I called this last night at Childgrove in Saint Louis. It worked well and the dancers seemed to be having a good time. Also it was fun to watch from the stage.
Before starting the walk-thru I warned the dancers about the triple progression and said: You are never out in this dance. Do every move. If there is no neighbor available for a move, do the move with your partner. If you do not have a neighbor for the lady's (robin's) allemande, do it with your partner. Otherwise, nothing special in the walk-thru. Note we had our usual mix of very good dancers with a handful of beginners including at least one "perpetual beginner." Dale On Sun, Dec 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM Michael Fuerst via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > 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] >> > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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