Thanks so much for all the suggestions and discussion everyone! I picked up some great tips.
Taco On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM David Kirchner via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > From: Taco van Ieperen <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Related, I find the most annoying figures to call are 1.5 figures. >> There's just no way to say >> "New Neighbor Allemande Left Once and a Half" in four beats. Also, >> beginners struggle parsing 1.5x as trading places, especially across the >> set. >> > > There are lots of other thoughts on this thread about your other > questions, but I will jump in on this specific one. Bear in mind here that > you are talking about two different things (1) what move the dancers have > to start at the top of the phrase, and (2) where they have to end up when > they are done with that move. Those two pieces of information do not have > to be presented in the same call, and in fact it may be easier for newer > dancers to sort things out if you separate the two. For example: > > 5 NEW > 6 NEIGH-bor > 7 LEFT > 8 alle-MANDE > 1 go ONCE and a > 2 HALF to > 3 TRADE > 4 PLA-ces > 5 ROB-ins > 6 to the MIDdle > 7 for a RIGHT-hand > 8 CHAIN > 1 do a COURTesy > 2 TURN and > 3 FACE > 4 acROSS > etc. > > Now, I am sometimes more pattery in my calling and use more words than > others might. Put in whatever words work for you, and obviously you can > reduce the number of calls as the dancers become more comfortable with the > figure. But the point is that there is no need to tell the dancers how many > times they have to allemande before they start. They need to know where to > go and what move to start doing. You have time to add the additional > information later. > > David > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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