Traveler's Welcome Jim Kitch
Gypsy 1 1/2 w (first) Ngh Then join hands in a short line - "ocean wave" with
the NEXT ngh, women in center
Balance the wave
Turn half by R, men turn half by L (Fast!)
Balance and Swg Partners
Circle L 3/4 and pass thru (back (!) Up/Down)
Swing original Ngh
R & L thru across
Left hand star
pg 20 To Live is to dance
Will send teaching tips in a minute
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--- On Sun, 3/7/10, Jack Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Jack Mitchell <[email protected]>
Subject: [Callers] Circle R -> New N Circle L
To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected]>
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Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010, 6:11 PM
So...I was at a dance yesterday evening and Bob Dalsemer was calling. We did a
dance with a circle R, new N circle L progression, and Bob used a way to teach
it that was elegantly simple and effective, and that I had never heard anyone
else use.
After the circle R 1x, you're on the side with your neighbor, with your partner
across the set from you. Instruction was that you now have one hand with your
neighbor. Take that hand and give it to your partner. Face new N. Circle L.
It took what (while still a really fun progression) can be a very
"disconnected" progression and reintroduced a connection to your partner that
took you through the progression, and also helped keep folks oriented by
turning with your partner while actually keeping (one or the other) hand with
them the whole time. Suspect that posts like this are the answer to the "You
know you're a caller geek when...." (you get excited about a teaching tip in a
dance). ;-)
On another note from the same dance....does anyone have Traveler's Welcome by
Jim Kitch? We did it last night, and I really enjoyed it, but I didn't get a
chance to stop to write it down until after the dance.
Jack
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