[Callers] Why do you (or don't you) like Chorus Jig?

an active or inactive. Mark Widmer Dale Wilson <dale.wil...@gmail.com> wrote: Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:26:55 -0600 Subject: Re: [Callers] What is the best contra dance(s) ever written? . . . And slightly more seriously. I don't want to start religious war but I have always wondered about

[Callers] Identifying yourself -- a request

to identify people on this group then I am all ears. Thanks, Mark Widmer

Re: [Callers] Shadow Dances?

Jim posted his dance here about a month ago, it was a subject of some discussion for a while. The ending is as Richard Fischer had said. Mark Widmer Here is Jim's post: List-Post: callers@lists.sharedweight.net Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:31:08 -0600 From: Jim Hemphill<arcadia...@gmail.

Re: [Callers] shadow

the shadow is after a diagonal chain, for example. Next to you or across from you? Look at where a dancer's partner is, and you'll have the answer. Mark Widmer -Original Message- From: Richard Mckeever<mac...@ymail.com> To: Caller's discussion list<call...@sharedweight.net> Sent:

Re: [Callers] Swinging

I'm with Chris on this one, each person exerts 20 pounds on the other person, and nobody is exerting 40 pounds. (This is a clear example of Newton's 3rd Law, for those who are familiar with introductory physics.) Mark Jeff Kaufman wrote: Chris Lahey wrote: I got the same 20 lbs in my

Re: [Callers] searching archive?

,or.r_gc.r_pw.=86582d5fedad0c80=1280=587 -- Mark Widmer From: Laur<lc...@yahoo.com> wrote: Chris (everyone), Am I correct in thinking there is not a way to search the archives?? Laurie Grand Rapids MI

Re: [Callers] American Country Dances Online

t-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Not a perfect answer, but perhaps this will help... http://classic-web.archive.org/web/*/http://arcserve.astro.washington.edu/dances/ On Jun 26, 2011, at 7:51 PM, Mark Widmer wrote: Does anyone know what became of the website American Country Dances

[Callers] American Country Dances Online

. Mark Widmer

Re: [Callers] Back to Calling Medleys

s arguably less challenging to beginners than doing a dance with contra corners or having a shadow. That being said, I do occasionally encounter a hallful of dancers where I feel, on balance, a medley would not be a good idea. But that is the exception rather than the rule. Mark Widmer On

Re: [Callers] Gender free dances

ross, people on the LEFT start a hey, passing left shoulders" "Facing across, person on the RIGHT chain across" That being said, the one time I called a gender-free dance I just used "bares" and "bands", since that what the dance organizers directed me to do -- I just followed what was their custom, and it worked out fine Mark Widmer / central NJ

[Callers] Telling couples to switch at the end of a contra set

something when it isn't necessary? Regards, Mark Widmer / central NJ

Re: [Callers] pre-existing dances?

Luke, The partner gypsy-and-swing version is a dance written by Beau Farmer called Together At Last Regards, Mark -- From: Luke Donev wrote: Hello all, I was lying awake in bed last night, running through dances in my mind, and put together

Re: [Callers] Dances with tricky end effects

t (or left) diagonal Mark Widmer PARKER MANN <m_p_m...@shaw.ca> wrote: What recommendations do you have to prepare dancers for end effects when they are not used to anything more than "cross over and wait?"

Re: [Callers] Alternating corners dances

f the top of each set has a full circle-of-four, then it's the ones At some point in the dance, I have essentially dropped the calls except for prompting "ones" or "twos" to be active -- and occasionally I get distracted and drop that as well, but the dancers always knew what to do when that has happened Mark Widmer

Re: [Callers] Flying Waffles by Ken Haltenhoff

partner before the swing, since the dancers can be fairly loose with the timing that way Just my 2 cents, Mark Widmer From: Mark Hillegonds <mark.hillego...@gmail.com>     Hi all, I called this dance on Saturday night and offer the following comments. Overall, the dance flowed nicely and go

Re: [Callers] Title assistance please

, which they won't be here Unless Tony's dance has them turn as couples, not turning alone as in Jane's dance? Regards, Mark Widmer "Michael Barraclough" <mich...@michaelbarraclough.com> wrote Its not in my stack either.  However, it is quite similar to Inflation Reel by

Re: [Callers] Title assistance please

it's possible there are one or two out there. Mark Widmer "Jane Ewing" <contrada...@charter.net> wrote For various reasons I need a dance with these moves and find nothing in my stack. Does anyone recognize this combo as being an existing dance and if so can you please give me

[Callers] Message subject lines

Hey all, Just wanted to reiterate, for the benefit of those who may be new to the list, that our practice is to edit the subject line ourselves so that it is descriptive of the message you are posting -- instead of saying "Re: Contents of Callers digest..." Thanks! Mark Widmer

Re: [Callers] question about flow and feel

long lines, ladies half-chain in B2 Mark Widmer ps I seem to be the only one who thinks the women should do a left allemande in the dance Luke posted  -- mainly because of the balance that follows it Bronwyn made the point that the neighbor can better assist leading into a right-hand

Re: [Callers] Cherokee Shuffle

, a la Don Flaherty's Slapping The Wood Coming out of the California twirl and forward-and-back, and going into the circle, this would maintain the connection with your partner Mark Widmer List-Post: callers@lists.sharedweight.net Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 13:06:03 -0400 From: "The Witful T

[Callers] Becket progression (was Re: Another Name/Author Search)

Yes, that's the correct way for a normal Becket  The way I remember is, the couple who were in the "1's" position before the circle-left-one-place-into-Becket will still progress down the set as expected Regards, Mark Widmer / central New Jersey, USA Liz and

Re: [Callers] Beckets

Regarding CCW Beckets and whether to tell dancers to circle left or right 1 place, I don't think it really matters much which you do.  Like with any dance, if the progression is tricky you can give the dancers a heads-up at the start of the walkthrough to reinforce the direction of progression

Re: [Callers] Callers Digest, Vol 51, Issue 1

.  The problem is compounded when it is time to rejoin the dance, and the end couple just stands there which encourages the next couple in the set to come join them at the bottom of the hall, unaware of the void being created within the set. Mark Widmer (central NJ) "Mortland, Jo" <j-mort