<div dir="ltr">Maia,<div><br><div>I wrote a simple square "Hey Square, Let's Dance" that has the hey crossing phrases.</div><div>It must be called Heads, Sides, Heads, Sides to have a complete mixer square.</div><div><br></div><div>A1 Heads Lead Right & Circle to a Line, F&B</div><div>A2 Ladies Chain, Start a Full Hey</div><div>B1 Finish the Hey, Swing the one you meet</div><div>B2 Promenade</div><div><br></div></div><div>I have only shared this with one caller, and she remarked that the hey crosses phrases, and she would not use it.</div><div>I must often use it wit singing calls, or square dance music that has strong 8 beat phrasing.</div><div><br></div><div>Bob Isaacs "To Turn a Phrase" has the Oval crossing phrases. I have danced it when it feels good, but also when it did not. I think the music selection is more critical.</div><div><br></div><div>Rich Sbardella</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi folks, <div><br></div><div>I'm running up against a wall in a dance I'm currently writing, and it's making me wonder: what dances, if any, have a full hey that spans two sections* and really WORKS? I feel like in general, if I danced such a dance, I would roll my eyes at the choreographer "breaking the rules", but I can also imagine delightful dances a hey spanning two phrases that justify their own existence and feel great to dance.</div><div><br></div><div>Thoughts? Dances to point me to?</div><div><br></div><div>As always, in dance,</div><div>Maia</div><div><br></div><div>* e.g. hey occurs during the last eight counts of B1 and the first eight of B2</div>
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