[Callers] Teaching a Mad Robin

Don Veino sharedweight_net at veino.com
Mon Sep 24 09:57:06 PDT 2018


Your numbered list approach is just what I did that night (but Gents and
Ladies). I do like your stressing point 2.

-Don

On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 12:49 PM, Maia McCormick <maiamcc at gmail.com> wrote:
[snip]

>
> When teaching it from the mic, I've taken to doing it like this:
> 1. "This is another of those fancy moves that gets you right back where
> you started. *At the end of this move, you'll be right back here*."
> 2. "So it's important to *stay on the side of your set*. Lots of people
> feel like they should cross. Don't."
> 3. "Lock eyes with your [partner]. You're going to walk a little circle
> around your [neighbor], while looking at your partner.
> 4. "[Ravens] take a small step forward, [larks] take a small step back."
> 5. "Keep your eyes on your partner. Ravens, step to your left and larks
> step to your right, sliding past your neighbor."
> 6. "Now larks step forward and ravens step back; larks step right and
> ravens step left, sliding past your neighbor again."
> 7. "You're back where you started, hooray! Now let's try that up to
> speed..." etc.
>
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 12:39 PM Don Veino via Callers <
> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> As may be obvious, I love Mad Robins. I'm still working on what is the
>> best way to teach them.
>>
>> [snip]
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