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 > Links to photos of many of my drawings and paintings are at > www.ArtComesFuerst.com > > > ________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
