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> *From:* Meg Dedolph [mailto:meg.dedo...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 07 February 2017 13:21
> *To:* John Sweeney <j...@modernjive.com>; callers@lists.sharedweight.net
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John Sweeney <j...@modernjive.com>; callers@lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] ACK! First time calling night of *squares* -- any last
minute advice?
Ha! I read that book, but I thought I came up with that trick on my own. Maybe
I remembered it long after I read it and thought I'd invented it. :)
Meg
Hi Amy,
I've been calling squares for a long time. If they are western/southern
squares, they are very different than contras, and the caller's role is
very different, both in terms of the dancers and of the music/band. If
the dances are New England quadrilles, then they are essentially
I am with you on leaving out the allemande entirely, John. Works out so much
better for some groups to simply “face Partner, grand right & Left”.
Linda
On Feb 7, 2017, at 4:53 AM, John Sweeney via Callers
wrote:
> Meg said, "I have better luck teaching that to
Ha! I read that book, but I thought I came up with that trick on my own.
Maybe I remembered it long after I read it and thought I'd invented it. :)
Meg
On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 3:58 AM John Sweeney via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Meg said, "I have better luck teaching that to
Meg said, "I have better luck teaching that to beginners if I teach the grand
right and left first and *then* add the allemande left, rather than teach it in
the sequence it's presented in the dance."
The same advice was given by Lloyd Shaw in "Cowboy Dances" in 1939:
"It is so simple that it
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it for kids, teens, older adults, festivals.
It's the old
Calling Square Dances by Scott Russell.docx
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Here’s a piece I wrote several years ago. I hope it’s of help.
> On Feb 4, 2017, at 12:26 PM, Amy Cann via Callers
> wrote:
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> It's a friendly low-key local community dance, and
Tips I found that helped me, presented in random order:
Pick one or two squares to watch, preferably with more experienced dancers,
and call to them. It will help with the timing.
When I started calling squares, a friend helpfully pointed out that I was
waiting for the tops of the musical
Amy,
Could you say more about the group you'll be calling for?
By a "... local community dance" do you mean that it's a
regular (e.g., monthly or weekly) series where most of the
attendees will be repeat dancers, thus somewhat experienced
at whatever kind of dancing the series features? Or is
Here is my experience in calling squares for the first time, for
what it is worth.
I had been calling contras for several years and thought I would
like to expand my repertoire to include some squares. I chose what I
thought was a fairly straightforward square that had been done by the
It's a friendly low-key local community dance, and they know I'm mainly a
contra caller, so the potential for hurled tomatoes is low -- but I still
want to not stink too much.
Any suggestions for dance choices or thought-habit adjustments?
Back to scribbling on my 3x5 cards and re-reading Lloyd
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