Re: [Callers] Transition from a ricochet to a swing

2010-04-20 Thread joda_rogers
Mark, There's actually a very nice way to do that transition. After the "reflection" off the other man, the man is backing up and circulating slightly counter-clockwise, as you describe. He is basically changing places with his swing partner, who has just emerged from the hey, and is behind h

Re: [Callers] contra "checkers"/"dollies" file for download and print

2010-04-20 Thread Martha Edwards
Wow. Thanks for these! I have some questions about squares. Maybe you can help me. Quick "square bio": I'm a long-time contra dancer, two-year club (Western) square dancer. (My husband and I belong to our local gay square dance club. They are tolerant, and kind enough to put up with us two strai

[Callers] contra "checkers"/"dollies" file for download and print

2010-04-20 Thread Andy Shore
For years I've had a set of 8 plastic engraved "checkers" for working out square dance choreography. Now that I'm a contra caller too, I wanted more dancers to push through dances, so I drew some up in Adobe Illustrator, printed them on heavy card stock, got them laminated front & back at the loca