On a similar note, I remember cub scouts used to practice marching, you know, the the left march, about face, etc.... i think that was my first calling experience, about age 10.
Tom On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Martha Edwards <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh indeed! > > One of our best English Country dancers here swore she had never danced, > that none of her friends thought she would ever dance. But who remembers the > moves to every dance (long and complicated ones too)? Who became one of our > very best caller/teacher/explainers? This I-never-danced-before girl -- who > played in her high school marching band. > > I you haven't spent years dancing International or Scottish before you > become a contra or English dancer, I think the best way to go from zero to > 60 in two seconds is to have been in a marching band. > > M > E > > On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Gretchen Caldwell > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> One of those "aha!" moments: A new contradancer here in Charlotte, after >> his >> first night dancing, said "Hey! This is just like marching band! I know I >> have >> 6 counts to get to the next place!" Gonna see how I can incorporate that >> idea >> into Monday night's teaching... >> Gretchen Caldwell >> Charlotte, NC >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> > > > > -- > For the good are always the merry, > Save by an evil chance, > And the merry love the fiddle > And the merry love to dance. ~ William Butler Yeats > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > -- Tom Senior Dance while you can. see my website: http://marblechimes.com/
