Jeremy, I enjoy shadow swings.
Greg ******** >Chris Weiler wrote: > > >> Once again, frigid New Hampshire was home to another warm and special >> Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend. It was great to see people from all >> over the country who came to dance and learn. The SharedWeight lunch >> gatherings were a couple of the high points for me. > > >. . . and Chris did an excellent job calling a fun dance he co-wrote. Will you >consider posting it on SharedWeight, Chris? > >During the same open mike session, I enjoyed dancing Nils Fredland's "Head of >the Bed" to Dave Eisenstatter's calling, and it got me thinking. I've called >dances with shadow swings infrequently, because in the back of my head I think >about the following excerpt from Cary Ravitz's notes on contra choreography: >"Watch out for excessive trail buddy interaction. People don't choose their >trail buddy and they are stuck with them for the entire dance. . . . Trail >buddy swings are not allowed." > >However, Cary also emphasizes that those are his personal preferences, and >others' preferences may vary. So I'd appreciate others' thoughts on this -- >are shadow swings as strongly negative an issue for you as they are for Cary? >Clearly they were not an issue for Nils when writing "Head of the Bed" or Seth >T. when writing "Meg's a Dancing Fool," for instance. > >Thanks, >Jeremy > >Jeremy Korr >East of Los Angeles > >_________________________________________________________________ >Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. >http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008 >_______________________________________________ >Callers mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
