You are missing an obvious reason why Trip To Phan Reel is not called more often. It's a Thanksgiving Day (or the weekend after Thanksgiving Day) dance. Not that the name should matter, but it does.
Kimmswick FIxx is a really good dance, but somehow I only call it on Kimsswick weekend. There are other "seasonal" dances that are called less often than they should. Of course a really good dance can overcome its name. I think "The Big Bicep" is an awkward name at best, but the dance is getting called a lot because it's so much fun that we forgive it its name. Dale I think I'll call Trip To Phan tonight -- just because. On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Michael Fuerst <mjerryfue...@yahoo.com>wrote: > 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 > -- *So if you knew what was broken...how long would it take you to fix it?*
