tHAT SHOOFLY DANCE sounds like great fun! Hope somebody has it. You are going to love Microchasmic! I use it almost every time I call a contra dance- I have never had anyone tell we they didn't enjoy it! And every time I have used it in the first half of the evening - I have called either Chorus Jig (cause I love it!) or Labour of Love by Cathy ANderson because I also love that! Though if I use Cathy's dance - I always do a dance with Box the Gnat in the first half also. I haven't had a single time where the floor didn't get through the 2nd dance. I generally do Mircrochasmic 12 times - all get to be the turning couple 4 times. Sometimes the band does one tune sometimes two. I always warn them that the dance has an old time feel to it and they always come up with great music! I found that it makes contra corners accessible for all the folks - though I do stress to them when teaching the 2nd dance that the corners must put that Left hand up and be mindful that they have a turning couple to their Right - that they will turn someone and throw them back and then they have to immediately torn to their LEFT and turn someone and throw them back.
But surprisingly they seem to do well - and they all enjoy the 2nd dance. I tell them when I have them form up for Microchasmic to make sure that each set of three couples has NEWCOMERS in the set. I tell them we are going to learn the dance so everyone can be comfortable with the figure of contra corners so we can do another contra corners dance later on and everyone will be able to enjoy it! None of the more experienced dancers have ever complained to me about doing Microchasmic! --- Gretchen Caldwell <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm looking for a circle dance called, I believe, > "Shoofly Swing". Cubby Whitehead used to end every > evening with it in Bradenton Florida in the late > 1980s. It involves one couple starting with an > allemande right, lady then allemandes next gent by > left, then partner by right, next gent by left, and > so on. After the allemanding partners have passed > you by, you and your partner join until the whole > circle is peeling off in one amazing mass of > allemandes. > Anyone have it? > I've just joined the list, have been calling for two > years, and appreciate the support of the community. > I plan to try Microchasmic soon for our > weekly Monday night dance, where the level of > dancing is, surprise surprise, improving as we three > local callers try more challenging dances. Not a > lot of contracorners going on. This triplet might > be just the thing. > Gretchen Caldwell > Charlotte NC > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > Mavis L McGaugh 510-814-8118 (answering machine-leave message) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
