Re: [Callers] Square Dance Choruses

2018-08-31 Thread Chris Page via Callers
Try reading here, starting at page 60: https://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2005.pdf Also, Tom HInds wrote a book about them: https://www.cdss.org/vm-store/store-home/books/give-me-a-break-a-collection-of-64-new-england-style-square-dance-breaks-115-detail Cheers, -Chris

Re: [Callers] Fragile dancers, safety policies

2018-08-31 Thread Jen Morgan via Callers
Hello I guess safety policies might come into three categories: things you might due to reduce injury risk, things you might do to be better prepared if injuries do happen, and things around legal liability. I don't know if any of this is helpful or relevant to your situation but maybe some of

Re: [Callers] Square Dance Choruses

2018-08-31 Thread Mac Mckeever via Callers
another really easy one is circle left - swing corner X4 - prom home Mac McKeever On Friday, August 31, 2018, 6:14:01 AM CDT, Tom Hinds via Callers wrote: Of course there’s tons of material.  If you’re newish to calling I would get comfortable with a just one at first.  How about:

Re: [Callers] Square Dance Choruses

2018-08-31 Thread Tom Hinds via Callers
Of course there’s tons of material. If you’re newish to calling I would get comfortable with a just one at first. How about: Circle left, right Allemande left corner, grand right and left. swing P and promenade Forward and back twice. You can change the order of the above for variety.

[Callers] Square Dance Choruses

2018-08-31 Thread Liam Binley via Callers
Hi all, I have been calling for about a 18 months now, mostly Contra, with a bit of ECD mixed in for good measure. The one thing I haven’t tried yet is American format squares(chorus, figure, figure, chorus, etc)! So, I have some square figures that I’d like to try, but I’m a bit stuck on