It's also much more stable as a formation, having four points of contact
with the floor rather than two. Hence you're using less effort to keep it
stable and more goes into turning it round.
On 16 April 2018 at 05:53, Bob Green via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> ...and the
It shares the first 28 bars with Tony Parkes "Heritage Reel"
Jeremy
On 14 April 2018 at 19:04, Ric Goldman - Letsdance via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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> I thru this together on the fly for a no walk thru, but I have to think
> someone already wrote this.
Whilst trawling the archives, I came across Andrea Nettleton's description
of a California (or Nevada) Roll:
"*Partners take the handy hand, which is the Lady's R, the Gent's L, lift
joined hands, the lady curls in toward her partner and walks under while he
walks past, to swap, reverse
Hi
I have a question for anyone who calls or dances Gender Free MWSD (by
Gender Free I mean where no assumptions are made about what role a dancer
will take based on their gender).
I've been told that GF MWSD dances still use the terms "Boys" and "Girls",
but please correct me if I'm wrong.
To quiet a room I use the Girl Guides technique:
I raise my hand, and anyone who sees me knows to stop talking and raise
their hand too. More notice this (other peoples hands up and slightly
diminished volume). This snowballs quite quickly as peer pressure kicks
in, and is a very effective
A view on "up and down" ladies chains from the UK side of the pond:
Whilst they are rare in the US, in the UK we quite often do Sicilian
Circles. Almost any contra can be danced as a Sicilian, and it's
interesting to compare how dances feel when the formation is changed. In a
Sicilian, the
Thanks Rich and Tom for your good words of advice.
I should perhaps explain what I'm trying to do. The idea is not to create
dancers ready to graduate (obviously), nor even to get them part way down
the road. The aim is to give contra dancers a feel for what square dancing
is like at its best.
Fascinating. I'm doing something similar at Eastbourne International Folk
Festival (http://eiff.org.uk/new-for-2017/149-jeremytea.html).
I,however, only have 2 1/2 hours in which to take them through the gamut of
the Basic 1, 2 and Mainstream programmes.
Wish me luck!
Jeremy
Nick: Some good stuff in those links - thank you.
Donna: I love the idea of identifying your role by saying "boy" or "girl".
Thanks for the link to your web pages. I did try to look at your FB group
but got a "this content isn't available right now" error message.
Neal: I'm intrigued by the "not
any square.
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> -Original Message-
> From: Jeremy Child via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
> To: Callers <Callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
> Sent: Tue, Sep 27, 2016 2:47 pm
> Subject: [Callers] Boys and Girls
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it would take exceedingly creative and experienced callers within that
>> tradition to help determine what those might look like.
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>> Good luck!
>> Angela
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>> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 7:19 PM, Jeremy Child via Callers <
>> callers@lists.sharedwe
Hi
This is for the MWSD callers amongst you.
There has been much discussion on this group about the terms used for the
two roles in contra dance. I do not propose to resurrect that here, I
mention it to emphasise that many feel the terms used to be important, and
that we should be moving away
The folk community is generally very open on sharing ideas and
choreography. I suspect few of us would think twice about calling a dance
that we found when someone else called it at an event. As for publishing
it on the internet, we'd probably be more reticent, especially if the
author has not
Hi Everyone
In a normal (1s improper) contra, you start with your partner across from
you and your neighbour next to you. Anyone outside the minor set is a new
neighbour / shadow / something else.
In a Becket formation, you start with your partner next to you. Who's
opposite you - your
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