Maia, I wrote a simple square "Hey Square, Let's Dance" that has the hey crossing phrases. It must be called Heads, Sides, Heads, Sides to have a complete mixer square.
A1 Heads Lead Right & Circle to a Line, F&B A2 Ladies Chain, Start a Full Hey B1 Finish the Hey, Swing the one you meet B2 Promenade I have only shared this with one caller, and she remarked that the hey crosses phrases, and she would not use it. I must often use it wit singing calls, or square dance music that has strong 8 beat phrasing. Bob Isaacs "To Turn a Phrase" has the Oval crossing phrases. I have danced it when it feels good, but also when it did not. I think the music selection is more critical. Rich Sbardella On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm running up against a wall in a dance I'm currently writing, and > it's making me wonder: what dances, if any, have a full hey that spans two > sections* and really WORKS? I feel like in general, if I danced such a > dance, I would roll my eyes at the choreographer "breaking the rules", but > I can also imagine delightful dances a hey spanning two phrases that > justify their own existence and feel great to dance. > > Thoughts? Dances to point me to? > > As always, in dance, > Maia > > * e.g. hey occurs during the last eight counts of B1 and the first > eight of B2 > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > >
