Re: [Callers] 9-person dance?

[Richard Fischer via Callers]

Thanks for El Capitan!

Richard

On Jan 23, 2016, at 4:49 PM, Martha Wild via Callers wrote:

> I have a version of it though I’m not sure where it came from. It’s more of a 
> play party dance, and rarely goes along with the music.
> 
> El Capitan
> 
> 2 lines facing, can be 4 or 5 couples, 1 extra person with a handkerchief to 
> wave (El Capitan). 
> 
> Music plays. 
> 
> Person who is El Capitan yells “Lines”. Others form two lines (the “Troops" 
> and El Capitan walks up and down inspecting the troops.
> The Capitan then takes one line, they join hands along the line, and the 
> Capitan leads the line anywhere in the room, waving the handkerchief, and 
> eventually brings the line back.
> The Capitan then swings people randomly from the other line. 
> At some point El Capitan yells “Capitan!” and people swing the person across 
> from them, if there is one. 
> 
> Whoever is out is the new El Capitan and takes the handkerchief and prepares 
> to call “Lines”. 
> 
> 
>> On Jan 23, 2016, at 7:53 AM, Tom Hinds via Callers 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> See if you can find El Capitan on line.  I learned it from Larry Edelman and 
>> I believe it's Fr-CA.  I probably have the dance but am to busy with the 
>> snow and critters right now to find it.
>> 
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[Callers] recognize this dance?

[jwcontrahands4 via Callers]

hi,
I'm new to the list.  Is there an archive of old discussions?  Also, does 
anybody recognize this dance sequence?

improper duple
a1:circle left, swing neighbor
a2:women chain, half hey W right shoulder
b1: partner balance and swing
b2: balance a ring, petronella spin right, balance ring again, partner calif 
twirl

It's so generic that I can't believe that it hasn't been invented already.


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Re: [Callers] recognize this dance?

[Chris Page via Callers]

"Rings and Things" by Tom Lehmann.

-Chris Page
San Diego, CA

On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 7:21 AM, jwcontrahands4 via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> hi,
> I'm new to the list.  Is there an archive of old discussions?  Also, does
> anybody recognize this dance sequence?
>
> improper duple
> a1:circle left, swing neighbor
> a2:women chain, half hey W right shoulder
> b1: partner balance and swing
> b2: balance a ring, petronella spin right, balance ring again, partner
> calif twirl
>
> It's so generic that I can't believe that it hasn't been invented already.
>
>
> Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S™ III, an AT 4G LTE smartphone
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Re: [Callers] Five Minutes with Beginners

[David Harding via Callers]

Last night I had a five-minutes chat with some beginners at the break.  
This was at the second occurrence of a newly-started series of monthly 
community dances.  The crowd was half-and-half experienced and new 
dancers.  It was mostly squares, a few circle mixers, one reel, one 
contra.  My wife and I and a couple of friends went as dancers to have 
fun and support the venture.


After a little chit chat with a group of three couples, one of the 
questions I was asked was something that is generally on the minds of 
everyone trying something new:  What happens if we get messed up?  How 
do we recover?  My response was three-fold.  1) Smile.  2) If you get 
behind, skip something and resynchronize.  3) Every [square] dance has 
at least one place where you go back home and swing your partner, so 
there is a natural point to reset.


It seems to me that the last point is something that might be worth 
mentioning in any discussion of the general flow of the dance.  One 
feature of an easy contra dances is having one or two very clear reset 
points with relatively loose timing.  I think that's one of the, perhaps 
subconscious, reasons that dances tat start with a neighbor balance and 
swing or a neighbor do-si-do work especially well.


David Harding

Re: [Callers] recognize this dance?

[Laur via Callers]

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!important; }  And that will be greatly appreciated by all. Amen! 


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On Sunday, January 24, 2016, 11:17 AM, Seth Seeger via Callers 
 wrote:

Welcome to the list!  The archives are a bit of a sore point for me. The 
current host has been unable to get them visible. I am in the (slow) process of 
moving them to a different host where they should all appear. 
Seth



On Jan 24, 2016, at 10:21 AM, jwcontrahands4 via Callers 
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