Bill Olson’s 20 Below has a circle left into a wave, balance, walk forward to a new wave.
> On Apr 1, 2024, at 10:30 AM, Katherine Kitching via Contra Callers > <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > Hi folks- > > As I've mentioned before, our Halifax group is not very advanced - we welcome > a lot of beginners each month, and our regulars are not super regular or > super skilled.. - and so the practice we've settled on is to choose one > "feature figure" each month to focus on teaching.... > > in the first part of the evening we break down the figure in detail so > everyone gets a chance to learn it inside-out... then do a few dances that > has that figure in it, but nothing else difficult (not even swings! unless > swing is the feature figure for that evening). > > Then at the very end of the evening we do an "advanced segment" where we call > a few dances quickly with little teaching (probably more like what all of > your dances look like!) - and those dances include all sorts of figures that > have been featured over the past 6+ months. > (Usually most of the beginners have been tired out and gone home at this > point) > > Anyhow, this month our feature figure will be short wavy lines - and I don't > have a lot of experience with them myself. > > Could anyone point me towards some videos where short wavy lines are featured? > > I'm interested in being able to watch different fun things that can be done > in SWLs... including the Rory O'Moore sequence, and other simple/basic > actions. > > No need to send me videos of more elaborate and unusual types of SWL figures. > > Also no need to worry about the content of the rest of the dance - I > generally write custom dances to incorporate the feature figure while keeping > everything else way simpler than you folks are used to :) > > I want to do 3 dances with SWLs - each one with a slightly different type of > SWL figure - I can think of balancing then allemanding haflway around, > repeat... > > and the Rory O'Moore sequence as the final more tricky one... > > But is there something else I could do in short wavy lines too? > > and I would like to see the first two in action so I can make sure to feel > confident in my teaching!! > > Many thanks :) > > Kat in Hfx > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net
