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

[Chet Gray via Callers]

Maia, thanks for sharing Will's advice on "go back to". I appreciate his
insight on word choice. I called "Becky's Brouhaha", shared by Meg Dedolph
yesterday, last night in Louisville, and, though it went quite well
overall, I think a few small hiccups early on could have been avoided with
"return to" rather than "back to".

Noted for the future.

Does anybody have any experience with using "original neighbor" vs "current
neighbor" in these outside-minor-set-interaction dances? My thinking is to
prefer "current neighbor" for dances with previous neighbor interaction,
and "original neighbor" for dances with future neighbor interaction, but I
don't have enough evidence for any strong decision in the matter.

On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 9:04 AM, Maia McCormick via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> 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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