Reminds me of Cammy Kaynor calling Chorus Jig 20 years ago as the last dance of the night. On the last time through it would be "everyone down the outside, everyone down the middle, everyone contra corners". AS you can guess it didn't really 'work'...
on 6/25/10 12:24 PM, Martha Edwards at [email protected] wrote: > I could swear that I danced Alternating Corners once a long time ago and > when the caller dropped out and we forgot who was supposed to do the contra > corners, and, what I remember is that we ALL did the contra corners, and it > worked! > > I've never had the nerve to try to do such a thing on purpose, but > theoretically, it should work. > > Your corner isn't in his or her place while you're allemanding in the > middle, but then again, neither are you. Done right, all corners get to > their appointed places just in time to allemande left back to their > partners. > > Has anyone else ever done this? > > M > E > >> >> I don't like the dance alternating corners because dancers don't >> internalize it properly. They learn it ok, so they can do it, but >> they usually can't handle the caller dropping out. Once the caller >> drops out people forget which turn it is and they have to step back >> in. I've seen this happen even in groups where a caller could drop >> out after two times through on a simplish dance. >> >> Jeff >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> >> > -- William M. Loving Dedication Technologies, Inc. 7 Coach Lane Amherst, MA 01002-3304 USA [email protected] Tel: +1 413 253-7223 (GMT 5) Fax: +1 206 202-0476
