Re: [Callers] 9-person dance?
Thanks for El Capitan! Richard On Jan 23, 2016, at 4:49 PM, Martha Wild via Callers wrote: > I have a version of it though I’m not sure where it came from. It’s more of a > play party dance, and rarely goes along with the music. > > El Capitan > > 2 lines facing, can be 4 or 5 couples, 1 extra person with a handkerchief to > wave (El Capitan). > > Music plays. > > Person who is El Capitan yells “Lines”. Others form two lines (the “Troops" > and El Capitan walks up and down inspecting the troops. > The Capitan then takes one line, they join hands along the line, and the > Capitan leads the line anywhere in the room, waving the handkerchief, and > eventually brings the line back. > The Capitan then swings people randomly from the other line. > At some point El Capitan yells “Capitan!” and people swing the person across > from them, if there is one. > > Whoever is out is the new El Capitan and takes the handkerchief and prepares > to call “Lines”. > > >> On Jan 23, 2016, at 7:53 AM, Tom Hinds via Callers >>wrote: >> >> See if you can find El Capitan on line. I learned it from Larry Edelman and >> I believe it's Fr-CA. I probably have the dance but am to busy with the >> snow and critters right now to find it. >> >> T >> >> ___ >> Callers mailing list >> Callers@lists.sharedweight.net >> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > ___ > Callers mailing list > Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
[Callers] recognize this dance?
hi, I'm new to the list. Is there an archive of old discussions? Also, does anybody recognize this dance sequence? improper duple a1:circle left, swing neighbor a2:women chain, half hey W right shoulder b1: partner balance and swing b2: balance a ring, petronella spin right, balance ring again, partner calif twirl It's so generic that I can't believe that it hasn't been invented already. Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S™ III, an AT 4G LTE smartphone
Re: [Callers] recognize this dance?
"Rings and Things" by Tom Lehmann. -Chris Page San Diego, CA On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 7:21 AM, jwcontrahands4 via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > hi, > I'm new to the list. Is there an archive of old discussions? Also, does > anybody recognize this dance sequence? > > improper duple > a1:circle left, swing neighbor > a2:women chain, half hey W right shoulder > b1: partner balance and swing > b2: balance a ring, petronella spin right, balance ring again, partner > calif twirl > > It's so generic that I can't believe that it hasn't been invented already. > > > Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S™ III, an AT 4G LTE smartphone > > ___ > Callers mailing list > Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > >
Re: [Callers] Five Minutes with Beginners
Last night I had a five-minutes chat with some beginners at the break. This was at the second occurrence of a newly-started series of monthly community dances. The crowd was half-and-half experienced and new dancers. It was mostly squares, a few circle mixers, one reel, one contra. My wife and I and a couple of friends went as dancers to have fun and support the venture. After a little chit chat with a group of three couples, one of the questions I was asked was something that is generally on the minds of everyone trying something new: What happens if we get messed up? How do we recover? My response was three-fold. 1) Smile. 2) If you get behind, skip something and resynchronize. 3) Every [square] dance has at least one place where you go back home and swing your partner, so there is a natural point to reset. It seems to me that the last point is something that might be worth mentioning in any discussion of the general flow of the dance. One feature of an easy contra dances is having one or two very clear reset points with relatively loose timing. I think that's one of the, perhaps subconscious, reasons that dances tat start with a neighbor balance and swing or a neighbor do-si-do work especially well. David Harding
Re: [Callers] recognize this dance?
blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; } And that will be greatly appreciated by all. Amen! Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Sunday, January 24, 2016, 11:17 AM, Seth Seeger via Callerswrote: Welcome to the list! The archives are a bit of a sore point for me. The current host has been unable to get them visible. I am in the (slow) process of moving them to a different host where they should all appear. Seth On Jan 24, 2016, at 10:21 AM, jwcontrahands4 via Callers wrote: ___ Callers mailing list Callers@lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net