The thing I learned from doing this is that the person leading the front has to take *very small* steps - smaller than a full step - or else things get stretched out and uncomfortable at the end. Good luck! It's a fun dance and people really seem to get a kick out of it.
On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 7:10 AM Casey Carr via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > Frannie, what a great use of the spiral! I think of this move as an add > on (as Lisa used it) vs a dance. I will often use a spiral at a community > dance and attach it to the end of a circle dance or a big Southern Circle > Mixer... also great at weddings, private parties, etc. > > I start it by having everyone circle left and then I hop off the stage and > lead the spiral as Frannie described. The tricky part is at the end of > unwinding the spiral you have to lead the group slowly in order to leave > enough time for the end of the spiral to unwind before you get them back > into a big circle left. Once they are circling left again at the end I > have them go into the middle twice with big shouts. Sometimes I'll also > have the whole circle rip and snort before the spiral. It's always a hit! > > Casey Carr > > On 2/14/2023 7:54 AM, frannie via Contra Callers wrote: > > Lisa Greenleaf lead a spiral waltz at my wedding. If you are friends with > me or Dan Vilter on Facebook he took a video and you could watch it. One of > us shares it every January 5th or so. It's a great video. Lisa had > everyone form a circle around us (bride and groom) she let us start > waltzing in the middle before leading all the guests around us in a > circle/spiral left, with her only holding one person's hand. As the circle > got smaller and closer to us she inverted the circle and spiraled everyone > back out from the center. Then she told everyone to waltz with their > partners. It was a wonderful moment, it makes a great video and it's > really easy to do. Also since it's just walking in a circle it's easy to > get everyone up to do it. > Good luck! > ~Frannie Marr > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2023, 8:43 AM Hannah Chamberlain via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Greeting callers! >> I am calling a friend's wedding this weekend and she requested "the >> spiral dance," a circle dance where at some point one person leads everyone >> into a spiral (or, optionally, anywhere around the hall?). I think I've >> danced it before, but I'm having a hard time finding a name or notes on how >> to call it. Can anyone share a version with me? >> Thanks in advance, >> Hannah Chamberlain >> (outside of) Portland, ME >> _______________________________________________ >> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> [email protected] >> > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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