It's not overused if you're a new dancer or group of new dancers. I always mark my cards w/a circle with a line through it to remind me this one doesn't have a circle - and I try to fit at least 3-4 non-circle dances in each program, when possible.
Ladies chain used to be a problem, too - a few years ago. Seemed like every dance had a ladies chain. Last dance I called, however, did have an inordinate amount of men allemande left 1-1/2 - didn't notice it till another caller held up his hand to tell me I had called 5 dances with it - I'm usually more careful, but all the dances I picked out looked like fun, new stuff - I missed it because I was weighing other dances while picking the program and then didn't recheck my program. I excused it with "men need the exercise." Weak, I know. On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:53 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree. > Does anyone else think that Men allemande Left 1 1/2 is overused? > How about Circle Left 3/4? Lately, I've been programming specifically to > avoid having a circle in each dance. It's surprisingly difficult to find > dances that don't have circles. > > Donna Hunt > "Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should > dance." -unknown > > > In a message dated 2/27/2012 12:18:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I like the "Gang of Four" much better, as IMHO men AL 1 1/2 is the most > over-used figure in contradancing, and the other dance has (yikes!) two of > them. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joy Greenwolfe" <[email protected]> > To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 12:46:36 AM > Subject: Re: [Callers] Does this exist? > > Hi Luke and all, > > This is strongly reminiscent of Gene Hubert's Gang of Four, but I > think yours is distinct. > > Joy Greenwolfe > Durham, NC > > For comparison: > Gang of Four by Gene Hubert, Jan '92 > duple contra Becket > > A1 > Circle L 3/4 > N swing, end facing in promenade position in large oval (gents L > shoulder to the inside) > A2 > Promenade around the oval CCW, going around the ends like a bicycle > chain (about 6 steps) > Ladies turn back to swing the new gent behind > B1 > All circle L in large oval > Forward and back (make sure you're across from P by the end) > B2 > (new) Ladies allemande R 1+1/2 > P swing > > > On Feb 24, 2012, at 11:00 PM, Luke Donforth wrote: > > > I can't tell if I'm remembering or writing a dance. Anyone recognize > > this? > > > > Becket, ccw > > A1 > > Men allemande Left 1.5x > > Neighbor swing, end facing cw in big oval (women inside) > > A2 > > Promenade with neighbor > > Women turn back and swing new neighbor > > B1 > > Promenade back until across from partner > > Men allemande Left 1.5x > > B2 > > Partner gypsy (R) and swing > > > > Thanks. > > > > -- > > Luke Donforth > > [email protected] <[email protected]> > > www.lukedonev.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > -- *Looking forward, Linda S. Mrosko 7302 CR 2829 Mabank, Texas 75156 (903) 451-5535 (H) (903) 288-4401 (cell) (903) 603-9033 (Skype) www.towerwebsites.com/dancinglinda *"We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once." -- Friedrich Nietzsche
