Amy Larkin is masterful at this! She also is an incredible dancer, so she really understands what needs to happen. Heavenly! Linda
On Oct 6, 2015, at 11:47 AM, Don Veino via Callers <[email protected]> wrote: > I experienced a wonderful spontaneous rolling start recently. > > We were in a small private party venue and fortunate to have Amy > Richardson-Larkin (fiddle), her husband Jonathan Larkin (guitar, etc.) and > Chris Ricciotti (yes - not only a caller, he plays button accordion) playing > for us. > > I was teaching a new dance of mine in a fairly rhythmic fashion and noticed > the band start slipping in behind me quietly fitting a tune. No verbal or > visual communication with them, it was more just a growing awareness of the > possibility being offered to me. With it being a new dance, and therefore one > I hadn't called before, I was a bit worried about going for it with the one > walk-through. So I kept the momentum and matched pace straight into one more > round of walk-through-like calls with them playing subtly in the background > (offer accepted!) and went for it. It just flowed wonderfully and was > rewarded with smiles all around. Great musicians make it look easy. :) > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 4:07 AM, JD Erskine iDance via Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: > Please share your lessons and reports of success and fun. > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
