Could the popularity have something to do with dancing with multiple neighbors and coming back to your original neighbor?
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Mac Mckeever <mac...@ymail.com> wrote: > My theory is that 3-33-33, much like Beneficial Tradition, besides being > wonderfully arranged, contains a unique and popular figure that has become > associated with that dance and is not found in many other dances. > > Susan's dance is also a masterpiece of choreography - but does not contain > a signature figure. That doesn't stop it from being one of my favorites - > but does keep it from standing out over time. > > A few times I have called an evening with no planned program and allowed > the dancer to request dances. Beneficial is by far the most requested. > That doesn't make it the best dance - but it is one of the most memorable. > > Mac > > > > ________________________________ > From: Michael Fuerst <mjerryfue...@yahoo.com> > To: Caller's discussion list <call...@sharedweight.net> > Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 9:07 PM > Subject: [Callers] 3,33-33 > > > Although I consider 3,33-33 an excellent dance, so many have designated > 3,33-33 as awesome that it, like the word awesome, has become overused. > > Some years ago (I speculate 20 or so) Susan Kevra wrote this wonderful > dance Trip to Phan Reel ( > http://www.prismnet.com/contradance/sequences/trip-to-phan-reel.html) > For a year or so one could hardly attend a dance weekend without dancing > Trip to Phan Reel. Then it slowly subsided to very occasional use. > > Does anyone have any ideas why the calling of 3-33-33 (of the same > vintage, as suggested by > http://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/dances/steve_zakon/three_33_33.html), > has not similarly subsided ? > > Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217-239-5844 > Links to photos of many of my drawings and paintings are at > www.ArtComesFuerst.com > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
