Jeff and Jon, I agree about the magic usefulness of this dance, especially with the progression. While nothing in my repertoire quite matches it, I've found contras that end with balance the ring, pass thru, to be also very helpful.
Richard On Sep 8, 2010, at 4:21 PM, Jon Southard wrote: > Haste to the Wedding is pure magic. I have used it more times than I can > remember, with groups large and small, with dancers aged in single digits and > dancers whose age approached three digits, at private parties and big urban > public dances, and yes, at weddings. It never fails and it never grows old. > I sometimes mention, "This dance was already old while America was still > young," because it does go back a long way. Don't know whether you were able > to use the original music, but this is one chestnut that hugely benefits from > its own tune -- which fortunately, lots of bands play. Glad you had fun with > it! > > Jon Southard > www.jonsouthard.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Kaufman > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 11:09 AM > To: Caller's discussion list > Subject: [Callers] Dances like Haste to the Wedding? [bcc][faked-from] > > > Yesterday I called Haste to the Wedding [1] after an influx of new dancers > and as a recovery from a dance that was a little too hard for the group. I > expected it to go well, but I was surprised by how well, actually. With the > clapping in time with the music in the B parts and the extra time for the > pass through, a lot of people who'd been confused by progression and how this > whole thing worked seemed to get it in a way that helped for following dances > as well. > > Does anyone have suggestions for other dances that work similarly, teaching > progression? > > Jeff > > [1] Something like: > > A1 * (8) Circle L > * (8) Circle R > > A2 * (8) Star R > * (8) Star L > > B1 * (8) P dosido > * (2) Clap, Clap > * (6) P swing > > B2 * (8) N dosido > * (2) Clap, Clap > * (6) Pass Through > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
