[Callers] Re: Easy but super fun 4X4 contras
I have a little comment about terminology in the description http://rickmohr.net/Contra/Dances.asp#DanceAllNight and teaching of "Dance All Night". The "corner" with whom you do the left allemande in A2 is the same corner with whom you did the swing in A1. This is in contrast to the situation in Al Olson's "First Bloom," as notated on page 47 of the 2009 Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend syllabus https://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2009.pdf where in B1 you allemande with a new corner, defined relative to the position in which you formed the temporary square at the end of A1. Conventions about terminology are a bit different in squares (where "partner" and "corner" are often defined relative to the current arrangement of dancers) than in contras (where--except in rare cases such as contra mixers or in situations where people are intentionally swapping positions--"partner" generally means your original partner, regardless of your current relative positions). In the case of a 4-face-4 dance where dancers form a temporary square, I think it pays to be explicit. When I say to be explicit, I *don't* mean that you should give an elaborate explanation about terminology conventions, etc., etc. Long-winded explanations, no matter how technically accurate, are often more confusing than helpful. I'm merely suggesting that as dancers finish walking through the star, instead of simply identifying the person with whom to allemande left as "your corner" you can avoid ambiguity by using more explicit wording--for example, "that same corner you just swung". --Jim > On Jan 11, 2020, at 1:30 PM, Bill Olson via Contra Callers > wrote: > > "Dance all Night" would be my suggestion as well! (hi Jack) > > bill in Maine > > From: jmitchell.nc--- via Contra Callers > > Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2020 4:13 AM > To: contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net > > Subject: [Callers] Easy but super fun 4X4 contras > > I'm a big fan of Rick Mohr's "Dance All Night". Its also good for teaching a > grand R&L before doing a square. It's on his website. > ___ > Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net ___ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net
[Callers] Re: Easy but super fun 4X4 contras
"Dance all Night" would be my suggestion as well! (hi Jack) bill in Maine From: jmitchell.nc--- via Contra Callers Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2020 4:13 AM To: contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net Subject: [Callers] Easy but super fun 4X4 contras I'm a big fan of Rick Mohr's "Dance All Night". Its also good for teaching a grand R&L before doing a square. It's on his website. ___ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net
[Callers] Re: Easy but super fun 4X4 contras
Amy, Hi! Was it Do Si Three by Linda Leslie? 3 face 3 (youngest dancer in the middle, makes it even better) A-1 Hands 6 Circle L Circle R (back to place) A-2 Ends (opposites) DoSiDo Middles " DoSiDo B-1 Ends Swing Middles Swing B-2 L of 3 F & B F and pass thru (opposite by R sh) ___ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net
[Callers] Re: Easy but super fun 4X4 contras
Hi Emily! My fav 4X4 dance is Coconut Cream Pie by Lynn Ackerson. It is very forgiving and fun. Here it is discussed in a previous sharedweight discussion:https://lists.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers-sharedweight.net/2019-May/004013.htmlIt's a great dance and have used it many times. Cheers, Don Heinold, from Rhode Island On Friday, January 10, 2020, 10:39:34 PM EST, Emily Addison via Contra Callers wrote: Hi fellow contra callers :) I was wondering if you have suggestions for very easy but SUPER FUN 4X4 contras. I occasionally call to a room of quite new contra dancers and I'd like to have a few 4X4 which have some kind of great hook or wonderful energy but that are accessible. Thanks for the consideration :)Emily in Ottawa ___ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net ___ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net
[Callers] Re: Easy but super fun 4X4 contras
Are you dead set on 4x4? There's a good/superfun/easy 3x3 but I'll be darned if I can think of it at the moment... I'll get back to you... On 1/10/20, jmitchell.nc--- via Contra Callers wrote: > I'm a big fan of Rick Mohr's "Dance All Night". Its also good for teaching > a grand R&L before doing a square. It's on his website. > ___ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net
