LCFD Dance Camp: Frannie Marr & The Dam Beavers 10/20/18

The Dam Beavers & Frannie Marr at the LCFD Dance Camp Saturday night costume dance in Becket, MA. The Dam Beavers features Ben Schreiber on fiddle, Scotty Leach on piano, and Bevo on mascot duty. The tune set is "Sean's Retreat" by Ben Schreiber, "Paddy on a Bun" by Dave Bartley, and "Ben There, Done That" by Ben Schreiber. Frannie Marr is calling the contra dance "Kindred Spirits" by Chris Page. The Lavender Country & Folk Dances hold their Dance Camps in the spring and fall. More information at: Caller: http://franniemarr.com/ Band: http://thedambeavers.band/ Venue: http://lcfd.org/ Choreography for "Kindred Spirits" by Chris Page: Becket A1 Shift left to new neighbors Circle left 3/4 Neighbor do-si-do 1 & 1/4 to wave of four A2 Balance wave of four Slide right [1] Neighbor pull by left Ladies chain B1 Balance ring Petronella turn Neighbor swing B2 Balance ring Petronella turn Partner swing [1] As in the dance "Rory o' More," everyone sidesteps to their right, passing nose to nose with their neighbor. They can spin clockwise if they choose. It ends facing that same neighbor, holding left hands, men roughly back-to-back in the middle. Originally inspired by thinking about the MWSD figure "chain down the line," which doesn't fit into eight beats. When thinking about what could bring the piece count up to eight, I came up with the A2 fragment. It turns out the A2 isn't original -- it appears in "Hamner Springs" by Bob Isaacs. The timing on the A2 is fuzzy. It's probably something like three for the Rory spin, two for the pull by, and seven for the chain.