Actual title "Revenge of the Square Dance Caller"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrQvyWgXzKE
Walk thru here: http://youtu.be/K2bIenztXoA
On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 10:19 PM Karin Neils via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> it's a Becket Sicilian by Ron Buchanan
> was intrigued by
it's a Becket Sicilian by Ron Buchanan
was intrigued by the set up and the geometry, but it fell apart
'would love to have a chance to figure it out
thanks
Karin
Hi Maia,
I may have a slightly different approach than others. When I work with a
band that likes to do rolling starts, we enjoy doing it when things
"work right" musically. I tell the band that they are free to do a
rolling start whenever they want, and it will be up to me to proceed or
On Fri, Oct 02, 2015, Lindsey Dono wrote:
>
> Does this help?
Thanks! Not a term I'd seen before, and it looked like the kind of term
that could have multiple meanings (like "poly").
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>From the Wikipedia article: "In music, a vamp is a repeating musical figure,
>section, or accompaniment used in blues, jazz, gospel, soul, and musical
>theater. Vamps are also found in rock, funk, reggae, R, pop, country, and
>post-sixties jazz. Vamps are usually harmonically sparse. A vamp
On Fri, Oct 02, 2015, Lindsey Dono via Callers wrote:
>
> -Preplanned vs spontaneous rolling starts. When I decided to start
> working on rolling starts, I preplanned with a band that I knew loved
> them. We discussed: timing, signaling, what to do if things failed
> to sync or fell apart. To my
Lindsey's response is so good I almost didn't have anything to add. I'll
say though that the most important thing is communication. Ideally you'd
arrange things beforehand, but I can only speak about the surprise
situation, where the band can't put down their instruments, which has
happened to me.
Wow Lindsey! this is extremely well thought out, articulated and veryyy
helpful! As a very fledgling caller I had formulated these questions that
you have so graciously answered without my having to ask. Thank you. A
lot of good help here, I am printing them off to put into my tips and
Hi Maia,
I agree with everything Jack and Dave wrote! Successful rolling starts have
comprised some of my most memorable dancing moments, so I'm always seeking
opportunities to work on them as a caller. Some more thoughts:
-Preplanned vs spontaneous rolling starts. When I decided to start
If the band can play a repeated 8 count chord progression from which they
can easily go into the top of the tune, it gives you a phrase to call to,
but if you need to slow down, or fix something, you have that option too --
then you can just get yourself back on the phrase. Other than the fact
I also like rolling starts. One of my bands has a few sets where we
greatly prefer it, and try to work with callers to make it happen.
What has worked well for me in the past is having a tune where the start of
the dance can happen every two bars or so (in other words, a tune that is
not
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