Hi folks, I do not mind sharing the dance i devised for Spring Sprightly. It is a SPRIGHTLY dance, and like the tune, moves briskly. I've had difficulty trying to set the moves to the bars the way the music is written (i think i feel it as an 8/8 tune, rather than a 4/4), but have had success at having my dance group do the dance as described: Spring Sprightly Duple Minor Longways, Double Progression by Tom Senior Music by Martha Stokely, played 5 times on the Childgrove Album "Wanderlust." Music notation available at: http://childgrovemusic.com/doculment/SpringSprightly.pdf A 1 Set to partner and Turn single (Higgs setting suggested)* 2-3 Star left once around 4-5 Take hands with neighbor, face partner, fall back setting, come forward. 6-8 Gate the person below up and around B1 1 Set facing center of the original group of 4, 2 Swirl crossing (all 4 cross to corner's place at once, passing right shoulders.) 3-4 Turn partner with both hands once around, open to face next couple. B2 1 Set facing the center of this group of 4. 2 Swirl crossing 3-4 Turn partner with both hands once around, open to face next couple. *Higgs setting: in honor of the enthusiasm of Scott Higgs and Barbara Cool, who occasionally set forwards to the right, (passing left shoulders) then move left back to back, then turn single to original place (passing right shoulders). This is very energetic, and a move that fits the sprit of the music and the title. On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 8:07 AM, John Shewmaker wrote: > > On Dec 12, 2009, at 7:06 PM, Loretta Holz wrote: > >> Victoria asked >>> I am going through a pile of unfiled music, and find a delightful >>> tune named "Spring Spritely"  by Martha Stokely.   What is the dance >>> that goes to it?   I want to file it under the dance name. >> >> Fom  http://www.childgrovemusic.com/sheetmusic.php >> Spring Sprightly [PDF] [Listen] >> Composer: Martha Stokely, 2006 >> Dance composer: Tom Senior >> This is a catchy tune with a Renaissance feel. I like the contrast between >> the rhythmic sprightliness and the minor key. >> >> Does not give the name of Tom's dance. >> Loretta >> > It would seem that you can reach Tom directly at > ecdchicago at yahoo dot com. > > If he will divulge the instructions to the dance, > you might ask him if he minds having it posted and shared on the web. > > Yrz, > Shz > _______________________________________________ > ECD mailing list > ECD@bacds.org > http://www.bacds.org/mailman/listinfo/ecd > -- Tom Senior Dance while you can. _______________________________________________ ECD mailing list ECD@bacds.org http://www.bacds.org/mailman/listinfo/ecd