My philosophy is that, as a caller, all I can do is explain how to make the transition smoother. If they choose not to do it, that's their right.
--- On Sun, 1/6/13, Aahz Maruch <a...@pobox.com> wrote: > From: Aahz Maruch <a...@pobox.com> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Repertoire... > To: "Caller's discussion list" <call...@sharedweight.net> > Date: Sunday, January 6, 2013, 11:58 PM > On Sun, Jan 06, 2013, Kalia Kliban > wrote: > > On 1/6/2013 3:00 PM, tavi merrill wrote: > >> > >>I'm wondering if anyone could point me towards > dances that really hit a > >>homer - things like: Jubilation (Gene Hubert), > Thanks to the Gene (Tom > >>HInds) Another Nice Combination (Tome Hinds), Star > Struck (Nick Boulet), > >>Simplicity Swing (Becky Hill), The Carousel (GH), > The Baby Rose (David > >>Kaynor), All You Can Eat (Ted Crane), 20 Below (Bill > Olson)... dances that > >>can be the bread and butter of a less advanced > evening, or just a handy > >>fall-back for more capable crowds. Dances without > down-the-hall, and > >>without awkward transitions (right&left through > -> circle L?! agh!). > > > > Without addressing your actual question, there's a fix > for that oogy > > transition that Lynn Ackerson showed me. Lynn, > you here? Hi! > > Instead of a R&L through with courtesy turn, do a > no-hands > > pass-through straight across and a California twirl > into the circle. > > It feels great. > > ...except that people seem to have a lot of trouble actually > DOING it > because they are so used to doing a courtesy turn. (I > wrote a dance > with pass thru, twirl, men allemande. I've learned > that I have to make > people walk through that the pass thru/twirl three times and > they still > often don't do it properly.) > -- > Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 > > http://rule6.info/ > > <*> > <*> > <*> > Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
