Re: [Callers] Contra Corners Dance

2019-07-10 Thread Grant Goodyear via Callers
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Re: [Callers] Building to Contra Corners

2019-02-21 Thread Grant Goodyear via Callers
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Re: [Callers] Attribution

2018-10-15 Thread Grant Goodyear via Callers
Thanks! -Grant Goodyear- On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 11:52 AM Yoyo Zhou wrote: > This looks like a variation (perhaps accidental?) on Dogleaf Reel by Lisa > Greenleaf, itself a variation on Dog Branch Reel by Bob Dalsemer. > > The original Dogleaf Reel starts proper (rather than impr

[Callers] Attribution

2018-10-15 Thread Grant Goodyear via Callers
alone, ret, face N B1. (16) N bal & sw B2. ( 8) Long lines fwd & bk ( 8) 2s sw, end facing up -- Grant Goodyear web: http://www.grantgoodyear.org e-mail: gr...@grantgoodyear.org ___ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address:

Re: [Callers] "pick her up"

2017-11-28 Thread Grant Goodyear via Callers
Lisa Greenleaf, once upon a time, suggested "scoop up your partner/neighbor/whomever" as an evocative description for both a butterfly whirl and a courtesy turn, so I've been using it for years with reasonable success. -Grant Goodyear- On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 2:15 PM, Ron Blechner v

Re: [Callers] Dances for Novice Crowds

2015-05-19 Thread Grant Goodyear via Callers
Here's some good advice and a few dances: http://jolainejonespokorney.blogspot.com/2012/12/one-night-stand-dances.html -Grant Goodyear- On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 3:08 PM Ben Hornstein via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm calling a dan

Re: [Callers] Social Dance Club intro program

2014-02-24 Thread Grant Goodyear
dy will remember failures earlier in the evening. (That's my "always end on a win" rule.) Best of luck, Grant -- Grant Goodyear web: http://www.grantgoodyear.org e-mail: gr...@grantgoodyear.org

Re: [Callers] ONS Plus Circle Mixers

2014-02-24 Thread Grant Goodyear
d-each-other-circle-mixer-june-1997 ) -- Grant Goodyear web: http://www.grantgoodyear.org e-mail: gr...@grantgoodyear.org

Re: [Callers] Circle & pass through as the last move of a dance

2014-02-10 Thread Grant Goodyear
; That's what I do when I find people are invariably running late, and it often tends to fix it within a few repetitions. If the next move is something where the timing can be fuzzy then I'll often point out the tight timing during the walkthrough, but let it slide during the dance. -Grant- -- Gr

Re: [Callers] Women leading a star promenade?

2013-10-03 Thread Grant Goodyear
lling in 1997-1999, and I don't recall the elbow turns back then, but it's certainly possible that it did, and I just transcribed the dance incorrectly. In any event, I've always had great success with it using hand allenmandes. -- Grant Goodyear web: http://www.grantgoodyear.org e-mail: gr...@grantgoodyear.org

Re: [Callers] Scheduling/programmer Question

2013-09-30 Thread Grant Goodyear
forgiving!) dance community. -Grant- -- Grant Goodyear web: http://www.grantgoodyear.org e-mail: gr...@grantgoodyear.org

Re: [Callers] Favorite mixers?

2013-09-27 Thread Grant Goodyear
> like for beginning groups or for early in the evening? And do you > > >> have > > >> some that more advanced groups can enjoy? > > >> > > >> Kalia > > >> ___ > > >> Callers mailing

Re: [Callers] Squares for contra-dancers

2013-09-09 Thread Grant Goodyear
of traveling squares. I just don't live close enough to hear him call anymore. *sad face* -- Grant Goodyear web: http://www.grantgoodyear.org e-mail: gr...@grantgoodyear.org

Re: [Callers] Do Si Do 1+1/2 (was Tampering with a classic again 3-33-33)

2013-06-21 Thread Grant Goodyear
end of Carol Ormand's "You can't get there from here" that way for years. -Grant- -- Grant Goodyear web: http://www.grantgoodyear.org e-mail: gr...@grantgoodyear.org

Re: [Callers] easy modern-day contras with petronella turns

2013-01-26 Thread Grant Goodyear
e help! > > Val Medve > Essex Junction, VT > valand...@myfairpoint.net > __**_ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/**mailman/listinfo/callers<http://www.sharedweight.net/mai

Re: [Callers] St. Paddy Day theme dances?

2012-03-02 Thread Grant Goodyear
Bay figure that is noted here? > > Thanks! > > Perry > > --- On Fri, 3/2/12, Grant Goodyear <gr...@grantgoodyear.org> wrote: > > From: Grant Goodyear <gr...@grantgoodyear.org> > Subject: Re: [Callers] St. Paddy Day theme dances? > To: "Caller's discuss

Re: [Callers] St. Paddy Day theme dances?

2012-03-02 Thread Grant Goodyear
ess I > could even use Snakes. > > I won't go overboard - but some acknowledgement seems in order. Besides > wearing a green skirt! > > Dorcas Hand > Houston TX > ___ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://w

Re: [Callers] Heys for new dancers

2012-02-20 Thread Grant Goodyear
> > > Dan > > ___ > > Callers mailing list > > call...@sharedweight.net > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > > ___ > > Callers mailing list > > call...@sharedweight.net > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > ___ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > -- Grant Goodyear web: http://www.grantgoodyear.org e-mail: gr...@grantgoodyear.org

Re: [Callers] What makes a caller a great caller?

2011-04-11 Thread Grant Goodyear
des calm, even in the midst of a train wreck, without reducing the energy level of the dance. Joseph has a program for the evening, a backup program, and a mental set of safety-net dances, but the dancers never know because he'll make the night awesome fun regardless. Etcetera. -Grant- -