.net>
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> > > Subject: Re: [Callers] Author of Tranquility?
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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
> > >
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> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 10:32:59 -0700
> From: Yoyo Zhou <yozhov(a)gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Callers] Tranquility
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> Here's an animation of pass the ocean (sometimes called pass thru to
> an (ocean) wave) from a square dance club, since it's a move borrowed
> from square dancing:
> http://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamination/b2/pass_the_ocean.html
>
> Yoyo Zhou
>
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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
On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 10:00 AM, <callers-request(a)sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 14:44:51 -0400
> From: Don Veino <sharedweight_net(a)veino.com>
> To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> Subject: [Callers] Author of Tranquility?
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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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>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:30:10 -0400
> From: Linda Leslie <laleslierjg(a)comcast.net>
> To: Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Author of Tranquility?
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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
