Coming out of the swing, the lady's momentum is forward while the gent's is
backward, so lady in front in the Mad Robin makes a lot of sense.
Also it flowed nicely when I called it last night. The dancers seemed to
be pleased.
Dale
On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 11:41 AM Jean Gibson-Gorrindo via
It’s 4 slides to the right, then 4 to the left. Everyone is going in the same
direction, so there’s little risk of tripping. (The move is a simplification of
the original formal Lancers, in which partners went past each other, ladies in
front to the left, gents behind to the right.)
I always
No I have not tried that. Let me know if you do and how it works!
Jean
> On Nov 25, 2019, at 9:13 AM, Gregory Frock wrote:
>
> Hey Jean,
>
> Nice dance. Did you consider or field test reversing the mad robin (gents
> forward and left to start)? Just curious.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
>
> On
Actually, I wrote it for my 69th birthday, which was on Oct 1. You see, when
you are born, that is your first trip around the sun. Then you have your first
birthday, which is actually your 2nd trip around the sun. I am so happy the
dance is being called! YAY!! The only tricky part seems to
Tony recommended Cumberland Square Eight. Yes! Great dance! More details at
http://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/EFDS3911-CumberlandSquareEight.html
Please note:
In England we dance it at least four times through.
We use a lot of energy!
The first move is called a “Gallop” and we go the full
Jean wrote it to celebrate her 70th birthday. 70 trips around the sun.
On Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 7:25 AM Dale Wilson via Contra Callers <
contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> I called this last night at Childgrove in Saint Louis. Dancers seemed
> pleased, but I got some questions about
Regarding squares:
Every caller who uses squares should have Cumberland Square Eight in their
repertoire. It’s easy both to dance and to call.
CUMBERLAND SQUARE EIGHT (trad. English)
Music: My Love Is But a Lassie Yet (2/4) or Athol Highlanders (6/8) or some of
each
A.1 Heads slide across in
I called this last night at Childgrove in Saint Louis. Dancers seemed
pleased, but I got some questions about the title -- I think some of them
heard 70 Libra Sons and were imagining a bunch of boys born in October.
Where did the name come from?
Dale
On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 2:39 PM
I called this last night at Childgrove in Saint Louis. There were lots of
positive comments from the dancers, but a couple of them said something
like "You should warn us how busy the end of the dance is. Unless
everybody really boogied we were late to the wavy line."
Thanks, Ron. Another
