With respect to music and the contra - certainly with great music a program that is otherwise uninspiring will still be lots of fun (like one with a lot of repetition and glossary moves), and if the music is poor the best program and caller will have a hard time overcoming that. You can see that in the fact that if you have a great band, you can let a dance run longer than you might normally, because the energy is higher and the dancers aren't tiring of it - they'll be disappointed if it ends too soon. With a less inspiring band, the dancers may enjoy gaining mastery of the dance and executing it well, but won't want to do it as long, so I find I might call more dances in the program than with a great band in order to keep the variety and interest level up.
, On Apr 24, 2013, at 9:00 AM, callers-requ...@sharedweight.net wrote: > Send Callers mailing list submissions to > call...@sharedweight.net > > 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 > callers-requ...@sharedweight.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > callers-ow...@sharedweight.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Callers digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: high energy (Ron Blechner) > 2. Re: high energy (Laur) > 3. Re: How do you balance? (Was High-energy dances) (John Sweeney) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:17:25 -0400 > From: Ron Blechner <contra...@gmail.com> > To: "Caller's discussion list" <call...@sharedweight.net> > Subject: Re: [Callers] high energy > Message-ID: > <calf+g+4vu94gitvke6c287ugmqz8auvwgyzkq9bigwb0opd...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I have experienced this as a dancer. > On Apr 24, 2013 8:16 AM, "Tom Hinds" <twhi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> I always thought that high energy comes from the music and how a caller >> uses his/her voice. Could a really fun contra flop because the music is >> really boring? >> >> T >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Callers mailing list >> call...@sharedweight.net >> http://www.sharedweight.net/**mailman/listinfo/callers<http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers> >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:06:41 -0700 (PDT) > From: Laur <lc...@yahoo.com> > To: Caller's discussion list <call...@sharedweight.net> > Subject: Re: [Callers] high energy > Message-ID: > <1366816001.11433.yahoomail...@web161006.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Absolutely.? > ? > ~ > Laurie > > > >> ________________________________ >> From: Tom Hinds <twhi...@earthlink.net> >> To: call...@sharedweight.net >> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 7:16 AM >> Subject: [Callers] high energy >> >> >> I always thought that high energy comes from the music and how a? >> caller uses his/her voice.? Could a really fun contra flop because? >> the music is really boring? >> >> T >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> call...@sharedweight.net >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> >> >> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:46:26 +0100 > From: "John Sweeney" <i...@contrafusion.co.uk> > To: <call...@sharedweight.net> > Subject: Re: [Callers] How do you balance? (Was High-energy dances) > Message-ID: <6E9CD304B97A4C04939FC8A783B43F87@study> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > There have been a number of references to balances always involving a > stomp. > > I was under the impression that there were lots of ways to balance, many > of which don't involve a stomp. I usually teach "balance to the > right-2-3, to the left-2-3". > > I did notice more stomping than I was familiar with at The Flurry this > year, just step right, stamp left, step left, stamp right. > > Is stomping now the standard across America? > > What do YOU teach as the footwork in a balance? > > See > http://www.izaak.unh.edu/dlp/NorthernJunket/pages/NJv05/NJv05-01/NJv.05. > 01.p13.htm for 50 variations of the balance. > > Thanks. > > Happy dancing, > John > > John Sweeney, Dancer, England j...@modernjive.com 01233 625 362 > http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > End of Callers Digest, Vol 104, Issue 29 > ****************************************
