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Melrose contra dancers
Melrose parade, Sat. 12Dec2015
We met at the
Melrose Dream Center, 301 SR 26, Melrose FL 32666,
and the parade was along SR 26, 10AM-11:30AM.
Our theme was Finding Nemo .
The Jellyfish Band:
Laura Price (fiddle),
Eleta Sucsy (pennywhistle),
Pat Stevens (guitar) and
Pete Sucsy (Sound).
Dancers
Carol Lippincott
& Steve Chesson,
C.L.
& Nina Shubert,
Jill Cocanougher
& Mark Stowe,
Sally Breedlove
& Jean Epling,
Chaitanya Nolan
& Bob Stevens.
Co-conspirators
Dor Olson [Organizer, candy],
Anne Gilroy [Art-director, videographer],
Joe Rush [Float-meister; on cab, candy],
Deborah Thompson [Good will ambassador],
Ron Boardman [Driving us all...].
The float-judges give
four awards:
Our float, Dancing Fish, won the
Most Original Entry
category for 2015.
Anne's
video 1
and
video 2,
and where Anne
found Nemo's hideout.
Hey on the fritz
by
Jonathan King.
[BECKET:
[First, memorize DIR-PROG, to find new NBRs, for RH_star.
Now Becketize, hands in long lines, join at
ends to make a huge Oval. Partner in one hand, Shadow in the other.]
R-star all-the-way-around (8).
Shadow L-allemand(8).
Partner bal&swing(4+12).
Ladies chain(8).
Ladies start half-hey(8).
[As Gents finish crossing the set, melt into a...]
...Nbr swing(8).
Gents “Left-shoulder Hey”
[a half-hey](8). Gents pass L-shoulder, then R-shoulder with partner,
then looks right, and sticks out R-arm, ready for the star-R with new nbrs.
Each Lady
passes R-shoulder w.partner, then does a
with the other lady,
till she sees her partner's back; hook on to him and make a R-hand star
with New Nbrs.
A video of the dance being developed, to recorded music by Groovemongers:
2nd run (JK calling/dancing); taught
as Becket dance, 24Aug2014.
1st run; taught as Improper dance, 27July2014.
From Left-to-Right:
Top row:
Nina,
Jean,
Chaitanya,
Laura,
Carol,
Eleta,
Jill,
Bob,
Joe,
Anne and
Pat (off-screen right).
Bottom row:
Mark,
C.L.,
Steve and
Sally.
An
unmarked group-photo with Pat.
And finally...
The HUG