Mine too!PaulaSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message --------From: Bob Green via Callers <[email protected]> Date: 2/21/19 2:39 AM (GMT-06:00) To: Jacob or Nancy Bloom <[email protected]> Cc: callers <[email protected]>, [email protected] Subject: Re: [Callers] Building to Contra Corners Ted's Triplet #7 is my go-to dance for introducing contra corners.BobOn Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 5:10 PM Jacob or Nancy Bloom via Callers <[email protected]> wrote:If you ever do triplets at your dance, you could teach the figure in a triplet first. Ted's Triplet #7 uses it, if I recall correctly.JacobOn Wed, Feb 20, 2019, 5:30 PM Richard Hart via Callers <[email protected] wrote:I’d make sure that the dancers had already successfully danced every other move in the dance you want to call with contra corners. That way you could focus on the contra corners and the dancers would understand where they would be at the beginning and end of the move.
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 20, 2019, at 4:37 PM, Hannah Chamb via Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, first time posting here! > > I'm new-ish to calling and I've yet to call contra corners. I think I'm up > for the challenge and could teach the figure itself, but I still think it's a > tricky one for dancers in all but the most experienced crowds. A few callers > I know have advised me to build up to a challenging figure like contra > corners over the course of an evening by calling dances that echo the skills > the dancers will need later. > > With that in mind, what dances would you call early in the evening in a > mixed-level group that would help "teach" dancers the skills they need to be > successful at contra corners? > > I've been thinking I should include an easy proper-ish dance, and maybe a > dance with allemandes outside the minor set... anything else come to mind? > > Thanks in advance, > Hannah Chamberlain > Westbrook, ME > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: [email protected] > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ _______________________________________________ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: [email protected] Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ _______________________________________________ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: [email protected] Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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