Re: [Callers] Hand Turns & Safety

Exactly! Sent from my iPad > On May 17, 2019, at 5:55 PM, Martha Wild via Callers > wrote: > > Hear, hear! My sentiments exactly! How on earth are you supposed to “give > weight” (in the proper way, just a tiny bit so you are both part of a unit) > and get around each other with a flat,

Re: [Callers] What is a contra?

Colin, I realize this isn’t the kind of answer you are looking for, but I’ll muddy the waters a bit, and then draw a conclusion. In the 1980s and 1990s I lived in Switzerland and was very active in International, Swiss, and Scottish dance groups. (I eventually had two contra groups running,

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

Nathaniel Jack’s “Loon on the Lake” also has this figure in it: (Becket, progresses left) A1 8 Circle L 3/4 8 Neighbor Swing A2 8 LL F+B 8 Star L 1x B1 8 New women 1/2 hay L (men loop right to join, passing partner R) 8 Women Al L 1x, men walk around clockwise ½ way around to home side B2

Re: [Callers] terminology in Sicilian Circle

The term I use depends on what other dances I plan to be calling in the evening. Sometimes it is neighbor, sometimes it is corner. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 20, 2017, at 6:35 AM, Jacob or Nancy Bloom via Callers > wrote: > > I don't think correctness needs

Re: [Callers] Weaving Together Youngsters and Oldsters

No, I am not saying that, I don't think. I didn't mean you to take my comments as meaning I didn't like your idea... I was offering insight that might possibly be useful, but not trying to say your plan was a bad one. If the seniors are in a different circle than the youngsters, they are

Re: [Callers] Another Existential Inquiry

For what it's worth, I agree also. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 27, 2016, at 8:05 AM, co...@colinhume.com via Callers > wrote: > >> On Tue, 26 Jul 2016 21:57:30 -0700, Martha Wild via Callers wrote: >> What is it with people and every dance having to have a

Re: [Callers] Is this a new dance?

I call Dancing and the Road to Hell fairly often, and although I am careful about it (as I will explain), the dancers seem to enjoy it. For starters, I never call it as the last dance of the evening (when the band is likely to want to play uptempo) and I mention to them that this is not a good

Re: [Callers] Musical styles for a Barn Dance question

With the right cooperation from the band it could work out just fine. I've called contras to all sorts of music, including Romanian folksongs. But, you do need to talk with them about the fact that every tune needs to be 32 bars and of uniform tempo. (And the tempo should be an appropriate