Re: [Callers] Need help teleporting to other side of set - new dance

Hi Ken, How about: 1) (Balance Forward & Back) Men Orbit CW Half Way WHILE Ladies Allemande Left Half; Neighbour Swing 2) Travelling Gypsy Meltdown: Lock Eyes and the Man starts Orbiting CW with the Lady following, Gypsying around each other to the other side and melting

[Callers] Cinco deMayo dances

Looking for dance ideas. Either with May or '5' idea in title. Thanks! Mary Collins ___ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/

Re: [Callers] Cinco deMayo dances

On Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:49:07 +, Mary Collins via Callers wrote: > Looking for dance ideas. Either with May or '5' idea in title. Thanks! The Fifth of May - Bernard Chalk Longways duple 32 bar jigs A1: Right-hand star. First corners right-hand turn half-way, continue outside

Re: [Callers] Need help teleporting to other side of set - new dance

Thanks for all the great ideas; it is much appreciated. I was particularly intrigued at the thought of incorporating an MWSD figure (I know squat about MWSD and had no idea there were so many figures.). So, I've settled on a short list of 3 possibilities and, as it happens, our community has a

Re: [Callers] New (?) 4x4 contra

Hi Dugan, Thanks for the feedback! I liked the gents roll partner away (from R to L) when it went into a DSD (it feeds the common twirl direct); but I can see your concern when it's running right into the swing. Would ladies roll their partner (L to R) work better in your opinion? The gents

Re: [Callers] New (?) 4x4 contra

I agree that changing the rollaway so ladies roll their partners away left-to-right fixes the issue I raised in A1 of "Tamlin's Cross." I think it would be a fun variation on the rollaway-swing transition, which, in my experience, is always done with gents rolling ladies away. Dugan Murphy

Re: [Callers] Cinco deMayo dances

Hello Mary, Here is a circle mixer I wrote to teach Grande R Five's Alive is named for the robot, #5, in the Short Circuit movie. (Hope you have seen that movie.) The link is a version of the dance set to a singing call with my wife Lynn on harmony. This video is from a community dance, NOT a

[Callers] Favors?

Recently I was invited to set up a display at two bridal shows. I've come up with a flyer advertising my services, a short video of a recent wedding dance I lead, a picture or two I can display​. Can you think of anything else that might be helpful? Also, I know it helps to have favors to give

Re: [Callers] Cinco deMayo dances

Is this limited to contra dances? I've got: May the Fourth Be With You (Jim Saxe) Brimmer & May Reel (Dan Pearl) First Turn in May (Circle mixer by Tom Hinds) Lucky Five (Circle Mixer by Bob Dalsemer) (Also an Early American "First of May" and Dudley Laufman's 48-bar "Sweets of May", which

Re: [Callers] Cinco deMayo dances

Thanks everyone!!! On Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 8:56 PM Michael Dyck via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > On 2018-04-10 12:49 PM, Mary Collins via Callers wrote: > > Looking for dance ideas. Either with May or '5' idea in title. Thanks! > > >

Re: [Callers] Great dances for learning how to dance with ghosts?

On Apr 6, 2018, at 3:49 PM, Yoyo Zhou via Callers wrote: > I recall reading something, possibly from Jim Saxe on this list (and maybe > from Larry Jennings?), about how in most dances without out-of-minor-set > interactions, you come back into the set ... once