An interesting thing related to this happened to me last Friday. I was calling at a regular series which always gets a lot of beginners, and this time we had very few of our regular dancers. I was taking more time and care than I often do on the walkthrus-and noticed one man consistently swinging the wrong way around. I took him aside and showed him how to swing correctly, and how it flowed into the next move, and asked it that didn't feel more comfortable. His answer was a resounding "NO", and he continued to swing the wrong way round most of the might, unless his neighbor was insistent on doing it correctly. So maybe their idea of comfort is different from ours? I personally have occasionally spun the "wrong" way deliberately if it's a very "spinney" dance and I find myself getting too dizzy.
Judy -----Original Message----- From: Callers [mailto:callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of joe micheals via Callers Sent: Monday, September 30, 2019 4:03 PM To: tom hinds; tom hinds via Callers Subject: Re: [Callers] What can you do.....? I’m joining the conversation late here so if already discussed forgive me…but when dancers fight momentum. Like turning over their left shoulder on a Petronella. I try to point out how joyful it is for me going over the right shoulder but i wonder if it is nature VS nurture when I see it persist…thoughts? > On Sep 29, 2019, at 5:44 AM, tom hinds via Callers > <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > Alan, > > You raise an interesting question. After I’ve had time to sleep on it, I’ve > come up with some other issues to raise and.discuss. > > I’m curious if you have a beginning workshop before the dance. > > In my opinion the skills needed for a new dancer to not only survive their > first dance but to actually enjoy it are many And that means having a > beginning session that approximates as close as possible the dance itself. > > In your email you mention larks and ravens. If you do have a beginning > workshop, are the newbies given the opportunity to practice/react to their > new titles? Not having that opportunity to practice reacting to their new > titles may cause a bit of confusion on the dance floor. > > Tom > > > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ _______________________________________________ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/
