Hi Seth Thank you for your detailed and helpful response. Cheers Ted Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 6, 2021, at 4:03 PM, Tepfer, Seth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ted, > > Great questions. Here's the dance: https://contradb.com/dances/951 > Finding shadow: Here's what I'd do. "Neighbor swing. Robins allemande right > to in front of your partner. give left hand to your partner. Everyone freeze. > Look over your left shoulder - there is someone looking at you - wave at them > with your right hand. That's your shadow." Now, with your partner, Allemande > Left 3 places. There's your shadow!" > When you are out, your shadow is across the set from you. Your choices are to > either wait out at top until partner swing or allemande shadow, then slide > back to P for swing. Teaching end effects is always a crap shoot. What > percentage of the room will remember all those words you said after the music > starts and they have been having fun for 6x through the dance? > Yep, standard progression (technically) in the neighbor swing of A2. Or B2. > > Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP > Manager of Software Engineering, Oxford College > Schedule an appointment: oxford.emory.edu/SethBooking > 770-784-8487 > [email protected] > Use AskIT for fastest response: Oxford.emory.edu/AskIT > Pronouns: he, him, his > > From: Ted Sims via Contra Callers <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 6, 2021 2:54 PM > To: Shared Weight Contra Callers <[email protected]> > Subject: [External] [Callers] teaching Naked in California > > Hi everyone > This is kind of a newbie question. I've never called Naked In California > [Nils Fredland] before and I'm thinking about how to teach it. I think I've > mostly figured it out, but I welcome your comments on my thoughts below: > > (1) I would like for everyone to identify their shadows straight away. I > think the best way is to have everyone take hands in long lines then "If you > are on the end and your left hand is free, your shadow is the person in your > right hand (introduce yourselves). Everyone else, your shadow is the person > across and two to the left of you". Is there a better way? > > (2) After the partner allemande, if the dancers on the ends have no one in > the right hand, it seems to me that they have to stay put (there is no wrap > around etc.). Is that correct? > > (3) It looks like people out on the ends need to swap in the usual way. > > Thanks for any help you can provide. > > Ted >
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