Re: [Callers] A Dance without Partner Swing

The Tease does have a partner swing, but the experience of having a swing being apparently taken away (flirt with partner, swing neighbor) has many dancers thinking they missed their partner swing! As to your question, very rarely. Dancers see the partner swing as a highlight of the partnered

Re: [Callers] Looking for a particular sort of becket dance

Hi Kalia, I have a Becket contra dance I’ve used at Community dances that is very forgiving, yet has interesting movement. The only name I have for it is Luke Donev’s ONS Becket. Luke Donev’s ONS Becket Longways contra Becket formation A1 Partner Dosido Partner Swing A2

Re: [Callers] How do you organize your Dance Card Boxes ? Categories or Other Suggestions ?

I organize my box by how I think of the components of a program. So I have dances arranged by distinctive feature or slot in the program, or whatever features sticks out. I have my categories color coded by type of move (in the box, not the card, necessarily). For instance: Orange for easy

[Callers] Sad news: Louie

The Triangle Country Dancers in Central North Carolina would like to share the very sad news of Louie Cromartie’s passing. Louie was a well-loved and admired local dancer, caller, and mentor. We will miss her terribly. Memorial Events: There will be two memorial dances in her honor next

Re: [Callers] Good dances for beginners to safely leave/return to minor set.

I’ve had god success in teaching out of minor set moves by orienting the dancers before they move to the new neighbor. If they will simply visit another neighbor, I’ll point out that they are visiting, and then coming back. Or I will have them look ahead to their next neighbor and have them

Re: [Callers] Wrist-Lock Stars

Central North Carolina here. In this region, wrist-grip or wagon-wheel stars are the default. Some dances specify hands-across if the choreography asks for it. Joy Greenwolfe Durham, NC > On Oct 10, 2016, at 4:34 PM, Read Weaver via Callers > wrote: > > When

Re: [Callers] Fw: Does this dance exist? Calling Joy Greenwolfe - Calling Joy Greenwolfe

Dan, Your dance has a similar sequence in the A part of my dance Gypsy Chase, but yours looks like a difference dance to me. Mine looks like this: Gypsy Chase Joy Greenwolfe, March 2006 Improper A1 Long lines forward and back (8) Gents Allemande L 1.5 (8) A2

Re: [Callers] Advice about "gypsy"

I once had someone explain the gypsy as not trusting someone enough to take their eyes off of them (!), so I agree that the underlying meaning can be problematic, to say the least. Other moves have historical meanings too, but Gypsy as a term is more pejorative than, say, Allemande, which