Hi All,
Thanks so so so very much for all the ideas on the triplet B part and great
apologies that I'm only writing back now. As I mentioned to someone who
wrote to me directly, I often get the fall blues with the shorter days and
they snuck up to me in early November. I got a bit mired in the muck and
have just been digging myself out. This all being said....
There are some AWESOME ideas for consideration on a B section.
I'm having a house dance party on Sunday where I'll be workshopping a bunch
of new dances so I'll try a few of these and will report back next week.
:) :) :)
Thank you and again, great apologies for my lack of communication.
Emily in Ottawa
On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM Michael Barraclough via Contra Callers <
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Never too proud to shamelessly borrow from others!
TRIPLET FOR EMILY
Longways set for 3 couples, stand where you want as long as you are
opposite your partner and facing up!
A1 Top four circle left, balance the ring and couples swap, middle
couple arching over top couple (who continue down into)
B1 Symmetrical hey, middle couple start between bottom couple
C1 Bottom four circle left, balance the ring and couples swap, bottom
couple arching over middle couple
A2 Partner balance & swing
You could, of course, do this to any tune, but I choreographed it in my
head to Miss Owen's Fancy from Christopher Gerock's "The Union - an elegant
collection of 24 Fashionable Country Dances for the Year 1818". You can
find an excellent recording of the tune on The Warleggan Assembly CD (also
available digitally) by the Warleggan Village Band (
https://warlegganvillageband.bandcamp.com/album/the-warleggan-assembly).
Michael Barraclough
On 04/11/2025 17:23, Jacob or Nancy Bloom via Contra Callers wrote:
B1 Take hands in a ring, top couple (original #2 couple) make an arch, 1s
duck through the arch and separate, pulling couples 3 and 2 under the arch
as they cast back to place
B2 All swing partners in their new place
Jacob
On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM Don Veino via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Fairly simple modification keeping the A parts as
is and maintaining the
very even symmetrical feel:
B1: (Threes splitting the Twos above) Mirror Hey for Three
B2: Partner Balance and Swing (end 1s face down, others up)
Any way that hey goes should still work so long as folks return to their
progressed place.
-Don
On Tue, Nov 4, 2025, 8:41 AM Emily Addison via Contra Callers <
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Hi Folks :)
I have what I think is a fun ask/challenge for a few of you.... I'm
wondering if you might be up for a triplet composition brainstorm?
Here's the situation....
One of the series that I call is to a very novice group of dancers -
there are VERY few contra dancers in the mix. I do a lot of squares,
scatters, the occasional very simple contra, and mix in other formations.
Triplets work really well for this group.
I came across the dance below a while back and I love love love the A
part. Super simple but quite enjoyable. When I've workshopped it at home
though, the B part is fairly tricky to get the actives to move up to the
very top to get to that cast off. (It should work but I've workshopped it
with a few other callers+ experienced dancers and doesn't seem
intuitive/easy)
So... I was wondering if anyone might enjoy the challenge of coming up
with a fun second part to create a new dance? I thought I'd throw it out
there into the universe as I know some of you are dance composers and enjoy
taking aspects of a particular dance and playing with it.
Nooooo pressure - just a fun exploration for those who might enjoy.
:)
Emily in Ottawa
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Anne's Dream by Katy Heine
Triplet (can be danced no role if one wants)
A1: Top 4 circle L all the way. Balance. 2s arch & 1s thru.
A2: Bottom 4 circle L all the way. Balance. 3s arch & 1s thru.
B1: Couple 1 strips the willow back up to the top (I've played with this
a bit in terms of how many times around etc... it never seems to settle in)
B2: 1s cross and cast to bottom. All step up and 2H turn or swing.
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