As Amy and Elizabeth mentioned, I have also experienced 1s and 2s being the
CW and CCW couple, progressing along the side like in Becket. The big
difference is I'm pretty sure I learned it that the 1s whose backs are to
the inside of the circle are sliding L which would be going CCW along the
A confrontational compromise to decline to pair a dance with the tune would
be to suggest the band play it at the break for a couples dance.
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I'm surprised more musicians are not taking advantage of Jamulus. This
open-source software, when I looked into it, had already been used by
people who want to jam across a distance. The pandemic may have added
significant traffic, but I think it's still good. I tried it out with a
friend, and
I collected this dance from Frederick Park but he didn't have an author
listed. It's a triple progression dance with no partner swing, which then
is medleyed with Delphiniums and Daisies. It's not on the Caller's Box or
Contra DB, which I've never encountered before!
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I am on the search for *choreographers* who are a minority. Ethnic or
racial minorities, LGBTQ+, women, non-binary and transgender people, or
anything else you can think of as a minority.
