Great pre-walkthrough notes, Dale. As a general comment, I think many of us could stand to add more well-considered pre-walkthrough notes in our teaching.
On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM Dale Wilson via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > 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] >>> >> _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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