--- Beth wrote:
The key to not having the sets re-merge is to make sure that the first set has
an odd number of couples in it.
--- end of quote ---
True, if the dance is a duple minor; I don't think that's the case, though, for
triple minor dances: Money Musk, Sackett's Harbor, British Sorro
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Subject: Re: [Callers] Tripled Chestnuts?
In our set, we attempted to do the split for Chorus Jig as well, but the set
spontaneously re-merged at some point. The up-and-down movements in Chorus Jig
probably make that more likely to happen.
2012/2/19 David Millstone
> As th
In our set, we attempted to do the split for Chorus Jig as well, but the
set spontaneously re-merged at some point. The up-and-down movements in
Chorus Jig probably make that more likely to happen.
2012/2/19 David Millstone
> As the caller for the chestnuts session, I simply should have broken
What fun!
...and if anyone happened to get a video of *Morning Sta*r, I would love to
have it for the archive. (Please make sure it is o.k with David and the
band to have it posted).
Bob Green
2012/2/19 David Millstone
> As the caller for the chestnuts session, I simply should have broken the
As the caller for the chestnuts session, I simply should have broken the long
lines for all the dances in half, as we did with Money Musk, the next to last
dance. With that dance, we were able to get everyone to be an active couple.
I was impressed with the relative ease at which this setting
At the Champlain Valley Folk Fest we did a chestnuts session and split
the sets along the length of the hall (tent) which kept the length
reasonable to run every couple all the way through.
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Luke Donforth wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've just returned from the Flurry
Hello all,
I've just returned from the Flurry, where among other wonderful things, I
got to dance a Cracking Chestnut's session. I was struck by the constant
need to shorten the sets and make more sets. The Chestnuts are popular.
Even using the width of the hall, I know there were some 2s that nev
