I like your program, Chris. It gradually introduces moves. Maybe you could switch the Carousel with Forgotten Treasures. I think the dancers (beginners) would be more successful at the Carousel having done two contras, one having circle left 3/4 into a swing. Therefore the hey would be the only significant move to teach the new people. I have a suggestion for callers. Before calling an evening's dance make a list of all of the contra moves (like ladies chain, hey etc.) Then, besides each move list the frequency that each move will be used for the entire evening. Swings will usually get the most frequency. Circle right may not occur at all. In the program that Chris is going to use, there is almost a circle left in every dance (usually circle left 3/4). But I wouldn't worry about this. The way the program becomes difficult and then gets easier toward the end is the most important aspect of programming for me. I think I called an entire evening where all but one dance had forward and back. The dancers had a good time. I think one dancer noticed.
The idea of listing moves and their frequency came from (I think) the Southern California Square Dancers Assoc. Callers in this Assoc. decided to record an entire festival- multiple halls! They then went over those recordings and listed the frequency that each call was used. Considering how many moves are fit in each dance, that was quite an undertaking!!!!!! Western square dancers take lessons for a year before they graduate. This square dance assoc. structured their year long lessons on this frequency, teaching the most called moves first. In other words, the dancers practiced the more popular moves the mostest. Tom [email protected] wrote: > Send Callers mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Callers digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Dec. 18 program for E. Sandwich (Chris Weiler) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:27:50 -0500 > From: Chris Weiler <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Dec. 18 program for E. Sandwich > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part > -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: Nov_18_contra_dance_cards.pdf > Type: application/pdf > Size: 29309 bytes > Desc: not available > Url : > http://www.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers/attachments/20041213/a7d74227/Nov_18_contra_dance_cards.pdf > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > End of Callers Digest, Vol 4, Issue 8 > *************************************
