This dance works well as a quadruplet (contra line with only four couples) On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM Katie A via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote:
> A Different Way Forward https://share.google/1OzBw4bN7wf8Zu9JN > > I am calling this weekend and walked this dance through with a small group > last night to prepare. I thought it was such an easy, straightforward > dance. 😆 No hard moves, everything flows into the next move nicely... The > end effects were tripping people up even though they *knew* what was going > on. These were all experienced dancers. We only had 2 hands fours and it's > a triple progression dance, so everyone was always involved in end effects. > Maybe that's the only reason it was so complicated. I do know more things I > could point out from the beginning now (the ladies that are out won't be > doing the first allemande, but everybody will be doing the second > allemande; all the ladies will be traveling counterclockwise around the > major set and all the men will be traveling clockwise) but I'm afraid to > call it on Saturday. Is this dance really that hard? What should I think? > 😅 How do I do a better walkthrough? I don't want it to be information > overload but do I need to give a big picture explanation of the dance > before anyone starts moving? Or is this just all going to go better in > longer sets and people will sort out the end effects... ? It's such a fun > dance that I don't want to give it up but I don't want it to be a flop > either. > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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