Sorry, Dave and Chris, but I have to disagree with you on the ladies allemande L 1 1/2. Sure, it leaves the R hand free for the new N, but going from the long lines to that allemande is awkward for the ladies.
So after various tries, I've come (almost) back to the original; ladies dosido and pass R to the new N. with emphasis on which N they should look for in the teaching. No need to tamper with this classic - Bob > Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:16:57 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Callers] Tampering with a classis aagain 3-33-33 > > Instead of the Ladies Dosido 1.5 at the end to progress, just have the Ladies > AL 1 1/2 in the center, with RH ready for the next neighbor. Some in the > caller community have dubbed this version of the dance 3-33-34. > > Dave Colestock > New Cumberland, PA > > > --- On Thu, 6/20/13, Kalia Kliban <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Kalia Kliban <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Tampering with a classis aagain 3-33-33 > To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 2:10 PM > > I've had pretty good luck with it, possibly because I have the women ID the > next neighbor early on. They know which face to look for. After that, they > get a better feel for the area to aim for to find the new neighbor. A couple > of seriously disoriented dancers can really play havoc with this dance > though. It's brittle. > > Kalia > > On 6/20/2013 11:02 AM, Rickey Holt wrote: > > 3-33-33 lovers and callers - I have been calling this great dance recently > > and noticed that dancers of various experience levels in several venues have > > had trouble with the transition in the B2 from the Ladies Do-si-do 1 1/2 to > > the balance with the next neighbor that starts the dance. They have trouble > > finding that next neighbor, even after several times through, and with > > translating the momentum of crossing the set to that of up and down the line > > of the first part of the dance. I tried substituting an allemande right 1 > > 1/2 for the do-si-do 1 1/2 of the original with little effect. What about a > > ladies allemande right about 1 1/2 to a next neighbor allemande left and > > then starting the dance again with a balance by the right with that > > neighbor? Other solutions? Have you or your dancers noticed the problem > > that I have seen. As always, thanks for your thoughts. > > > > Rickey Holt > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
