[Callers] Good dances for beginners to safely leave/return to minor set.

[Maia McCormick via Callers]

Anything that gets a laugh is more likely to be remembered. I've heard
folks (Adina Gordon comes to mind) say something like: "If there's no one
on your left diagonal... (dramatic pause) ...for the love of God, don't do
anything!" Still don't have a particularly good way to get folks back IN on
a diagonal though, eagerly following this thread for that!

I *will* mention a bit of advice I got (believe it was from the esteemed
Will Mentor) on calling new/old neighbor figures: and that's to avoid use
of the phase "go BACK to your..." because to many that implies backwards
motion and generally folks will be walking forward, and you only perceive
that direction as "back" if you have a pretty well-developed sense of
contra geography. Instead, say something like "return". I also find it
useful, in this cases, to give the players funny and memorable names other
than "current neighbor" and "next neighbor"--like maybe your "one true
neighbor"?

Cheers,
Maia

On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 8:27 AM, K Panton via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Thanks to all for the ideas.
>
> Special thanks to Maia!
>
> If anyone has insights into teaching diagonal figures to the uninitiated
> I'd love to hear them.
>
> Ken
>
> On Oct 10, 2016 12:36, "K Panton" <panton90 at tricolour.queensu.ca> wrote:
>
>> 3-33-33 is not a good choice for introducing beginners to extra-4some
>> expeditions. I've also found that a diagonal chain followed by a
>> straight-across figure causes confusion.
>>
>> The Young Adult Rose,and others, have a pass-through to shadow allemande
>> which is doable.
>>
>> Does anyone have some reliable key to unlock this mystery for new
>> dancers, thereby opening up a whole new world!
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Ken
>>
>
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