Starline
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This dance, an Ed Gilmore composition published in Sets in Order Year Book No. 3, was part of a workshop of "Jigsaw & Origami Squares" led by Tony Parkes at the annual Star Hampshire Weekend of Traditional Music and Dance. Compared to other Gilmore dances such as Ends Turn In, this one is called much less frequently, perhaps because the timing of the calls is more demanding. Tony comments, "The patter I use for it, including in the clip, is almost word for word what Ed Gilmore says on his Decca studio recording."
This helps the dancers move more smoothly through the star-->star-->star transitions and back out to facing lines. One of the Related Items is a short video clip showing the caller teaching this part of the dance during the walkthrough.
A search in the collection for Ed Gilmore brings up many items, attesting to his influence on callers of traditional and modern squares.
A similar figure that involves moving from one star to another is the Arizona Double Star, which is published in Advanced Square Dance Figures of the West and Southwest (1950), by Lee Owens and Viola Ruth. The Arizona Double Star also appears in Butch Nelson's Square Dances of the Southwest. You can hear the Arizona Double Star called here. Gilmore's dance, though, involves a triple star combination instead of just two.
Musicians playing in this video are George Wilson, fiddle, and Selma Kaplan, piano. Tune: Louis Beaudoin called this "Reel de Montreal." It appears to be related to another tune called Reel de Limoilou.
Subjects: Transitional/Western 1950s
Tags: Ed Gilmore, George Wilson, Selma Kaplan, Star Hampshire, Starline, Tony Parkes
Item Relations
| This Item | is related to | Item: Ed Gilmore - Square Dance Callers Instruction Course - 1949 |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Ends Turn In - Ed Gilmore |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Lazy H - Tony Parkes |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Starline - walkthrough |
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This dance, an Ed Gilmore composition published in Sets in Order Year Book No. 3, was part of a workshop of "Jigsaw & Origami Squares" led by Tony Parkes at the annual Star Hampshire Weekend of Traditional Music and Dance. Compared to other Gilmore dances such as Ends Turn In, this one is called much less frequently, perhaps because the timing of the calls is more demanding. Tony comments, "The patter I use for it, including in the clip, is almost word for word what Ed Gilmore says on his Decca studio recording."
This helps the dancers move more smoothly through the star-->star-->star transitions and back out to facing lines. One of the Related Items is a short video clip showing the caller teaching this part of the dance during the walkthrough.
A search in the collection for Ed Gilmore brings up many items, attesting to his influence on callers of traditional and modern squares.
A similar figure that involves moving from one star to another is the Arizona Double Star, which is published in Advanced Square Dance Figures of the West and Southwest (1950), by Lee Owens and Viola Ruth. The Arizona Double Star also appears in Butch Nelson's Square Dances of the Southwest. You can hear the Arizona Double Star called here. Gilmore's dance, though, involves a triple star combination instead of just two.
Musicians playing in this video are George Wilson, fiddle, and Selma Kaplan, piano. Tune: Louis Beaudoin called this "Reel de Montreal." It appears to be related to another tune called Reel de Limoilou.