Great Tongue Twister, Don: A proper petronella proved pretty popular. Makes me think of the Trout Fishing kids song "All I Want is a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot..........."
Sorry for the aside - just couldn't resist. Dorcas Hand -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donald Perley Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 2:02 PM To: Richard Mckeever; Caller's discussion list Subject: Re: [Callers] alternate formations 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 _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list [email protected] http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
