I agree with Martha and Colin. There's no reason to think that any contra dance without two swings has a bug, necessarily, although Don may have been in the mindset of fulfilling the desires and catering to the tastes of his audiences when he said what he said. I can support that, too!
Greg On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 3:01 PM, via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net > wrote: > Send Callers mailing list submissions to > callers@lists.sharedweight.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > callers-requ...@lists.sharedweight.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > callers-ow...@lists.sharedweight.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Callers digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Another Existential Inquiry (Don Veino via Callers) > 2. Re: Another Existential Inquiry (Martha Wild via Callers) > 3. Re: Another Existential Inquiry (co...@colinhume.com via Callers) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 21:39:33 -0400 > From: Don Veino via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> > To: "Caller's discussion list" <call...@sharedweight.net> > Subject: [Callers] Another Existential Inquiry > Message-ID: > <CAAJTti+363WfJH7Xhv1nHGRVexEZrqE+RNgVNod= > f5-3v4a...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Given the simplicity of the following, I expect to confirm they already > exist... but thought I'd check in with the knowledgeable horde here on SW. > > This is something I apparently "wrote" over a year ago but found again > during a files dive today. :) I expect I may have put it aside due to no > Neighbor swing in the first pass. Spun off w/another A2 to address that > just now, below. > > Revisiting them in light of the great heat we've had locally, they might be > sweet lower exertion dances with the right tunes. And lack of a second > swing can be a "feature" vs. "bug" in such conditions. > > Please let me know the real author(s), should it not be me. :) > > Thanks, > Don > > Don Veino DRAFT 20150117 - Becket Left/CW > > A1 > LT Diag R&L Thru > Ladies Chain Straight Across > A2 > Star Left > Star Right > B1 > Big Oval Left and Right (until opposite P) > B2 > Gents Allemande Left 1/2x > Partner Glance Around* Right, Swing > > Don Veino DRAFT 20160726 - Becket Left/CW > > A1 > LT Diag R&L Thru > Ladies Chain Straight Across > A2 > Ladies Glance Around* Right 1x > Neighbor Swing > B1 > Big Oval Left and Right (until opposite P) > B2 > Gents Allemande Left 1/2x > Partner Glance Around* Right, Swing > > *Glance Around is just a placeholder for that other call, you know the > one... > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers-sharedweight.net/attachments/20160726/55202df8/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 21:57:30 -0700 > From: Martha Wild via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> > To: Don Veino <sharedweight_...@veino.com> > Cc: Caller's discussion list <call...@sharedweight.net> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Another Existential Inquiry > Message-ID: <a52ce449-b157-4ac3-893e-02504a549...@sbcglobal.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > What is it with people and every dance having to have a neighbor swing? I > personally dislike dance programs where every dance has a neighbor swing. > Sometimes I?d like to pay attention to the partner I?m dancing with and not > everyone else. Sometimes interesting choreography is available when you > don?t have to squeeze two swings into everything. It adds variety to a > program when there some dances without neighbor swings. > > When I first started dancing many years ago, lots of dances didn?t have a > partner swing and only had a neighbor swing. Mother-in-law dances, we > called them. And sometimes, when I had a partner who was really bad at > swinging, I was happy to do them! > > So I don?t think your first dance is fatally flawed, or even should be > considered as having a bug - it?s just what it is, a dance with a partner > swing, and as you said, on a hot night in a crowded hall without > air-conditioning, one swing, or even dances where only actives swing, can > suddenly be desirable. > > Martha > > > > On Jul 26, 2016, at 6:39 PM, Don Veino via Callers < > callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > > > Given the simplicity of the following, I expect to confirm they already > exist... but thought I'd check in with the knowledgeable horde here on SW. > > > > This is something I apparently "wrote" over a year ago but found again > during a files dive today. :) I expect I may have put it aside due to no > Neighbor swing in the first pass. Spun off w/another A2 to address that > just now, below. > > > > Revisiting them in light of the great heat we've had locally, they might > be sweet lower exertion dances with the right tunes. And lack of a second > swing can be a "feature" vs. "bug" in such conditions. > > > > Please let me know the real author(s), should it not be me. :) > > > > Thanks, > > Don > > > > Don Veino DRAFT 20150117 - Becket Left/CW > > > > A1 > > LT Diag R&L Thru > > Ladies Chain Straight Across > > A2 > > Star Left > > Star Right > > B1 > > Big Oval Left and Right (until opposite P) > > B2 > > Gents Allemande Left 1/2x > > Partner Glance Around* Right, Swing > > > > Don Veino DRAFT 20160726 - Becket Left/CW > > > > A1 > > LT Diag R&L Thru > > Ladies Chain Straight Across > > A2 > > Ladies Glance Around* Right 1x > > Neighbor Swing > > B1 > > Big Oval Left and Right (until opposite P) > > B2 > > Gents Allemande Left 1/2x > > Partner Glance Around* Right, Swing > > > > *Glance Around is just a placeholder for that other call, you know the > one... > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers-sharedweight.net/attachments/20160726/da3e1d88/attachment-0001.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:05:54 -0400 > From: "co...@colinhume.com via Callers" > <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> > To: call...@sharedweight.net > Subject: Re: [Callers] Another Existential Inquiry > Message-ID: <380-22016732715554...@m2w159.mail2web.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > On Tue, 26 Jul 2016 21:57:30 -0700, Martha Wild via Callers wrote: > >?What is it with people and every dance having to have a neighbor swing? I > personally dislike dance programs where > >?every dance has a neighbor swing. Sometimes I?d like to pay attention to > the partner I?m dancing with and not > >?everyone else. Sometimes interesting choreography is available when you > don?t have to squeeze two swings into > >?everything. > > That's exactly what I think, and I'm so pleased to hear an American say the > same thing! > > Colin Hume (currently in Ann Arbor, MI where I'm calling a workshop of > Advanced Contras & Squares on Saturday) > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com ? 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