Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

2017-06-10 Thread Chris Page via Callers
Pat Shaw's "The American Husband" -- and all of the rest of his dances -- can be found at this wonderful, fairly recent website: http://www.patshaw.info/dances/ --Chris Page San Diego

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

2017-06-10 Thread Don Veino via Callers
I'm guessing it has to do with average wing spans. Much as we may like to divorce role from physical characteristics, there are times in choreography where predominant dancer properties can affect the "feel" of a dance. BTW, folks: please remember to trim your posts to just the applicable bits.

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

2017-06-10 Thread Mac Mckeever via Callers
Generally their arms are shorter - so it works better if they make the smaller circle. I tried it with the gents in the center and found that awkward By the way, our web site - www.chldgrove.org has a photo of us doing this dance in the home page banner at the wonderful Missouri Botanical

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

2017-06-10 Thread jandnbloom via Callers
I'm curious - what is it about having the ladies in the center that makes it work better? Jacob Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: Mac Mckeever via Callers Date:06/10/2017 1:48 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Frederick Park

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

2017-06-10 Thread Frederick Park via Callers
ERROR Correction in the first, long paragraph below: 1s are back-to-back in the center. 2s are on the outside (moving up the hall, eventually)!!! On Jun 10, 2017, at 11:54 AM, Frederick Park wrote: . . . I wish to offer a teaching element I’ve used successfully in the

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

2017-06-10 Thread Mac Mckeever via Callers
Since you mentioned circle mixers - one of my current favorites is a very easy one that has been around for a while - but I only discovered it a couple years ago.  I messed with it a little to make it work for all experience levels. The Wheel by Gene Huber - random circle mixer Start in a

Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

2017-06-10 Thread Frederick Park via Callers
Dear Folks, This little opening for discussion of unusual dances that are not contra or square is delightful. Thank you all. "Le Brandy" and the “Weevil" are both new to me and have great potential I think. Erik, I don’t have your “double becket" dance - will you send it my way? The other