There are thousands of contras. If one doesn't work, why not try another one instead of altering that one?
Michael Barraclough On Thu, 2013-06-20 at 13:16 -0700, Dave C wrote: > 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
