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Susan McKinnell
Feb. 12, 2005, 8:15 p.m. (Message 40626)
All this talk of 3X quicktime dances reminds me that an honorary member of our dance group composed a 3X32 jig for his 88th birthday. You can view the dance instructions at http://suedan.com/scd/silk_and_thistle/george/my88.html Sue McKinnell (Silk & Thistle class of the Chicago Branch, USA) -- Susan McKinnell xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx http://suedan.com "A house without a cat, and a well-fed, well-petted, and properly revered cat, may be a perfect house, perhaps, but how can it prove its title?" - Mark Twain, The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
Hi all, With all of this discussion, it seems an opportune time to collect a number of these together and publish a book of 3x dances called "The Third Time's the Charm." I'll throw my hat in the ring as well. Here's a link to a 3x32 jig I wrote for our class teacher Bruce Herbold's birthday last year. I hope you'll enjoy giving it a try. http://www.rscds-sf.org/dances/ElusiveMuse.htm Cheers, Tim Wilson San Francisco, CA USA
Two matters arise from this posting - 1) seeing on the web link the devisers recommendation of Bonnie Anne as music reminds me of the 3x32 jig I have taught most often to beginners, Martha Veranth's dance Trip to Boston. I've always used Schiehallion's Bonnie Anne recording for that. 2) George Whitehorne is a Long-Term member of the Atlanta Branch. He renewed his Long-Term membership at the age of 85 (the RSCDS had actually stopped accepting LT members at that point but made a special exception in his case)On more than one occasion George has made donations to enable a deserving dancer to attend one of our workshops in his stead. Becky Becky Sager Marietta GA USA -- Susan McKinnell <xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote: All this talk of 3X quicktime dances reminds me that an honorary member of our dance group composed a 3X32 jig for his 88th birthday. You can view the dance instructions at http://suedan.com/scd/silk_and_thistle/george/my88.html Sue McKinnell (Silk & Thistle class of the Chicago Branch, USA) -- Susan McKinnell xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx http://suedan.com "A house without a cat, and a well-fed, well-petted, and properly revered cat, may be a perfect house, perhaps, but how can it prove its title?" - Mark Twain, The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
What a terrific dance! I introduced it to our intermediate dancers on Thursday evening and it worked like a charm. There's so much good stuff in it - the tandem half reels, the turning under the arm to change sides maneuver (do we need a snappy name for that?) and set and link for three. Very good return on the effort put in, which was just walking it straight through for each couple, it flows so intuitively. Thank you Tim! You did Bruce proud! Becky Becky Sager Marietta GA USA -- "Timothy Wilson" <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: I'll throw my hat in the ring as well. Here's a link to a 3x32 jig I wrote for our class teacher Bruce Herbold's birthday last year. I hope you'll enjoy giving it a try. http://www.rscds-sf.org/dances/ElusiveMuse.htm Cheers, Tim Wilson San Francisco, CA USA
It is also done in square dancing where it is called a 'California twirl' - at least, it was when I was doing square dancing. Iain Boyd --- Steve Wyrick <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > We always call that a California Turn. I think that > comes from the Contra > Dance tradition but I'm not sure. -Steve > > > Becky Sager wrote: > > > the turning under the arm to change sides maneuver > (do we need a snappy name > > for that?) > > -- > Steve Wyrick -- Concord, California > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://strathspey.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/strathspey > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com
