Thanks. I'll attribute it to Mark Goodwin. On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 11:03 PM, Michael Barraclough via Callers < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > [email protected]http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > -- Luke Donforth [email protected] <[email protected]>
