oops. one more pre-walk-thru note: Ladies (Robins) look diagonal left to identify the neighbor you will meet soon. Dale
On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 8:52 AM Dale Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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