Of course you're funning, but this gives me the chance to refer to an
incident described in Herbert Asbury's book, "The French Quarter", where
a riot broke out in c. 1800 New Orleans and someone was killed because
of a conflict over whether to do American or French contradanses at a
public
Kalia,
I wouldn't hesitate changing a dance. I call variations of other
people's dances and my own all the time. It's good for variety's
sake if nothing else.
The pass through, allemande right and swing combination forces the
dancers to use three "rights" in a row. The most awkward
The incident that actually ignited the French Revolution was a group of dancers
at a public dance in Paris who insisted on a left allemande, despite the
caller's pleas for a right allemande--much more mundane than the incident at
Fort Sumter which ignited the United States' Civil War, or the
On 2016-03-27 1713, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote:
Hmm, this is interesting. I picked it up from JoLaine Jones-Pokorney's
site, where it's written as allemande R. I haven't been able to find
the notes anywhere else, when I was looking to see whether I just had an
odd version. Anybody else
On 3/27/2016 6:15 PM, David A Kaynor via Callers wrote:
Hi Everyone,
The “Young Adult Rose” which I made up goes thus:
Duple Improper
A1: w/neighbor, balance and swing end progressed
A2: Circle left 3/4 til gents are back home; w/partner, pass right
shoulder; w/shadow, left hand turn
B1:
Hi Everyone,
The “Young Adult Rose” which I made up goes thus:
Duple Improper
A1: w/neighbor, balance and swing
end progressed
A2: Circle left 3/4 til gents are back home;
w/partner, pass right shoulder;
w/shadow, left hand turn
B1: With partner, balance and swing
On 3/27/2016 5:09 PM, JD Erskine via Callers wrote:
On 2016-03-27 1324, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote:
I called Young Adult Rose last night and experienced a near-complete
dancer revolt about the shadow allemande. The dance is written with a
circle left 3/4, pass P by R along the line then
On 2016-03-27 1324, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote:
I called Young Adult Rose last night and experienced a near-complete
dancer revolt about the shadow allemande. The dance is written with a
circle left 3/4, pass P by R along the line then allemande shadow R 1x,
before coming back to P for a
As I visualize the figure I'm thinking that shadow allemande right is less
than one, essentially enough to take the dancers around each other to
change direction only but changing from outside to inside track or vice
versa. They're then heading back on the other track to balance and swing
In Another Nice Combination, dancers Pass P by R to Shadow DSD which is a
right (handed) move, before returning to a partner swing. There is no
choice required since DSD is almost always right shoulder.
Rich
On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 7:16 PM, Jonathan Sivier via Callers <
I've not encountered problems with dancers not doing the figures
described in the dance, but I have experienced a certain amount of
dissatisfaction when dancing dances with similar figures. I think there
is a tendency to want to alternate hands/shoulders as you encounter
other dancers.
May this be your biggest disappointment in life. :)
(Allemande left works much better, because it gives dancers a better direction
for starting the swing.When calling the dance on a Saturday I probably use
left shoulder gypsy instead of the allemande.) Michael Fuerst 802 N
Broadway
I called Young Adult Rose last night and experienced a near-complete
dancer revolt about the shadow allemande. The dance is written with a
circle left 3/4, pass P by R along the line then allemande shadow R 1x,
before coming back to P for a balance and swing. The dancers all
_really_ wanted
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