I wrote two emails to the person who definitely knew a dance (the caller)
asking the relevant questions about author, correct name and choreography. When
no answer came, I turned to this list, successfully.
Now I wonder about folks' attitude about sharing the materials they carry in
their collection, and about which they are being asked. Once a dance has been
presented on a public dance floor, do you elect NOT to share? And what might be
your reasons?
Hanny
I had the opportunity to try out the dance last night on live dancers and
it went very well, got lots of positive feedback from the dancers.
Jim Hemphill
I failed to note it down immediately after dancing it... Maybe one of you can
fill in the considerable gaps, please:
1) The choreography stems from 'someone in California'.
2) Formation: two improper contra lines, close together for a double dance
across the whole set
3) there's a hey for all eight in it
Your turn....
Thanks, Hanny
Hmm. "Devil's Dervish" (Linda's variation of Al Olson's "Devil's Duty")
does not fit the 'someone from California' criterion.
And "Major Hey" does not fit the 'improper formation' criterion. (For
anyone who loves "Major Hey, but does not love 40-bar dances, Carol Ormand
has a 32-bar variation!)
However, i did a bit of sleuthing... there's a Chris Page variant of the
same Al Olson dance, called "The Dancer's Duty" - which fits both criteria!
It's on his page http://chrispagecontra.awardspace.us/dances/index.htm
Hoping that is what you sought,
Tavi
> Hanny, could. It be devil's dervish by Linda Leslie?
>
> All best,
> Kim
>
> > Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:01:53 -0500
> > From: Hanny Budnick <kyrmyt(a)cavtel.net>
> > To: Callers(a)sharedweight.net
> > Subject: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
> > Message-ID: <4EF89A71.7020407(a)cavtel.net>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> >
> > I failed to note it down immediately after dancing it... Maybe one of you
> > can
> > fill in the considerable gaps, please:
> > 1) The choreography stems from 'someone in California'.
> > 2) Formation: two improper contra lines, close together for a double
> dance
> > across the whole set
> > 3) there's a hey for all eight in it
> > Your turn....
> > Thanks, Hanny
> >
> >
> > Message: 9
> > Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:14:33 -0500
> > From: Chris Page <chriscpage(a)gmail.com>
> > To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
> > Message-ID:
> > <CAObbV+NTLi-=
> tZ0YyZ+YKeENoue-Zjwh-g9VO9PagvTtn-tQ0w(a)mail.gmail.com
> > >
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Hanny Budnick <kyrmyt(a)cavtel.net>
> wrote:
> > > I failed to note it down immediately after dancing it... Maybe one of
> you
> > > can fill in the considerable gaps, please:
> > > 1) The choreography stems from 'someone in California'.
> > > 2) Formation: two improper contra lines, close together for a double
> > dance
> > > ? across the whole set
> > > 3) there's a hey for all eight in it
> > > Your turn....
> > > Thanks, Hanny
> >
> >
> > "Major Hey" by Erik Hoffman? It also has Rory o' More slides in it,
> > and is 40 bars. Though I think it's a Becket 4-face-4.
> >
> >
> > -Chris Page
> > San Diego
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 10
> > Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:17:05 -0500
> > From: "Bree Kalb" <bree(a)mindspring.com>
> > To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
> > Message-ID: <ECD7604DAEE1417395377A682DA8CDD2@BreeHomeLaptop>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> > reply-type=response
> >
> > Might be Major Hey by Erik Hoffman. Here's a link to a previous
> discussion
> > and description on this list.
> >
> > http://www.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers/2007-December/001112.html
> >
> > Bree Kalb
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hanny Budnick
> > Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 11:01 AM
> > To: Callers(a)sharedweight.net
> > Subject: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
> >
> > I failed to note it down immediately after dancing it... Maybe one of you
> > can
> > fill in the considerable gaps, please:
> > 1) The choreography stems from 'someone in California'.
> > 2) Formation: two improper contra lines, close together for a double
> dance
> > across the whole set
> > 3) there's a hey for all eight in it
> > Your turn....
> > Thanks, Hanny
> > _____________________________________
These guidelines for dance teachers include dozens of nuggets for any dance
caller. I wish I'd seen it when I stared calling, and it's stilt a good
reminder of things for me to remember to do.
http://socialdance.stanford.edu/syllabi/teaching_tips.htm
Rich Hart.
I'm fairly new to Calling and fascinated with Contra dance choreography.
