Curious... how did Hull's Victory go over with the fireplace set? On Aug 27, 2012 11:11 AM, "Don Veino" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hull's has so far been called three times at the Concord, MA Scout House in > two weeks. It has been interesting to see how things have gone each time > and the dancers' reactions/experiences. Understandably, there was a little > pre-dance grumbling as things started up on the third occasion's > walk-through, but once the music got going it was OK. > > A couple of tips/observations gleaned from these repeats: > > - Accentuate teaching the same-gender R&Ls through, including a tip on > taking up all the time available - many folks have no idea how to do it > and > most were finishing way too early (this was probably aggravated by all > three callers suggesting a twice-around allemande, so folks got used to > rushing) > - Only one of three callers went for forming short sets (done across the > hall) - it seemed to me that the unusualness of that formation made it > take > significantly longer to line up. I was in a short line at the bottom of > the > hall with my partner and folks kept trying to tack on sideways! It was a > full hall, so there were only limited options... > - If you're going to mention the history of the dance, know it (and how > to pronounce key names in the story) [?] > - If you want folks to *hear* the history info, I suggest you put it > between the walk-through and the music/dance starting > > It's been fun dancing it (ind instructive to me), but even this > chestnut-friendly venue has probably had enough for now. > > -Don > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 3:48 AM, Nick Cuccia < > [email protected] > > wrote: > > > Hull's Victory was the first dance that I called after break at the Palo > > Alto contra dance this past Saturday night, in homage to both the 200th > > anniversary and to Charlie Fenton's tradition of starting the second > > half of the evening at the San Francisco contra dance with a chestnut > > back when I started dancing and calling. More than a little bit of > > grumbling from one or two of the hot-shot types that didn't like > > standing around, but that was more than made up for by the two young > > ladies (I guessed college age, one of my compatriots thinks they may be > > younger than that) who told me at the end of the evening, "You called a > > chestnut! That was so awesome!" > > > > It was interesting to see the various ways that the inactives occupied > > their time while the actives took their trip. It was even more > > interesting to hear almost no clapping by the inactives in a crowd that > > loves clapping on Petronella (and, increasingly, Rory O'More) figures. > > > > --Nick > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > >
