Southern Missouri squares are often blazing fast, largely dictated by the clogging style dancing used...the feet aren't going fare, but they are definitely going fast. Here is a clip from an Ava, Mo. dance: https://youtu.be/f_fymnXgXow
Bob Green On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 1:11 PM Nick Cuccia via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > On 9/21/19 10:50 AM, Colin Hume via Callers wrote: > > On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 13:36:37 -0400, Rich Sbardella via Callers wrote: > >> Tempo for contra is often below 120 bpm.� I learned to call squares at > about 128 bpm. > >> > >> Is this significant difference the norm, and if so why? > > If you're talking about unphrased squares (Southern or MWSD) maybe > people can cope with a faster tempo because the caller waits > > until they've finished a move, whereas a contra is supposed to be fitted > to the music. > > > In my area (California's San Joaquin Valley, between Stockton and > Fresno), most MWSD folk would consider 127 BPM or faster to be "fast". > 123 BPM is a more typical tempo here, and for some of the older dancers, > that's a bit fast. And as Colin alluded, MWSD callers will wait for > dancers to catch up more often than not. In fact, MWSD callers here > teaching dancers how many beats they have to execute a given figure is > almost nonexistent. > > --Nick > > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ >
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