The dance that I frequently use as a first dance with a Hey is:
Flirting Attempt
Marian Hepburn
(adapted by G. Marshall)
A1 N B&S
A2 Circle L 3/4
P Sw
B1 LL F&B
Women Chain
B2 Hey
If you've got a lot of new folks, when people first start out, have
them look past their current neighbor for their next neighbor. Tell
them that they're going to need to look for this person in a few
minutes, and then remind them of that right before the Hey. That
can help them get oriented out of the hey, because that's where
they're likely to have problems if they have them at all -- coming
out of the hey (or out of the confusion that was supposed to be a
hey) and not knowing where to go.
Good Luck!
Jack Mitchell
At 06:38 PM 10/29/2006, you wrote:
Thanks! I like the "slide left, then circle with New
Neighbours." I will definitely add this to my list of "soon to be
called" dances.
For my immediate need, I forgot to mention in my original email
that Bev also requested that the dance I call be IMPROPER (when I
wrote my original email to the group I felt that I was missing
something - oops!).
Peter Amidon <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Jillian,
Here is a simple but great hey for four dance:
Ted Crane's 'Slippery Swing', which I learned from
Mary Desrosier's calling at the Old Songs Festival
with a very mixed group of festival dancers:
Becket
A1: Circle L all the way around
With partner slide left and circle left
with new Neighbors 3/4.
A2: Dosido this neighbor, swing neighbor
B1: full hey for four across the set: women pass R Shldrs
B2: Women cross again, passing right shoulders, swing partner.
Good luck,
Peter Amidon
>Hi folks! I am just getting signed up to the list, after a busy
>couple of months since the Caller's course at the American Music and
>Dance Week at Pinewoods. I know some of you out there in
>list-serve-land, and look forward to getting to know others.
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>One of our local callers, Bev Bernbaum, has graciously offered to
>let me call a dance at the Saturday, November 11th dance of our
>Toronto Country Dancer's series. I will call dance #4 of the night,
>and Bev has requested that I call something with a Hey for 4. In
>the interests of building community, as well as my dance repertoire,
>I was wondering if some of you have some suggestions. You can reply
>to me here on the list, or to me directly at
>[email protected] .
>
>Thank you very much!
>
>
>Jillian Hovey
>Facilitator of Sustainable Community Planning and Design
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>& Sustainable Living Books
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416-410-7581; fax 416-654-8917
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