Risky in itself.. often they will then make that circle with the other
couple they lined up with, and be out of sync with sets of 4 from the top.
 That false calibration then propagates downstream and has to be fixed
later.

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:07 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> In a mixed crowd, I find it more effective to say "Take hands in circles
> of four people".  Even if a new dancer has just attended a workshop, he/she
> might not yet recognize "Hands four from the top".
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Fuerst" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected], "Caller's discussion list" <
> [email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 2:40:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Taking hands four
>
> "...why does the idea that they should take hands four seem to come as a
> complete surprise to at least half the dancers, every single freakin' time?
>
> To test and evaluate the caller's patience and mettle.
>
> Michael Fuerst      802 N Broadway      Urbana IL 61801       217-239-5844
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>
> ________________________________
>  From: Kalia Kliban <[email protected]>
> To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 7:38 PM
> Subject: [Callers] Taking hands four
>
> This may have been discussed before, but why does the idea that they
> should take hands four seem to come as a complete surprise to at least half
> the dancers, every single freakin' time?
>
> It's not hard.  You can do it while you're talking.  It's a complete and
> total no-brainer for contemporary contras.  And yet...
>
> Anyone have successful strategies for helping this process along that
> doesn't involve specially-trained dogs?
>
> Kalia
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