Yep, Alex, I totally agree on the point of promenade (or RL thru, or ladies' chain) > circle L not flowing great! So I'm amending my original criteria: *dances with a promenade, no chain or RL thru, and promenade is NOT followed by a circle L*.
Thanks for the suggestions, folks :D On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 1:00 PM Yoyo Zhou <yoz...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 6:08 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers < > callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: >> >> Had a busload of beginners at my dance last night and realized I have a >> hole in my program -- I don't have any good glossary/beginner-friendly >> dances with a promenade but no chain or RL through. Any suggestions? >> >>> > A nice one is Promenade Right by Luke Donforth (note: it has a circle > right): > http://www.madrobincallers.org/2013/06/25/three-tries-at-simple-dances/ > > Also, some of the dances below can be adapted by changing a right and left > thru to a promenade across. > > > On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 11:42 AM, Alexandra Deis-Lauby < > adeisla...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I find that there aren’t many dances with a Promenade or RL that are NOT >> followed by a circle left. When Dancing promenades to circle lefts, I don’t >> like them as an experienced dancer because they don’t feel good and as a >> caller I watch new dancers struggle with them because they don’t flow >> logically unless the dancers correct for it (which one won’t know how to do >> unless they’ve been dancing a very long time and are attuned to momentum.) >> > > I agree with your assessment about promenade/right and left thru to circle > left. > I find right and left thru or promenade can also often be followed by one > of these, which flows better: > > - ladies chain (very common) > > - left hand star (example: True Grit by Chris Page: > http://chrispagecontra.awardspace.us/dances/#true-grit) > > - circle right (see above) > > - hey, ladies pass right (example: Zoey and Me by Sue Rosen: > http://dance.suerosencaller.com/dancedb/view/?title=Zoey+and+Me) > > - ladies allemande right (example: A-1 Reel by Chris Weiler: > http://caller.chrisweiler.ws/dances.htm#a1reel) > > Yoyo Zhou > >
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