Below is my attempt at a Groundhog day dance. The groundhog starts his
day by looking for his shadow and so does this dance.
Groundhog Daze Becket
A1 Gypsy your shadow
Partner swing
A2 Circle left 3 places
Balance the circle, 1's make an arch, 2's dive thru
B1 Next neighbor balance and swing
B2 Long lines forward and back
Ladies allemande right 1/2, partner allemande left 3/4
I know there are thousands of dances out there so if this is not an
original, please let me know the true name.
Thanks, Jim Hemphill
The applicability of shadow dances notwithstanding, I have also used
tunnel dances and dances with a dip and dive progression in honor of the
other piece of the tradition, namely, coming out of the hole to greet
the whatever.
Walter
Hi all,
I am about to call a dance the character of which has changed from what I
expected and I need some easy dances. I had harder material planned and
while I do have some material that is probably easy enough, I am not sure
that it is. The dance is at a college. It is for college students only,
pssibly only students from that college, and we are now hoping for a large
contingent of beginers; perhaps mostly beginners. Have you any expereince
with a similar situation? I am thinking along the lines of ONS dances,
although if we made a few into regulars for the regular dance there that
would be great. So: "no-partner" dances, mixers (I have January Mixer - a
great one), Set dances ("Once and to the bottoms") .......
We intend to have a blast!
Rickey Holt, Fremont, NH
--------------------------------------------------------------------
mail2web - Check your email from the web at
http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web
Thanks, Mac.
Rephrasing to make sure I understand: after the "turn 1/4", the
couple you're facing would be your partner couple; the ones next to
you in your line of 4 (facing the same direction in the hall) would be
a couple of your neighbors, the other neighbors would be diagonally
across?
Are there other dances that start this way?
~ Becky Nankivell
-----
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:54:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Richard Mckeever <macmck(a)ymail.com>
To: Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
Subject: Re: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
Message-ID:
<1324929269.90143.YahooMailNeo(a)web120401.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
good question
Get in 4 face 4 so you recognize the other couple in your line
then take traditional hands 4 in regular contra lines
then turn 1/4 turn to Becket
Mac
________________________________
From: Becky Nankivell <becky4dance(a)gmail.com>
To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
Below is the post with the dance. My question: what consitutes
"4-face-4 becket formation"??
~ Becky Nankivell
Below is the post with the dance. My question: what consitutes
"4-face-4 becket formation"??
~ Becky Nankivell
Title: Major Hey
Author: Erik Hoffman
Formation: 4-face-4, becket
A1: Circle Left 3/4, pass through; New Neighbor Swing
A2: Long Lines; Men allemande Left 1 1/2 (to a line of people across
both, sets, partners facing, men back-to-back)
B1: Balance, slide right (a la Rory O'More); balance left, slide left (a
la Rory O'More)
B2: face partner, use right hand to start 1/2 hey for 8 (16)**
C1: partner balance and swing
David (G), you are correct. The only difference between what Tom and
Gaye called are the B1 - the Rory O'More.
In teaching this dance, people need to remember that when they start
they hey they are passing their partner by the right and going opposite
directions from their partner -- though the next-to-the-outside two
people will immediately 'bounce' off the ends and effectively follow
their partners.
If you end up having two major sets (lines) of four-face-four, you need
to keep them widely separately. People have a tendency to keep hey-ing
across 16 people. Fun, but not necessarily this dance.
Seth Tepfer
Director of Administrative Computing
Oxford College of Emory University
seth.tepfer at emory.edu
770-784-8487
------
Message: 9
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:14:33 -0500
From: Chris Page <chriscpage(a)gmail.com>
To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
Subject: Re: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
Message-ID:
<CAObbV+NTLi-=tZ0YyZ+YKeENoue-Zjwh-g9VO9PagvTtn-tQ0w(a)mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Hanny Budnick <kyrmyt(a)cavtel.net> wrote:
> I failed to note it down immediately after dancing it... Maybe one of you
> can fill in the considerable gaps, please:
> 1) The choreography stems from 'someone in California'.
> 2) Formation: two improper contra lines, close together for a double dance
> ? across the whole set
> 3) there's a hey for all eight in it
> Your turn....
> Thanks, Hanny
"Major Hey" by Erik Hoffman? It also has Rory o' More slides in it,
and is 40 bars. Though I think it's a Becket 4-face-4.
-Chris Page
San Diego
