[Bg-dance] Our own dance booklet

Thu Mar 31 08:29:00 PDT 2011

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
ith the ones we do most, and then add as many as we can.  Could we
se 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 
ances for this.  Who would be willing to be the editor?  What dances do we want 
o 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 
ance 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 
ossibly 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 
o so far as recreating Playford, Arbeau, Caruso, or regional variants, we have 
ociety wide dancers and resources available.
>
> Possibly add a wish list of dances to add to the repertoire, good demo 
ances, good audience participation dances.
>
> Happy feet,
>
> Isabella
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