User:John L. Clark/Steampunk Contradance

Steampunk contradance planning

 * mixing tracks for length and/or smoothing out the phrasing?

Tempo ok?

 * This Way to the Egress: Clarence (if done at half time?)
 * Frenchy and the Punk: Dark Carnivale
 * 2m, then 4m: a aabb aaabb aaaa aabb aabb bbbb
 * loop: 4:07 -> 0:14
 * Just Glue Some Gears On It (fast contra?)
 * Also, self-consciously hilarious!
 * Maybe the opening song? Probably not.
 * Vernian Process: Something Wicked (That Way Went)
 * Creepy song, but good
 * too fast, just barely?
 * Vernian Process - The Maiden Flight
 * Instrumental, pretty, long (ca. 1 min.) introduction
 * Need to evaluate both parts
 * Vernian Process - Vagues De Vapeur
 * Fast contra, too fast
 * Vernian Process - Unhallowed Metropolis
 * Nice sound
 * Intro ends at 0:17, then 4m: aabb aaaa aa bb aabb a ...
 * Vernian Process - The Alchemist's Vision
 * Nice sound, stoccato
 * 4m: a aa aa aabb ccdd aabb aabb aabb aabb aabb aabb
 * loop: 4:53 -> 0:39 (but will it be needed?)
 * All You Can Eat?
 * Abney Park: Under the Radar
 * yes, opening tune?
 * modified Funner? modified Butter?
 * A: smooth; B: strong (here we come); C: light, bouncy
 * modified Butter:
 * A1: P B&S
 * A2: slide left, C L 3/4, N S
 * B1: LL F&B, ladies chain
 * B2: ladies pass right: hey for four
 * C1: C R 1/2, pass through across the set (no courtesy turn)
 * C2: P allemande R 1 1/2, gents allemande L 1 in the center
 * 4m: aa aaabbcc aabbcc aabbcc aa.
 * loop: 2:33 -> 0:16
 * Abney Park: Wanderlust
 * yes, might be slightly fast
 * 4m: a. aa aa bb aa aa bb aa aa bb
 * loop: 2:45 -> 0:20
 * Abney Park: Airship Pirate
 * maybe at half time, stoccato, something with petronella twirls around the ring?, or at least plenty of balancing?
 * Floor Play? United We Dance? A Pirate's Life for Me?
 * 4m: aa aa aabb aabb aacc aabb bbbb
 * loop: 3:53 -> 0:42
 * Abney Park: Sleep Isabella
 * yes
 * 4m: aa aa aa bb bb aa bb bb aa . bb bb aa . bb bb aa aa
 * loop: 4:20 -> 0:16
 * funner?
 * Abney Park: The End of Days
 * yes, on the slower side
 * 1m, then 4m: a aa aa bb aa bb aa c bb aa c
 * Abney Park: Neobedouin
 * yes
 * 2m, then 4m: a aa bb bb cc aa bb cc aa bb cc aa aa
 * Dr. Steel: Fibonacci Sequence
 * maybe at half time
 * 4m: a aaab aabb aabb
 * loop: 2:12 -> 0:11
 * Dr. Steel: Bogeyman Boogie
 * right tempo
 * 2m, then 4m: aabb bbaa ccaaa bbcc deaa aa
 * loop: 3:17 -> 0:05
 * Redbeard Reel
 * Dr. Steel: Secret Message
 * yes
 * 4m: a aabb aabb aaaa aaa
 * The Cog is Dead: Time Machine
 * maybe at half time
 * 4m: aa aabb cc . aabb cc aabb
 * The Cog is Dead: I Want Only You
 * could work for contra
 * 4m: aa aabb aabb aabb aaaa
 * loop: 3:07 -> 0:21
 * Rasputina: Possum of the Grotto
 * Rasputina: Tourniquet
 * This Way to the Egress

Waltzes

 * The Watchmakers Apprentice
 * Clockwork Maid
 * Vernian Process - Into the Shadows / The Curse of Whitechapel
 * long introduction
 * Abney Park: Aether Shanty
 * Abney Park: Herr Drosselmeyer's Doll
 * The Cog is Dead: The Death Of The Cog
 * Ghostfire: The Last Steampunk Waltz
 * Rasputina: Transylvanian Concubine

ConCoction 2015 Program

 * Song: Under the Radar by Abney Park; Dance: (ConCoction) Butter by Gene Hubert and John L. Clark
 * modified to ABC, with extra phrase in stanza 1
 * Song: Bogeyman Boogie by Dr. Steel; Dance: Redbeard Reel by Bob Isaacs
 * modified with extra phrase in stanza 3
 * Song: The Alchemist's Vision by Vernian Process; Dance: All You Can Eat by Ted Crane
 * Waltz: Herr Drosselmeyer's Doll by Abney Park
 * Song: Airship Pirate by Abney Park; Dance: United We Dance by Bob Isaacs
 * Song: I Want Only You by The Cog is Dead; Dance: Delphiniums and Daisies by Tanya Rotenberg
 * Song: Sleep Isabella by Abney Park; Dance:
 * Song: Dark Carnivale by Frenchy and the Punk; Dance: Venus & Mars by Martin Sirk
 * modified with extra phrase in stanza 2
 * Waltz: Sing by The Dresden Dolls