Hi Rickey,

I've never called Fan in the Doorway, but I do have Dizzy Dances, volume
III, in which it appears.  I'll attempt to reproduce it here:

Fan in the Doorway    Contra Duple Improper
Music: Three Part Slip Jig

A1	Hey for four start by passing right shoulders with neighbor (12).
	Just do three quarters of a hey.
A2	Swing your partner on the gent's original side of the set (12).

B1	Gents step into the center of the set and start a hey for four by
 	passing left shoulders.  Once again, just do three quarters of a
hey.
B2	Swing your neighbor (12).

C1	Down the center four in line, turn alone, return and fold the line.

C2	Circle left, go all the way around (9).  Pass through along the set
to
	meet a new neighbor (3).

Once the dance gets started, it will be very natural to pass through up and
down the set, meet a new neighbor and curve around to form a line of four
across the set to start the hey.  When teaching the hey in A1, I ask dancers
to form a line of four across the set with the women back to back in the
center with everyone facing their neighbor.

The idea for this dance came from knowing that there were English country
dances done to slip jigs and from a contemporary Irish slip jig entitled
"The Butterfly" (which, by the way, is not quite suitable for this dance).

(There is more about the idea and the writing of the dance...)

I hope this helps.

Cis Hinkle

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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:40:46 -0400
From: "Rickey" <holt.e at comcast.net>
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Subject: [Callers] Teaching Fan in the Doorway
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Hi all,

I recently danced Fan in the Doorway by Gene Hubert, called and taught by
Lisa Greenleaf at this year?s Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend.  I have been
asked to see if I can teach and call it at a local dance and I would love to
try, but the notes I have are not enough.  If you have taught this dance I
would love your suggestions. We would dance it to ?The Butterfly? a three
part slip-jig. Here is what I have:

A1 Hey ? starting with your neighbor by the right shoulder, men go over and
back. ? I assume that you start the dance with the twos between the ones
facing their neighbors of the opposite gender.  Is this correct?  How do the
men get over and back in 12 counts, while the women only end up going over
to the other side. I have seen such things elsewhere but the set up was
different.

A2 Swing partner

B1 Again Hey ?, this time the men start the hey and by the left shoulder.
Same question, how do the men get over and back.  This time you end up with
your neighbor.  Since at the start of the hey your neighbor is where your
partner was in A1, the answer to how this works in A2 must be the same as it
is for A1

B2 Swing neighbor

C1 Down the hall for 3 counts, turn alone for 3 counts, back up the hall for
3 counts, fold into a circle for 3 counts.

C2 Circle left once for 8 counts and pass through to new neighbors for 4
counts.  I assume that turning alone in a down-the-hall four-in-line that
was formed from a neighbor swing sets it up so that your partner is again on
the other side of the set from you. Is that correct? Is there difficulty
getting from the pass through, which is an up and down move, to the hey
which is an across the set move?  Do you have hints for the dancers to help
with this transition?

Anyone with experience of this dance who can help me to understand it and
perhaps also can help me teach it would be a true dance angel. I do not have
access to dancers who I can work this out with in time. The gig is this
Friday.

Rickey Holt,

Fremont, NH

 



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