I also love calling and dancing squares - even though I'm English. You may find my page useful: https://colinhume.com/session8.htm
It's aimed at callers with little or no experience of calling squares, and includes a lot of information about breaks, with plenty of examples. On Sat, 18 Mar 2023 14:15:46 -0500, Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers wrote: > Even if you have a 32 bar figure and use a 32 bar intro and break, the way > that squares tend to go it is very likely > that some of the squares will take a bit longer to do some of the moves and > before you know it you are off the from > the music. So I have taken to using a non-square intro (not 32 bars). That's certainly not my approach. I use a square tune, and many of my breaks finish with a swing which will give the quick squares a long swing while the slower dancers are still getting there. But I'm always willing to lose the 32 bars if necessary, and stay out of step with the music until I can get back with it, often by using a longer or shorter break as required. It helps that I'm also a musician so I can hear where we are in the tune and adapt accordingly. Colin Hume _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
