I have that exact dance as To Wedded Bliss by Mark Goodwin (2014). I use that in my Lesson and then, after teaching ladies chain and right & left through, follow that with my dance The Lesson (2009) which is > A1 ----------- > (8) Neighbor Do-si-do > (8) Neighbor swing > A2 ----------- > (8) > Ladies chain > (8) Long lines, forward and back > B1 ----------- > (8) Right & left through > (8) Partner promenade across > B2 ----------- > (8) Circle Left 3/4 > (4) Balance the Ring > (4) Pass through and yes, I know it doesn't have a swing - it's in the lesson and I want to minimize the use of partner swings so that new couples don't get bad habits. Michael Barraclough www.michaelbarraclough.com
-- On Mon, 2016-10-17 at 22:45 -0400, Luke Donforth via Callers wrote: > Hello all,> > I was thinking about what I do at the "welcome to our contra dance" > introduction, and what dance would easily move in to that. Noodling around > with moves, I thought of a sequence with glossary moves, but I didn't have it > in my box. Anyone recognize it?> > Improper> > A1 ----------- > (8) Neighbor Do-si-do > (8) Neighbor swing > A2 ----------- > (8) Men allemande Left 1-1/2 > (8) Partner swing > B1 ----------- > (8) Promenade across the Set > (8) Long lines, forward and back > B2 ----------- > (8) Circle Left 3/4 > (4) Balance the Ring > (4) Pass through > > During the introduction, I often teach the progression with a "ring > > balance, walk past this neighbor", and I wanted something that included > > that. There are lots of great accessible dances with that (The Big Easy, > > Easy Peasy, etc), but I'm not seeing one with a partner promenade > > (something I also use in the introduction; to go from a big circle to lines > > of couples for a contra set). > > If someone already wrote it, I'll happily give them credit. If not, I'll call > it "If you can walk, then you can dance" (which I'll note is not an if and > only if statement).> > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers@lists.sharedweight.net> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net>
