To continue this discussion a little longer - I hope the horse isn't
already dead - we danced French Fours at the Nelson dance last night,
with lots of teens and younger dancers. French Fours is a proper dance
and it has one of the greatest distinctions between the actives and the
inactives. (P
I'll be sure to contact the Kellys.
--- "crunchym...@juno.com"
wrote:
> Susan,
> I've replied to you offlist, but I'll reiterate for
> anyone else who may be passing through Memphis,
> Tennessee: This is the Volunteer state and we love
> volunteer guest callers in Memphis, and the people
> to
David's quote of David's essay brings to mind how I sometimes see Chorus
Jig (and other dances) danced here. First, concerning foot percussion
and clogging, that is sometimes a hint to the musicians to simply drop
out completely and let the feet make the music.for a few measures. That
happens h
"...our dance organizer is against imbalanced dances anyway, and the
Rory O'More twirls are one of her favorite moves."
Unless your dance organizer is in superb physical condition, _Rory
O'More_ will illustrate for her a good reason why some dances have
active and inactive roles. To dance _Ror
At the risk of overstating the case-- and thank you, Jack, wherever you are, for
chiming in- I'll quote from another of David Smukler's essays. In this case,
he's discussing Chorus Jig but his comments about the role of the twos are
relevant in the Rory O'More context:
-
Valuing the role of th
At 04:40 PM 3/6/2008, you wrote:
[snip]
> And I am afraid I may be castigated for calling a dance where the 2's are
completely inactive for more than 32 beats!
I think the only way to deal with this is to face it head on, rather than to
attempt to "slip it by." You might talk about how "we all e
Dear Alison,
--- You wrote:
This is very bad for me, as our dance organizer is against imbalanced dances
anyway
--- end of quote ---
Immediate (and intemperate) reaction: tell your dance organizer to go soak her
head! This is a classic case of the hot-shots dance gypsies-- the "overactive
10%"--
I don't think this would work, because it is the cast off that sends
folks into the middle to do the wavy line, and getting to the center
(even if there was room) woudl be really awkward for the 2's. I
suspect this would be tricky to "balance" by alternating 1's and 2's
active because it would
Susan,
I've replied to you offlist, but I'll reiterate for anyone else who may be
passing through Memphis, Tennessee: This is the Volunteer state and we love
volunteer guest callers in Memphis, and the people to contact about calling
here are Joan and Ernest Kelly. Contact info may be found her
