John Ruskin ● Green Light Karma ● Glen Echo ● 2017-06-25

06/25/2017: John Ruskin calls while "Green Light Karma" plays at Glen Echo, MD's Bumper Car Pavilion.

BAND: "Green Light Karma" (http://davewiesler.com/bands.html#gre...)
● David Knight (fiddle) (http://music.davidknight.us/)
● Andrew Marcus (accordion) (http://www.amarcus.org)
● Dave Wiesler (piano, guitar) (http://davewiesler.com/)

TUNES:
(0:00 - 2:55) “Seneca Square Dance” (trad)
(2:55 - 5:43) “Shenandoah Falls” (trad)
(5:43 - END) “Juliann Johnson” (trad)

DANCE: “Hey for John” (variant) (Ann Fallon & John Wells, 4V4, written many years ago)
A1 – Hey for Four with the couple across (16), Ladies Pass Right Shoulders
A2 – Balance & Swing Partner at home (4, 12)
B1 – Long Lines Forward and Back (8), Swing Corner (8), end in square formation
B2 – Four Gents Star Left 1 ¼ (8), Pick Up Partner and Star Promenade Two Places
........to progressed place (4), Butterfly Whirl into Hey For Four (4)

Note: The choreography above is as originally written by Ann Fallon and John Wells. This video shows John Ruskin calling a variant, starting the dance at B1 so the dance ends with a Partner Swing.

From Ann Fallon: John Wells, my husband, said he liked the move, Butterfly Whirl into a Hey For Four, and the sequence just came to me. And it seemed logical to call it Hey for John. I don’t write a lot of dances, but this one has been well received, and it is called other places.

REMARKS: This dance was held at Glen Echo's Bumper Car Pavilion (BCP). The BCP has a surprisingly decent 3,500 SF wood-on-joists floor which can handle over 300 contradancers.

This evening was the graduation for FSGW’s “Caller’s Practicum” workshop series. Congratulations and thanks to John Ruskin for participating!

INFO: For more info about Glen Echo Contras, see:
● http://fridaynightdance.org/
● http://fsgw.org/

IF YOU LIKE THIS VIDEO, YOU’LL LIKE THESE LINKS!
More Glen Echo contradance videos:
●    / greatcontravideos  
Contradance advanced moves:
●    / contrasyncretist  

VIDEO: JS Fischer SOUND: E Ewald

CAMERA: Canon S120, 720p