[Callers] Please trim your messages

I get these emails as a digest. I love the list and all the great ideas. I don't love scrolling and scrolling and scrolling past previous emails. So when you reply to a message please snip off everything but perhaps, a portion of the one you are responding to. Thanks, Bree Kalb Carrboro, NC

[Callers] Reminder: Callers Workshop with Lisa Greenleaf

Don't forget that the registration deadline for the Callers Workshop with Lisa Greenleaf is coming up. At this point, we're about half full, and I expect more registrations to be coming in over the next week or so. If you've been planning to send in your registration and haven't sent it yet,

Re: [Callers] Callers Digest, Vol 68, Issue 12- new dance

Start a hey, ladies pass R, pass P by L on outside, gents meet and then bounce back to end up on their partner's left for the swing (it can be nice if the lady catches her partner for the swing. J On 4/15/2010 2:45 PM, Ron Nelson wrote: I would refer to the action by saying "as couples,

Re: [Callers] Callers Digest, Vol 68, Issue 12- new dance

The ladies perform the 1/2 hey, crossing the set.  The gents start the 1/2 hey, but meet in the center, touch hands, and bounce back (or Richochet)  to their same side. - Original Message - From: "Ron Nelson" To: call...@sharedweight.net Sent: Thursday,

Re: [Callers] New Dance

Here is the new dance with changes from Jack, and clarification on the zig-zag: Betty¹s Night Out ­ Rich Goss Improper, Double Prog A1:   Neighbor Dosido and Swing (end facing down hall) A2:   Down hall 4-in-line(4), turn as couples(4); Return(4), hand cast (gents backing up,

Re: [Callers] New Dance

Seems like a good change to the dance.  Thanks! - Original Message - From: "Jack Mitchell" To: "Caller's discussion list" Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:59:09 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance

Re: [Callers] New Dance

When I've done a dance with a hand cast out of the back up the hall, it's generally ended up Down the hall (4 and a bit) Turn (4 less a bit) Return (4 and a bit) Cast (4 less a bit) The timing can be a bit flexible. In addition, the cast will flow right into the Hey and so that timing will

Re: [Callers] New Dance

That's what I had in mind. J On 4/15/2010 11:52 AM, Gary Shapiro wrote: On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 8:31 AM, richgoss-at-comcast.net wrote: I don't think there would be enough time for a hand cast. The hand cast or gate or wheel around should take place in A2: A2: Down hall

Re: [Callers] New Dance

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 8:31 AM, richgoss-at-comcast.net wrote: > I don't think there would be enough time for a hand cast. The hand cast or gate or wheel around should take place in A2: A2: Down hall 4-in-line (4), turn as couples (4); return (4), wheel around (M back up)

Re: [Callers] New Dance

I don't think there would be enough time for a hand cast.  1/2 hey is 8 and that leaves 8 for the partner swing.  I haven't done a living room walk-thru on this one, so you might be right.  Seems like if there is any awkwardness there, it would be for the #1 lady, #2 gent. Thanks for the

Re: [Callers] New Dance

Don't know if it's been written or not either. One thing I do notice is that the momentum is going to be wierd for the #2 lady and the #1 gent to get into the hey. They'll both have to change directions from the bend the line to start the hey. Perhaps rather than bending the line, doing a

Re: [Callers] Callers Digest, Vol 68, Issue 12- new dance

Right. Another way to describe it would be: As couples zig-zag past 2 N couples, moving left around #1 (current), right around #2, face the #3 (to A1: dosido). Let me know how it goes if you call it. Rich On 4/15/10 6:46 AM, "Ruth Pershing" wrote: > Rich ~ > > I

Re: [Callers] Callers Digest, Vol 68, Issue 12- new dance

Rich ~ I don't know the answer to your question about whether the dance has been written, but could you explain the B2 zig-zag figure? Does it mean that as a couple, you pass by the next couple to the left (women pass), then next couple by the right (men pass) and the next by the left

Re: [Callers] Caller's responsibility

Excellent points, all! Thanks, Greg. Martha On Apr 14, 2010, at 11:32 PM, callers-requ...@sharedweight.net wrote: Send Callers mailing list submissions to call...@sharedweight.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit

Re: [Callers] Putting out fires

To return to that responsibility issue - I didn't say the caller was to blame, you know. Taking responsibility is subtly different from being to blame. It is also the caller's responsibility to determine how much "chaos" can be tolerated in the dance. Sometimes you decide that even if the