Re: [Callers] Calling to a square dance crowd

Joseph, Everyone's given you great advice. If I were doing this I would use music that they're more used to for the first evening. And I'd use dances that they can more easily relate to (see below). That might make for a easier transition and more acceptance (and therefore more

Re: [Callers] Calling to a square dance crowd

Tom and Joseph, The organization Tom referred to is called ContraLab. It still exists, but is quite small. Several of the contra callers at last summer's National Square Dance Convention, in Massachusetts, were ContraLab members. One book by Don Armstrong is called "Contras...with 101 Ready to

Re: [Callers] Calling to a square dance crowd

The Don Armstrong book is actually called "The Caller/Teacher Manual for Contras...With 101 Ready-To-Call Contras". Rich On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Rich Sbardella wrote: > Tom and Joseph, > The organization Tom referred to is called ContraLab. It still exists, >

Re: [Callers] Calling to a square dance crowd

Joseph, One other thing you might encounter is different interpretations of language and timing. So for example I've seen MWSD groups perform a "do-si-do" as a four-count swing rather than an 8-count back-to-back. And I've seen chains take six counts, with the other two counts spent wondering why

Re: [Callers] Calling to a square dance crowd

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016, Jerome Grisanti via Callers wrote: > > One other thing you might encounter is different interpretations of > language and timing. So for example I've seen MWSD groups perform a > "do-si-do" as a four-count swing rather than an 8-count back-to-back. And > I've seen chains

[Callers] ID a dance?

Can anyone ID this dance and author? I found it on a Youtube video but it wasn't named. A1 Bal & Sw N A2 Men Almd L 1-1 /2 Sw Ptnr B1 Sq Thru - (Rt hand Bal N, pull by, pull by Ptnr w/ left, repeat) B2 Bal ring, Petronella, Bal Ring, Calif Twirl Thanks in advance...

Re: [Callers] ID a dance?

New Elixir by Charley Harvey On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Linda Thomas via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Can anyone ID this dance and author? I found it on a Youtube video but it > wasn't named. > > A1 Bal & Sw N > > A2 Men Almd L 1-1 /2 Sw Ptnr > > B1

Re: [Callers] Calling to a square dance crowd

I have often thought that contra and round dancing had in common a person who cues/prompts ahead of the phrase of music. MWS dancers who Round dancer would be able to relate to that... On Feb 22, 2016, at 8:42 AM, Aahz Maruch via Callers wrote: > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016, Jerome Grisanti via

Re: [Callers] Calling to a square dance crowd

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016, Joe Micheals wrote: > > I have often thought that contra and round dancing had in common a > person who cues/prompts ahead of the phrase of music. MWS dancers who > Round dancer would be able to relate to that... That's what I would think/expect, but I've seen plenty of

Re: [Callers] Calling to a square dance crowd

Another difference is that calls such as R Thru have a different beat count depending on the starting position. From a static square R Thru is 8 beats as in contra, but from a wavy line or a box, it is only 6 beats. MWSDers also rush their dancing because so many callers use "clipped" timing to