Re: [Callers] Calling a "box circulate"

2019-01-07 Thread Valerie Cohen via Callers
I have been using "Circulate" as the call, after seeing that people got the general idea of the figure during teaching. I have always liked this technique borrowed from another caller (I forget who now...) for teaching purposes: During the walk-through (after seeing that people have gotten into

Re: [Callers] Organized Open Calling

2016-05-25 Thread Valerie Cohen via Callers
Hi, I thought Don had some great suggestions for a periodic open caller dance. I helped keep Seattle's Open Band/Open Caller monthly dance going for awhile, and really liked having a host caller. The expectation was that the host would help keep the flow of the evening going by calling the first

Re: [Callers] Favorite Triplet ?

2016-03-30 Thread Valerie Cohen via Callers
Hi, Claire, One triplet I have enjoyed is Rick Mohr's Triplet #2 (I've copied his notes below). once dancers get the feel, the momentum of the 1's leading into the circle at the beginning of A2 is very satisfying, as is the wave into the hey. I had it nearly fall apart one time when the group of