Re: [Callers] Favorite mixers?

2013-09-26 Thread Jack Mitchell
Two of my favorites are: *Esmerelda's Revenge* -- Beth Parkes Mixer *A1*Forward and Back All go forward, gents back up (ladies stay in the middle) to have a ring of ladies inside the ring of gents *A2*Ladies turn Left, Gents turn Right single file Promenade around the ring Everyone turn back

Re: [Callers] Favorite mixers?

2013-09-26 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013, Kalia Kliban wrote: > > I'd love to add a few more mixers to my repertoire. Which ones do > you like for beginning groups or for early in the evening? And do > you have some that more advanced groups can enjoy? I'm always partial to La Bastringue. I don't know any names

Re: [Callers] norms/ethics of choreography sharing

2013-09-26 Thread tavi merrill
Of course, the ultimate question with regarding to calling a CC BY-NC dance at a paid event: is it in fact noncommercial use? What would describe 'commercial use' of a contra sequence, other than republishing it? (It is my understanding the rich tradition of collecting dances from performers and

Re: [Callers] Favorite mixers?

2013-09-26 Thread Joseph Kwiatkowski
http://www.maxellute.net/ramapo.html Melanie Axel-Lute's "The Ramapo Romp" It's easy, it's silly, it's fun and it gives everyone a chance to practice balance and swing with lots of different partners, just like those learn-to-dance seminars. Beginners like it 'cause it's fun; experienced

Re: [Callers] See Saw (was Re: Code's Compiling)

2013-09-26 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013, James Saxe wrote: > > So it appears from the above that CALLERLAB has officially deprecated > use of "See Saw" to mean a left shoulder Dosado for ten years (as of > tomorrow). I don't have a copy of the CALLERLAB Basic/Mainstream > definitions from just before that time, but