Re: [Callers] Hull's Victory

2012-08-27 Thread mhillegonds
Carol Ormand called Hull's Victory in Ann Arbor, MI on Saturday. No grumbling that I heard. But then, when you have Carol calling and the Latter Day Lizards putting out tunes, how can one really complain about anything?  8-) The inactives at our dance were thoroughly entertained by either

Re: [Callers] Gender free dances

2010-12-02 Thread mhillegonds
Susie, I also don't have specific gender-free experience. However, you might try using Ones and Twos. This is gender neutral while also using familiar contra calls. Harder to do is to try adjust the poor attitude of the narrow-minded "experienced" dancers who don't appreciate that "those

Re: [Callers] Dance length

2010-05-13 Thread mhillegonds
>Jeff wrote: I believe there's no way to >set up a contra dance with more than >>2 couples where no one is ever out >and each couple dances with all >other >couples Sounds like an interesting challenge! 8-) Mark Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Jeff

Re: [Callers] Walk-throughs

2010-04-30 Thread mhillegonds
Hi all, Chris Weiler wrote: "I subscribe to the theory that if I need more than one walk thru, then I'm calling a dance that is too difficult for the crowd... That doesn't mean that you don't challenge them at some point or call boring dances. The dances need to flow well and be