Re: [Callers] hearing impaired

2018-06-25 Thread Laur via Callers
In my minimal exposure, hearing impaired relied solely on dancer input. Fortunately they felt the beat and that wasn’t ever an issue. Once they successfully went through the dance (unless complicated) a couple times, they were fine. It’s the changes that will go off kilter. However, they

Re: [Callers] New dance composition, star to next neighbor hey

2018-06-25 Thread Jeffrey Spero via Callers
Here’s one I wrote in back in 1993 (I was ahead of my time?) Harvesting the Hey Becket A1 Left diagonal, right and left thru Straight across, right and left thru A2 Star left once around With the NEXT (shadow - leave partners), star right once around B1 With the previous (the same four as

Re: [Callers] New dance composition, star to next neighbor hey

2018-06-25 Thread Don Veino via Callers
Here's one I'm familiar with off the top of my head featuring that transition (called it at NEFFA this year): *Belmont Romp - Becket - Dan Pearl (var DonV)* A1 Circle Left 3/4x, Neighbor Swing A2 Long Lines Fwd/Back (note next N) Star Left 1x to Gents face out, Ladies in B1 NEXT Ns Full Hey

Re: [Callers] New dance composition, star to next neighbor hey

2018-06-25 Thread Michael Dyck via Callers
On 2018-06-25 04:03 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers wrote: Hi folks, I ran this at a monthly dance, and it was well received; so I figured I'd share it around. To my knowledge it's new. Please correct me if you know of a prior. If you replace the "gyre + swing" with "balance + swing", you get

[Callers] New dance composition, star to next neighbor hey

2018-06-25 Thread Luke Donforth via Callers
Hi folks, I ran this at a monthly dance, and it was well received; so I figured I'd share it around. To my knowledge it's new. Please correct me if you know of a prior. The interesting/odd bit is the transition from B2 to A1, where the ladies role comes out of a left hand star with old neighbors

[Callers] Sunshine & Dancing - Where to go in Jan/Feb?

2018-06-25 Thread John Sweeney via Callers
Hi all, Karen and I like to get some winter sunshine (temperature averaging at least mid-sixties) with lots of dancing (ECD, contra, square, etc.) on our USA vacations in January or February, taking in a dance festival if we can. Any recommendations as to the best