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08/19/2016: Steve Gester calls while "Some Assembly" plays at Glen Echo's Spanish Ballroom.

BAND: "Some Assembly"
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● Mary Corletta Flora (flute, sax, pennywhistle)
● Joe Klausner (fiddle, mandolin, banjo)
● Adam Lee (guitar)
● Iain Sturrock (vocals, cajon and guitar) [not in this video]
● Donna Moore Boylan (keyboard, accordion)

Some Assembly, a quintet of musicians from Southern Maryland, has for more than 20 years been playing an eclectic blend of traditional instrumental and vocal music from all over the world. Their eclectic repertoire draws heavily from traditional music from Ireland, Scotland, England, French and English Canada, America, and compositions by band member Mary Corletta Flora. The result is a mixture that easily lends itself to dancing or just listening.

TUNES:
(0:00 - 2:22) “Tam Lin” (trad.)
(2:22 - 4:41) “Dick Gossip” (trad.)
(4:41 - 7:02) “Griswold Point” (trad.)
(7:02 - END) “You Never” (Mary Corletta Flora, 1996)

DANCE: “Weave Me the Sunshine” (Dale Rempert, Becket - Clockwise Double progression)
A1 – Gents Allemande Left ½ (4); Wave Balance (across the set) (4), Swing your Neighbor (8)
A2 – Right and Left Through (8), Ladies Chain (8)
B1 – ½ Hey on Left Diagonal (8), ½ Hey Across the Hall (8)
B2 – Balance and Swing your Partner (16)

Choreographer’s notes: This dance is really much simpler than it first appears. Dale calls this combination of heys a "zig-zag hey". Dale teaches the heys by having the dancers identify the people they will trade places with, first on the diagonal then across the hall. Most dancers catch on pretty quickly that the two heys should be blended into one. (In other words, the lady never stops between the two 1/2 heys.)

As in all double progression dances, an odd number of couples is preferred. The odd couple stands in the gent’s line.

Choreography from: http://austinbarndancers.org/dances/sunshine.shtml

REMARKS: The Spanish Ballroom is a superb dance venue. Built in 1933 and restored in 2003, the art deco style ballroom has a wonderful 7,700 SF sprung maple floor which can easily handle 6 lines of contradancers.

This was the last contra of the first half. There were 3 lines of dancers before the break and 2 lines after. Attendance was affected by hot weather.

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:
● http://www.youtube.com/user/GreatContraVideos/
Contradance advanced moves:
● http://www.youtube.com/user/contrasyncretist

VIDEO: JS Fischer SOUND: D Kahn

CAMERA: Canon S120, 1280x720, 30 FPS