On Mon, 5 Nov 2012 10:34:59 -0500, Luke Donforth wrote: > First Turn in May has 3 allemandes in the A2, with the B1 being a > balance and swing. North Shore Mixer does something similar, but > goes to a DSD. > > Do you not worry about the timing? I've been at several new dancer > orientations where the caller stressed the 8 count phrasing as a > way to keep track and demarcate the moves; I've even used it myself.
That's generally true, but in this case the writer knows that an allemande doesn't take the full 8 steps so he's able to fit three moves into the normal time for two. If you did just two allemandes in the 16 beats you'd find it very slow. > Is it just not an issue? Do new dancers get through 3 full > allemandes in 16 It's an issue but it's not a problem! The issue is teaching people to give weight, and you can encourage them to do this by saying, "If you bend your elbow and give some weight in the turns, you'll be there right on the beat for the balance". Of course this presupposes that you're doing some teaching! Colin Hume Email [email protected] Web site http://www.colinhume.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting
