I have a category called "Allemande-y" for dances with many allemandes, or a feeling of hand-to-hand. That covers dances like Mary Cay's or Lost and Found (Tom Hind's gents version) or Southern Swing (with the allemande to a swing thru to allemande).
My problem is all those dances that don't have any distinctive figure at all. I have a category called basic, which is good for easy dances, or first dances of the evening. But I have all these other dances that have a high piece count and I wouldn't call easy, but aren't particularly distinctive. Probably, I should put them in the category called "Trash" because I tend not to call them anyway. I have all these dances in my box I don't call, but cannot bring myself to winnow out! > -----Original Message----- > From: callers-boun...@sharedweight.net [mailto:callers- > boun...@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Rebecca Lay > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 9:10 PM > To: call...@sharedweight.net > Subject: [Callers] organizing dance cards > > Hi Callers, > Rebecca Lay here in Brattleboro, Vermont. I'm reorganizing my dance > cards > tonight; putting them in categories that I've determined by asking > myself > the question: "What is the figure that defines this dance?" So, I've > got a > section for full-hey dances, those that include a Petronella figure, > dances > that go down the hall, etc. I've got plenty of categories (well, at > least I > think I do), and I still have some dances that don't seem to fit into a > category. > > The dance that's most puzzling to me right now is Mary Cay's Reel, by > David > Kaynor. The defining figure in this dance is when the women "chain the > set," but I don't have a category for that, since this is the only > dance in > my repertoire that contains the figure. I've thought about adding this > dance to my "wave" category, since the chain-the-set is sort-of like a > momentary wave, but I feel like that might be a stretch. > > Any ideas? How would you categorize this dance? > > (And, do you have any more dances you like to call that include a > chain-the-set figure? I like it!) > Thanks, everyone. > -Rebecca > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments).
