[Bg-dance] Our own dance booklet
Susan Scott
gwenneth40 at gmail.com
Thu Mar 31 09:19:17 PDT 2011
It would be interesting to have commentary. For example, the right-hand
star in Whirligig. Was that decision made because it seemed to go more
smoothly? Because that was someone's original interpretation?
There are probably some variations we do for good reasons; others just
because that's how we learned it. If others do it differently, should we
switch to be more consistent? Or is our way actually better?
Gwenneth
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:29 AM, <star7fisher at aol.com> wrote:
> My original plan was to do write-ups for the dances that Terpsichore does
> not cover adequately:
>
> Argeers
> Lulle Me Beyond Thee
> Hyde Park
> Dull Sir John
>
> And maybe some that we have specific interpretations on:
>
>
> Whirligig (Right Hand Star both times)
>
>
> And any that are created/adapted by our members:
>
> Star's Square (variant I 15th-C Italianed (well sort of) on John Tallow's
> Cannon)
> Cat's Exchange Pavanne (dance I created for Baroness Catriona (Baroness
> Wastekeep))
> Maid Peeped Out the Window (dance I recreated from Playfords)
>
> I think those should be the one's we start on.
>
> But, it would be nice to also have some others that are the most commonly
> done for our Balls so that they could be easily pulled out and put into a
> dance guide booklet for an event.
>
> Below is an example of the table I used for creating Argeers. We might
> prefer to remove the Playford Instructions for the BG Official version.
>
> ARGEERS
> *Chunk Name*
> *Counts*
> *Original Playford*
> *BG Interpretation*
>
> Note
> 2 couple square
> Orient so Lord of one couple and Lady of other couple are closest to
> presence.
> Short Jig
>
>
>
> Whirlwinds
> A 1-8
> Meet all, take each others Wo. by both hands, two slips to the left, and
> two to the right, change places,
> 1-2 Meet your corner and take 2 hands
> 3-4 Slip away from square
> 5-6 Slip back to square
> 7-8 change places with corner
> 1-8
> turn your own once and a halfe
> Turn 1 ½ times with partner (two-hand turn)
> 1-8
> Meet again, turn each others Wo. to your places,
> Meet corner and turn 1 ½ times (two-hand turn)
> 1-8
> turn your own
> Turn 1 ½ times with partner to home (two-hand turn)
> Exchanges
> B 1-8
> Men change places, We. change places,
> 1-4 Lords exchange places
> 5-8 Ladies exchange places
> 1-8
> set and turn S.
> Oriented to center, Set & Turn (Left first)
> 1-8
> We. change places, men change places,
> 1-4 Ladies exchange places
> 5-8 Lords exchange places
> 1-8
> set and turn S.
> Oriented to center, Set & Turn (Right first)
> In and Outs
> A 1-8
> Lead each others Wo. to the left hand, fall a D. back,
> With corner walk a double away from square,
> Back a double into square
> 1-8
> and turn your own
> Turn your partner (two hand turn)
> 1-8
> Back, all meet again,
> With partner, double back from square
> Double into meet
> 1-8
> set and turn S.
> Oriented to corners, Set and Turn (Left first)
> Sliding Doors
>
>
>
>
> Lords Hey
> B 1-8
> Men go to the right hand, and back again, the We. going to the left,
> 1-4 Slide 4 slips past partner, ladies on inside track
> 5-8 Slide 4 slips back to place, lords on inside track
> 1-8
> turn each others We.
> Turn your corner (two-hand turn)
> 1-8
> We. meet and back, men go the S. Hey, and to your places
> 1-4 Ladies meet in middle and back apart
> 5-8 Men meet in middle with right hands and start a right hand turn
> 1-8
> Men complete turn at 180 degrees and then hey around own woman to place
> Push me Pull You
> A 1-8
> Put each others Wo. back by both hands, slip to the right hand; fall down
> on the contrary side,
> Take two hands with corners. Men “push” women out then to their own
> right and back into the others position
> 1-8
> set and turn S.
> Oriented to corner, Set and Turn (Left first)
> 1-8
> slip between each other to your places, put them backward and forward by
> both hands,
> 1-4 Take 4 slips to return to original place
> 5-8 Take 2 hands with corner and lady is pushed out and then lady pushes
> back in to place
> 1-8
> set and turn S.
> Oriented to corner, Set and Turn (Right first)
> Casts
>
>
>
> Half a Hey
> B 1-8
> One man cast off with the Co. Wo. the other following
> Lord and Lady closest to presence lead a cast around to place
> 1-8
> then they cast off the other way, the other following, to your places
> Their partners do the same
> 1-8
> Then halfe the S. Hey,
> Half a 4 square hey: Pass corner by right shoulders, pass partner by left
> shoulders
> 1-8
> turn your own, fall all a brest to the presence
> Two-handed Turn partner 1 time opening at end to a line abreast facing
> presence
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Scott <gwenneth40 at gmail.com>
> To: Barony of Bryn Gwlad European Dance list <bg-dance at lists.ansteorra.org
> >
> Sent: Wed, Mar 30, 2011 8:40 am
> Subject: Re: [Bg-dance] Our own dance booklet
>
> I'd be willing to edit for spelling and consistent format. I'd start
> with the ones we do most, and then add as many as we can. Could we
> use exceprts for mini-handouts for events with dancing?
>
> Gwenneth
>
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 8:37 AM, <myfanwy at pug.net> wrote:
> > I think this is a great idea! I would be willing to write up some of the
> dances for this. Who would be willing to be the editor? What dances do we want
> to include?
> >
> > Myfanwy
> >
> > On Mar 28, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Cindy Derrick wrote:
> >
> >> Last night several dancers were discussing the possibility of creating a bg
> dance booklet ( comparable to Terpsichore). I believe this may be a good idea.
> The guild would have a booklet that new members could follow and others
> possibly refresh based on common call words used in our guild.
> >>
> >> As a base we might consider editing the Terpsichore to start. If we wish to
> go so far as recreating Playford, Arbeau, Caruso, or regional variants, we have
> society wide dancers and resources available.
> >>
> >> Possibly add a wish list of dances to add to the repertoire, good demo
> dances, good audience participation dances.
> >>
> >> Happy feet,
> >>
> >> Isabella
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