Thank you, Maia. Yes, this is what I'm looking for. My collection is full
of very smooth and flowing dances. I need contrast.
-Amy
On Sun, Feb 5, 2023, 10:10 AM Maia McCormick wrote:
> I think I have a sense: high energy bring-the-house-down crowd pleasers, I
> would assume?
>
> For this niche,
Hi Amy Cann,
Indeed, there is at least one other Amy (Wimmer).
Just the way that SharedWEight works on my phone didn't really facilitate
quoting her earlier post to which I replied.
Cheers,
Ken P
On Sun, Feb 5, 2023 at 4:02 PM Amy Cann wrote:
> Wait, what? Did I ask a question I don't
A large fraction of the circle dances with sideways progression that I
have danced either start or end (or both) with a circle left, making a
progression to the left by both inner and outer circles quite natural.
That formation also allows the couples to be referred to as inners and
outers,
Wait, what? Did I ask a question I don't remember asking?
Or are there more Amy's out there??
On 2/5/23, K P via Contra Callers wrote:
> Hey Amy,
>
> Barn Burners, eh?
>
> Tough question cuz, in my mind, barn burner is more than just the chosen
> dance; e.g. what tune is driving it. (Might be a
As Amy and Elizabeth mentioned, I have also experienced 1s and 2s being the
CW and CCW couple, progressing along the side like in Becket. The big
difference is I'm pretty sure I learned it that the 1s whose backs are to
the inside of the circle are sliding L which would be going CCW along the
If your crowd can handle it, hash calling can be a great way to spice up a
dance—just kind of riffing, changing the dance every time through. If you
want to be a jerk, you can call like 4x "long lines" in a row.
Same-role swings don't happen super often and can be a fun place for
dancers to play.
I like Roger Diggle's Snake Oil Reel for lots of balances, and the dancers are
connected to someone else pretty muchthe while time, which makes it very
accessible when there are a lot of new dancers mixed in with experienced ones.
bob...@aol.com
On Sun, Feb 5, 2023 at 1:10 PM, Maia
I think I have a sense: high energy bring-the-house-down crowd pleasers, I
would assume?
For this niche, I tend to like super balance-y dances with everyone moving
together. A handful of my go-to’s are:
- Julian Blechner's “Playground Stomp”
Hey Amy,
Barn Burners, eh?
Tough question cuz, in my mind, barn burner is more than just the chosen
dance; e.g. what tune is driving it. (Might be a question of what's the
fuel and what's the match?)
Nonetheless, I'd think that dances having
satisfying-to-get-there-just-in-time timing would be
Hi,
I always treat the dancers facing counter-clockwise as the active
dancers who get to do everything first, so they could be considered the #1s. I
believe this is a common convention. Promenades are usually done
counter-clockwise, which is also the normal Line of Dance for ballroom
On Sat, 4 Feb 2023 17:18:12 -0600, Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers wrote:
>� ��It appears that in that book the dance formation is given as a longways,
>duple, improper set. �Not the circle of
>�couple facing couple that we typically connect to the Sicilian circle
>formation. �The dance just
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