30 Jun
2005
30 Jun
'05
4:35 p.m.
I wonder if we are going to see a resurgence of this dance over the next
couple of months. It will be in vogue to call it! (Yes, I am trying to spur
that resurgence by this email :-).
Title: Salute to Larry Jennings
Author:
<http://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/dances/ted_sannella/ted_sannella.html>Ted
Sannella
Formation: Improper contra
A1: l
ines go forward and back; ones swing, ending facing down.
A2:
circle left once; do si do on the side
B1:
Grand chain around the whole set, starting right with your neighbour, when
you get the the fourth person do a full allemande left and chain back to
your neighbour
B2:
balance and swing neighbour
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30 Jun
30 Jun
5:50 p.m.
Of course, Larry being Larry, he had modified this dance to the
following:
BECKET (Sawtooth Formation -- See "Give and Take" for more information)
1. Cir L till you are across from pt, facing Neighbor
2. Dsd N
3&4. R hand to N: grand R & L along the set (and around the ends) to
the fourth N; almd L that N; ret (gd R & L, two changes)
5&6. Bal & sw orig N, facing across in 1/2 shoulder-waist position
7&8. Give-and-take; sw pt
Who but Larry would change a dance that was written for him by his best
friend?
Lisa
On Jun 30, 2005, at 12:35 PM, Seth Tepfer wrote:
I wonder if we are going to see a resurgence of this dance over the
next couple of months. It will be in vogue to call it! (Yes, I am
trying to spur that resurgence by this email :-).
Title: Salute to Larry Jennings
Author:
<http://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/dances/ted_sannella/
ted_sannella.html>Ted Sannella
Formation: Improper contra
A1: l
ines go forward and back; ones swing, ending facing down.
A2:
circle left once; do si do on the side
B1:
Grand chain around the whole set, starting right with your neighbour,
when you get the the fourth person do a full allemande left and chain
back to your neighbour
B2:
balance and swing neighbour
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Seth Tepfer: Director of Administrative Computing & Innovative
Technology
Oxford College of Emory University - 770-784-8487 - labst(a)emory.edu
Jex Raven Eidson Tepfer - Born 6/5/05 00:52! Say hi at:
http://www.jexRaven.com/
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"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought."
-Dorothy L. Sayers
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8:10 p.m.
Who but Larry would change a dance that was written
for him by his best
friend?
Who but Larry, indeed? I like to call Ted's version and, after doing so in
Larry's hearing, he afterwards asked: "You do know that I changed it, don't
you...?" (with a sharp-eyed glance from under that shock of white hair).
in his book _Give & Take_, Larry gave Ted's dance, and then his revised
version as an alternate. Then Larry noted: "The primary version is the
culmination of Ted's updates after _Zesty Contras_ was published. Ted had
strong opinions about traditional values and held tightly to them. Thus he
was quite emphatic: the way he did the dance was as given above. However,
above all, Ted was the most supportive man I have known. His encouragement
of me as a caller and choreographer was unbounded, even to the extent of
supporting my presenting the non-traditional version of his dance. We miss
Ted, badly."
Today, those who experienced Larry's great support and encouragement can
only add: Larry, we miss you.
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