When David Millstone came to town for a chestnut workshop, he pointed out that in historical context the downtime of being inactive couple wasn't a bad thing (time for socializing, etc).
In our dance last month it was mid 90's and pretty humid. To me that was a good opportunity for some dances with built in rest breaks. A proper petronella proved pretty popular. -Don Perley On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Richard Mckeever <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is a new topic... > > Recently I have noticed that many of the programs presented have consisted > solely of duple improper contras with a couple Becket dances thrown in for > variety. > > I would be interesting to hear how other callers incorporate other formations > in their programs and how they and the dancer feel about it
