Carol Ormand called Hull's Victory in Ann Arbor, MI on Saturday. No grumbling
that I heard. But then, when you have Carol calling and the Latter Day Lizards
putting out tunes, how can one really complain about anything? 8-)
The inactives at our dance were thoroughly entertained by either g
Thank you, Mac. I whole-heartedly agree with your approach.
Even if one could formula-ize this, I don't have the brain power to work like
that. I just try to drop out as quickly as possible after the first time
through and watch for places I need to reinforce a bit more.
Happy calling!
Sent f
Susie,
I also don't have specific gender-free experience. However, you might try
using Ones and Twos. This is gender neutral while also using familiar contra
calls.
Harder to do is to try adjust the poor attitude of the narrow-minded
"experienced" dancers who don't appreciate that "those peo
>Jeff wrote: I believe there's no way to >set up a contra dance with more than
>>2 couples where no one is ever out >and each couple dances with all >other
>couples
Sounds like an interesting challenge! 8-)
Mark
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From: Jeff K
Hi all,
My idea of the perfect contra dance differs depends largely on the goal of the
dance that I'm attending. If it's a community dance, then I share Greg's
well-stated opinion that a healthy dose of beginners is manditory. After all,
we need beginners to have fun and stick around so
Hi all,
Chris Weiler wrote:
"I subscribe to the theory that if I need more than one walk thru, then
I'm calling a dance that is too difficult for the crowd... That doesn't mean
that
you don't challenge them at some point or call boring dances. The dances
need to flow well and be interest
